US must ready Taiwan invasion response

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 21, 2022 12:14 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States military must be ready to respond to a potential invasion of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior admiral said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), signaling heightened alarm over China's intentions toward the self-ruling island.

Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of US naval operations, is the latest senior official in Washington to raise concerns that Chinese President Xi Jinping may be much more willing than previously thought to seize Taiwan.

EYES ON YOU A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises of the Eastern Theater Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army in waters around Taiwan on Aug. 5, 2022. XINHUA FILE PHOTO

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