US Army Pacific Commander Says His Troops Are Preparing for a 2027 Taiwan Contingency
Even with the U.S. military bogged down with Iran, any invasion of Taiwan would be extremely costly for China. Xi has to decide if the loss of life, economic destruction, and diplomatic ramifications worth it?:
U.S. Army Pacific has prepared the Indo-Pacific theater under the assumption that China will have the capacity — and possibly the intent — to seize Taiwan by military force next year, its commander said Tuesday. The threat posed by what has come to be called the Davidson window is “still valid,” Gen. Ronald Clark told the audience at the TechNet Indo-Pacific conference in Honolulu.
In 2021, Adm. Philip Davidson, then head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told a Senate committee that China was on course to achieve the military capacity to seize Taiwan by 2027. The six years leading up 2027 during which China achieved that capacity became widely known as the Davidson window, and it has driven U.S. defense budgeting and strategy in the Pacific with the goal of either deterring or obstructing such an invasion.
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