Taiwan Targeted, Scenarios Swirling – The Diplomat

China’s largest maritime operation in three decades around Taiwan prompts scrutiny of potential military operations envisioned by Xi Jinping. The Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute’s new edited conference volume focuses on scenario factors and policy recommendations for a cross-strait invasion, highlighting ongoing research on the PLA’s amphibious developments and challenges. While China’s ambitions for a Taiwan invasion are formidable, the PLA faces logistical weaknesses and uncertainties, including lack of experience operating at such scale, posing significant obstacles to a successful large-scale amphibious operation.

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