US Has Capabilities To Defeat China If It Invades Taiwan - US General

[Gary]

US Has Capabilities To Defeat China If It Invades Taiwan - US General​

Muhammad Irfan 4 days ago Fri 11th June 2021 | 12:32 AM

The US military has all the necessary capabilities to defeat China in case of a military invasion of Taiwan and if respective political decision is made, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during a congressional hearing on Thursday​

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WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 10th June, 2021) The US military has all the necessary capabilities to defeat China in case of a military invasion of Taiwan and if respective political decision is made, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during a congressional hearing on Thursday.
"If you're talking about a military invasion of Taiwan [by China], crossing the Taiwan Straits with a sizable military force to seize an island ... that's an extraordinarily complex and difficult operation. But I can assure you that we have the capabilities if there were political decisions made in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act and so on," Milley told the US Senate Armed Services Committee.

Milley pointed out that China and Russia are two main threats to US security from the military standpoint with Beijing being number one threat and Moscow remaining a considerable great power competitor.
Earlier in the day, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is a need for a direct communication line between the United States and China to prevent any accidents in the Indo-Pacific region which can lead to a large-scale conflict between the two powers.

US Has Capabilities To Defeat China If It Invades Taiwan - US General - UrduPoint

The US military has all the necessary capabilities to defeat China in case of a military invasion of Taiwan and if respective political decision is made, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during a congressional hearing on Thursday

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[Anmdt]

Which reminds me how twice US had to retreat from Asia. Since WWII, despite of having technological advancement:
-Korean War (Chinese involved and changed the course of the war)
-Vietnam War (Chinese + Russians involved and changed the course of the war)

In Korean War, US managed to get a foot hold but in Vietnam War they are repelled away.

 

[Gary]

Milley told senators on Thursday taking Taiwan by force would be no easy feat for China's People Liberation Army.

"If you're talking about a military invasion in Taiwan, crossing the straits, the Taiwan straits with a sizable military force to seize an island the size of Taiwan against the military that they have, and the population that they have, that's an extraordinarily complex and difficult operation if, against an unopposed force, that's a very hard thing to do," Milley said.
But Hawley pushed the general on whether the US could militarily block an invasion of Taiwan if Taipei could not resist on its own.

"Yes," Milley replied.

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[Gary]

Which reminds me how twice US had to retreat from Asia. Since WWII, despite of having technological advancement:
-Korean War
-Vietnam War

-US/UN troops fought the PLA/KPA to stalemate. and they're still in Korea to this day

-Vietnam war is lost politically, the US never lost a single battle during the war. Basically the US say "nah we're done" and left the ARVN to it's own fate.

here's what Henry J Kissinger has to tell abt the Nam War.

“We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The North Vietnamese used their armed forces the way a bull-fighter uses his cape — to keep us lunging in areas of marginal political importance.” (Henry J Kissinger)​

a future war with China will not be a guerilla war. There's no comparison.

 

[Anmdt]

US/UN troops fought the PLA/KPA to stalemate. and they're still in Korea to this day

Well NATO /UN /US units almost freed entire Korean land until Chinese has stepped in. Most of the war actually took place between US - Chinese forces instead of Korean vs Korean, i think Chinese has made US into a stalemate situation by stepping in.

Vietnam war is lost politically, the US never lost a single battle during the war. Basically the US say "nah we're done" and left the ARVN to it's own fate.

I don't really think they had a chance of success against Vietcong who has won the support of the locals at the beginning.
They weren't able to cut supply lines of Vietcong despite of dropping millions of kgs explosives
Agent Orange hasn't helped much for what they have aimed
The "village" training program has turned towards them, as Vietcong captured the fortified villages
South Vietnam hasn't been a peaceful and democratic place had gone through several coups

Ofcourse it will be different this time, in those examples US was the agressive side and in this one they are the defensive. They won't able to defeat China at the home of the China, they can only delay and block a possible invasion by using political pressure of USA presence in Taiwan.

Imo the article is slightly misleading too, Is preventing opponent from the success can be told as actually defeating him?

 

[Ardabas34]

The US cant even invade Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, anywhere... Without nukes there is no way and that would make both of them gone.

 

[Saithan]

I don't see a bright future for Taiwan unless it changes language and culture and gets Nukes. Like how SK changed the entire script.

 

[Agha Sher]

Without a doubt that the US is able to crush China in any attempt on Taiwan

 

[KKF 2.0]

Which reminds me how twice US had to retreat from Asia. Since WWII, despite of having technological advancement:
-Korean War (Chinese involved and changed the course of the war)
-Vietnam War (Chinese + Russians involved and changed the course of the war)

In Korean War, US managed to get a foot hold but in Vietnam War they are repelled away.

So? This comparison is faulty on all levels.

 

[Anmdt]

So? This comparison is faulty on all levels.

I wrote it for the cases of a true "defeat" as claimed in the article.
Later realized,it was not their intention at all to defeat China.

 

[KKF 2.0]

I wrote it for the cases of a true "defeat" as claimed in the article.
Later realized,it was not their intention at all to defeat China.

I still believe though that China is capable of physically destroying the island (cities, population centers etc.) but if the US forces are all in....I don't think the Chinese could set foot on Taiwanese soil.

 

[Ravager]

I still believe though that China is capable of physically destroying the island (cities, population centers etc.) but if the US forces are all in....I don't think the Chinese could set foot on Taiwanese soil.

On contrary ... They would and could do it . At price of mainland get stoned to oblivion along with rest of asia pacific while at it .

 

[xizhimen]

US is all talk, don't forget who deserted Taiwan in the first place. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. No one in Taiwan believes that US will come to its help when a war breaks out.
China also has the world biggest missile system for quite some time by now, Taiwan is just next to the mainland where even attilery fire can cover, how can US defend Taiwan in real sense?

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[xizhimen]

-US/UN troops fought the PLA/KPA to stalemate. and they're still in Korea to this day

China started righ at the border between China and Korea after US shells repeatedly landed on the Chinese side and we finished half way through Korea. So who fought who to a stalemate?

 

[Gary]

China started righ at the border between China and Korea after US shells repeatedly landed on the Chinese side and we finished half way through Korea. So who fought who to a stalemate?

Yes, cowardly attack against an unprepared foe using a "voluntary army".

Not only they absorb the shock they manage to push you back towards the 38th parallel

 

[xizhimen]

Yes, cowardly attack against an unprepared foe using a "voluntary army".

Not only they absorb the shock they manage to push you back towards the 51st parallel

China repeatedly warned US that if it crossed the 38 parallel China won't sit around and do nothing, US just ignored. Check the hisotry record again. US cowardly was using "UN" name, China didn't want to been seen as a foreign force as well. tit for tat.

 

[xizhimen]

Not only they absorb the shock they manage to push you back towards the 38th parallel

We started at our border and finished half way through Korea, so who pushed back who?

 

[Gary]

China repeatedly warned US that if it crossed the 38 parallel China won't sit around and do nothing, US just ignored. Check the hisotry record again. US cowardly was using "UN" name, China didn't want to been seen as a foreign force as well. tit for tat.

so?? doesn't change the fact, you're attacking an army that is not hostile to you, off course rout does happen. and by naming your army "volunteers" show s just how much coward your are.

how was using UN name a coward??? UN intervenes after a resolution against NK.

We started at our border and finished half way through Korea, so who pushed back who?

yes you started at your border by launching cowardly attack and manage to be hold into stalemate and even pushed back.

 

[xizhimen]

so?? doesn't change the fact, you're attacking an army that is not hostile to you, off course rout does happen. and by naming your army "volunteers" show s just how much coward your are.

how was using UN name a coward??? UN intervenes after a resolution against NK.

Using UN as a cover is an act of cowardice, if China was a coward, she would go into the war in the first place, PRC had just been just established for less than a year and US back then accounted for 52% of the world total GDP, if China fighting US back then was an act of cowardice, I don't know what courageouness is.

 

[Gary]

Using UN as a cover is an act of cowardice, if China was a coward, she would go into the war in the first place, PRC had just been just established for less than a year and US back then accounted for 52% of the world total GDP, if China fighting US back then was an act of cowardice, I don't know what courageouness is.

Umm, no...communists forces started the war, the world shows up in ROK defense, there's a difference.

by adopting a resolution= declaration of war

China and NK (both communists) has no respect for such.