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A classified US military intelligence report seen by the ABC says China is rapidly building up the country’s commercial ferry fleet to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan.
The report dates from earlier this year and was prepared by members of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for the Pentagon.
The US intelligence says the large ocean-going vessels have been modified to carry tanks and partake in amphibious operations.
China is building more than 70 of the large vessels by the end of 2026.
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Seems like it’s becoming more and more clear that the real reason China support ruzis is to weaken the resistance to their attack on Taiwan.
Professor Hu Bo conceded the satellite intelligence could be connected to Taiwan.
“Every capability can be connected to a Taiwan scenario, but China can be very patient,” he said.
"We can wait many years for a peaceful solution. I think the US has exaggerated China’s intentions.
“I think the main reason China is strengthening its navy is very simple. It’s because of the US military threat.”
Fuck. Because what we need right now is another war.
Shocked pikachu
They’ve been preparing for decades and they literally have now a mobile bridge to make an instant port.
They’ve also been simulating US carrier movement with rails in the desert to be able to shoot it down with missiles.
Made tons of transport ships for military equipment.
It looks like they’re gearing up to take Taiwan so fast that nobody can respond in time.
I have no doubt that China has been planning an invasion for a long long time. It’s what countries do; they make contingency plans after contingency plans after contingency plans. You’re not actually doing your job as a country if you don’t plan for every thing just in case.
It’s the same reason the U.S. has a theoretical plan to invade Canada, because of course it does.
But that being said, am I inclined to believe anything that comes out of the American intelligence apparatus at the present. Mainly because I’m not an idiot and everything that that particular country says or does at the moment is to serve the whims of an orange toddler.
This is a bit more than a contingency plan no? No other country does this that isnt in active war like russia-ukraine or the Koreas. Does India have 100 ships parked at Sri Lanka? Japan at Russia or same Taiwan?
They would be extremely dumb to try to invade Taiwan.
