U.S. Pacific fleet commander warns expanding Chinese military could now blockade Taiwan
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 | Tag Cloud Tags: China, EU, FACE, Military, Navy, News, Taiwan, Wall Street, War, Washington, Worthy News
(Worthy News) – China now boasts a large navy with enough surface warships to blockade rival Taiwan, according to the commander of the U.S. Navy‘s frontline fleet.
“They have a very large navy, and if they want to bully and put ships around Taiwan, they very much can do that,” Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
China‘s People’s Liberation Army conducted large-scale naval maneuvers around Taiwan last month in what defense analysts say was practice for future military action against the island state Beijing claims as its territory. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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Tag Cloud Tags: China, EU, FACE, Military, Navy, News, Taiwan, Wall Street, War, Washington, Worthy News
