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#southchinasea #taiwanstrait #southchina In an exercise, US forces acted as if they were protecting Taiwan from an invasion by China. According to Drew F. Lawrence of Military.com, the annual capabilities exercise, or Capex, of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command or Usacos, employed a scenario incorporating Taiwan for the first time on Thursday. According to Lawrence's report, Lt. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, commanding general of Usacos, stated in a speech prior to the exercise at Fort Bragg that "the [People's Republic of China] is our true pacing challenge out there." Gen. Jonathan said, The ultimate goal of our efforts is to avert World War III. That is what we do. Stars and Stripes claimed that, U.S. and Filipino soldiers conducted air assaults on the southern Taiwanese islands of Fuga, Calayan, and Batan. According to Maj. Gen. Joseph Ryan, the exercises are intended to convey that the United States is prepared to assist partners in defending their maritime area. It comes after China earlier in April conducted a significant military exercise simulating an encirclement of Taiwan. The exercise was meant to serve as a warning to politicians on the island who support independence from China and their supporters. In retaliation for a meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on April 5 in California, China conducted military exercises over the course of three days. If the conference went forward, China had issued a warning that it would "take strong and resolute" action. Additionally, the Associated Press cited the Taiwanese Defense Ministry in reporting that China's military flew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes over Taiwan on Friday.

#southchinasea #chinaphilippines The focus of discussions between President Joe Biden and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos on Monday at the White House will be measures to halt Beijing's aggressive push into the South China Sea's vital islands and shipping lanes. Following President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to Washington last week and Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's meeting at the White House in January, Marcos is in the United States for a four-day visit. As China pushes ever more confidently to stake claims to sovereignty over nearly the entire South China Sea -- ignoring an international judgement that this has no legal basis -- alarm bells are sounding for Washington and its Asian allies.

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#chinamilitary #southchinasea #taiwanchinawar 12 Chinese military aircraft and four naval boats were monitored by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense during the early hours of Wednesday, April 26, and the early hours of Thursday, April 27. On Thursday at nine in the morning, the Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported that 12 military aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force and four boats of the People's Liberation Army Navy had been detected around Taiwan. Five of the identified aircraft crossed the median line or entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone, or Adiz, in the southwest. Suhkoi Su-30 fighter jet, Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance plane, Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane, Kamov Ka-28 ASW helicopter, and Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon Recce unmanned aerial vehicle were among the aircraft tracked in the Adiz. The fighter plane SU-30 passed above the median line's northeastern segment. What China is undertaking is referred to as a "gray zone tactic" by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. It is referred to be "a measure or series of measures beyond steady-state deterrence and assurance that seeks to achieve one's security goals without resorting to direct and overwhelming force."