Sunday, December 11, 2022

The Military Imbalance Across The Taiwan Strait Is Growing

Statista: The Military Imbalance In The Taiwan Strait 

  Taiwan has reported a sharp increase in the number of Chinese military aircraft entering its Air Defense Identification Zone of late with a record 56 warplanes detected on October 4, 2021, followed by numerous spikes since. 

China has never ruled out the possibility of invading Taiwan and it has continued acquiring the military capability to do so. In recent years, it has modernized its military, introducing the J-20, an indigenous 5th generation stealth fighter. It has also commissioned two aircraft carriers along with several modern amphibious transport dock/landing vessels. Even though the likelihood of China taking Taiwan by force remains unclear, the military balance in the Taiwan Strait is firmly in China's favor. The following infographic provides an overview of that imbalance and is based on an annual U.S. government report.  

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WNU Editor: The above chart is what is the estimated Chinese deployment of military forces near Taiwan. But if need be. The China can easily increase its force presence appreciably if given the order to do so. Still. Taiwan does have an advantage. Sink the landing craft, and China will have problems deploying its heavy equipment and artillery to Taiwan.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here is a comment you usa rah raha otherwise known as narrative NPCs will not like.
The USA will lose any battle in the Tiawan area of operation.
Why.? Because China has the largest Aircraft carrier in the World in that zone. It is called Mainland China.
Look at the flight times and distances there and back from the island. Not good for uncle sam

Anonymous said...

What a joke. DoD only used troop and equipment numbers from China's eastern provinces in that graph. I guess that the West thinks the rest of the Chinese military is going to not move at all in a major conflict.

But it does make the Wests chances look a lot better