The United States Needs a Global War Plan for China

The United States Needs a Global War Plan for China

18 Nov 25
Posted by: SLt Joe Reilly RN
13 minutes, 46 seconds read
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The author contends it is a fallacy that a US war with China over Taiwan could be contained to the western Pacific, and proposes a three-pronged strategy to counter the PRC. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, November edition. A 10 minute read.

If China were to begin a war against Taiwan as soon as 2027 and the United States decides to mount a regional response, the United States would lose.[1] It would lose not because of China’s advances in hypersonic missile technology, its advantage in drone numbers, or the loss of US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, although these factors would play a significant part in any future conflict. The United States would lose because it anticipates a Taiwan contingency that remains regional, playing out on the maritime ‘field’ China has deliberately chosen.[2] Many navalist…

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