It should not intervene if the Chinese mainland launches attacks against Taiwan secessionists. But the problem is: The US is instigating the DPP authority to provoke, continuously sending signals that Washington will offer support even if the island touches the bottom line, while at the same time, it asks the mainland to prevent the so-called competition between the mainland and the US falling into conflicts.
We have to ask: Is what Washington has done in the Taiwan Straits "competition"? We advise Washington to straighten out its logic. Political hooligan tactics cannot work with the Chinese mainland.
To prevent military conflicts between China and the US and ensure percent security, the US must retreat from provoking China's core interests. As the "freedom of navigation" in the South China Sea has never been a problem, why do US warships always sail so close to China's islands and reefs? The South China Sea is so wide that lanes are everywhere. Why must they come to China's islands and reefs to find trouble?
Just getting them onto the island in the first place would be difficult. Chinese anti-access, area-denial weapons would try to hold any U. Once the paratroopers stuff their chutes, what do they do? Mostly deal with getting noncombatants off the island. But those grunts would serve another purpose — political.
Once American boots are on the soil of Taiwan, lobbing missiles that way becomes riskier, Cheng said. If a company of soldiers dies in a barrage or a planeload of paratroopers gets hit, that might mean an escalation of the war onto targets in mainland China, something neither side wants. What would defeating China look like? That could mean no reunification between China and Taiwan, and no independence for Taiwan, she said. By the time U. Former Air Combat Command head and retired Gen.
When it comes time to strike back, the Air Force is well-positioned in the Pacific region. The naval base at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, has also periodically hosted bombers.
Carlisle said fighters, such as the F and F, as well as the B-2, B and — in the future — B bombers would likely take a lead role. Air Force aircraft regularly train alongside the Koku-Jieitai to prepare for such joint operations. Reinforcements would soon be needed. Air Force bases like Whiteman and Minot would start getting their bombers ready to fly. Those bombers are typically on quick alert, to get in the air in a matter of hours. The Air Force could also fly long-range strike missions from the continental United States, Carlisle said, and has done so in the past.
Vast amounts of airlift capability, such as Cs and Cs, would also be needed to bring in all the troops, weapons, equipment and supplies such a conflict would necessitate, James said.
But the Air Force only has so much refueling and mobility capability, she said. And such a fight would stretch the U. Indications that the Chinese were readying to invade Taiwan would be observable, and allow Guam-based forces to start moving forward while United States-based support ramped up, Herzinger said.
The aircraft carriers Ronald Reagan, left, and Nimitz, and their carrier strike groups, were conducting dual carrier operations in the Indo-Pacific as the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force. How such a conflict would unfold in the initial hours, days and weeks would depend on how it starts, Herzinger said.
Large-scale war, the Navy needs to secure primary maritime routes and address the PLAN submarine force. MC3 Jason Tarleton. Anti-submarine warfare assets such as the sub-hunter P-8 Poseidon aircraft and American boats, as well as surface shooters and fighter jets, would be critical to any kinetic response, as would torpedoes, missiles, sonobuoys and fuel, Herzinger said.
Tell it to the Marines. The Marine Corps has spent years wargaming different scenarios, zeroing in on what it could do best in a war against China. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Gunnery Sgt. However, to avoid counterattacks from the Chinese forces, Marines would have to move from island to island every few days or even every few hours.
If Marines were able to create and defend forward refueling and rearming bases, it could massively extend the time a Navy ship could stay in the fight. Credit: Maxar Technologies via AP. But precision bombing requires the military to have access to space, where orbiting satellites help guide munitions. The US has launched satellites into space in the last three years, compared to by China, according to Lowy.
Credit: Getty. Mastro notes that in war scenarios the US wants to maintain the status quo in the region while China wants to change it. And that takes the issue of US-China military prowess back to the all-important issue of politics.
These are all Cold War allies of the US, but they have not had to think about war in the region since the s. What determines victory, loss or stalemate between the US and China is likely to be determined by the murky calculus of how much risk and how much pain and loss both sides could endure.
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