A Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026 would result in thousands of casualties among Chinese, US, Taiwanese and Japanese forces, according to multiple iterations of a highly advanced war-game simulation. 9News
, United States, Taiwanese and Japanese forces, according to multiple iterations of a highly advanced war-game simulation.
CSIS ran this war game 24 times to answer two fundamental questions: would the invasion succeed and at what cost?"The United States and Japan lose dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and thousands of service members.In most scenarios, the US Navy lost two aircraft carriers and 10 to 20 large surface combatants.
The island's army would suffer about 3500 casualties, and all 26 destroyers and frigates in its navy will be sunk. China relies on imports of food and fuel to drive their economic engine, Grazier said, and they have little room to manouvere. The simulation was run 24 times to answer two fundamental questions: would the invasion succeed and at what cost?Since then, Beijing has stepped up aggressive military pressure tactics on the island, sending fighter jets across the median line of the Taiwan Strait, the body of water separating Taiwan and China and into the island's air defence identification zone - a buffer of airspace commonly referred to as an ADIZ.
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