In games written by former Pentagon experts that simulate a Chinese “invasion” of Taiwan, Chinese navies have destroyed most of the US and Japanese fleets.
In detail, former Pentagon officials and members of the US Center for Strategic and International Studies laid the foundation for electronic games that simulate China’s “invasion” of Taiwan, and concluded that Beijing could sink most of the US and Japanese fleets, US media reported. .
At the same time, as US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Cale previously stated, the Pentagon does not believe that China will try to restore control over Taiwan by force in the coming years, while the PRC Ministry of Defense stressed that complicity and provocations from the US and Taiwan will only push the island into “disaster chasm” and create problems for Taiwanese citizens.
According to Bloomberg, experts believe that Taiwan will be able to repel the “invasion”, but this will lead to significant costs of US forces in the Pacific.
The agency quoted former White House analyst Mark Kansian as saying: “In 18 of the 22 rounds of the game … Chinese missiles sank most of the US and Japanese surface fleets and destroyed hundreds of aircraft.”
The same expert stated that the United States lost 900 fighters or attack aircraft during the last (game) match in the “four-week conflict”, which is half of the military equipment of the Navy and Air Force. In the early days of the “conflict,” China will also destroy Taiwan’s navy and half of its air force. However, Kansian points out, during the “counterattack” the Allies will be able to “sink” about 150 Chinese ships.
During the virtual games, Tokyo will provide Washington with expanded rights to use American bases on its territory, and nuclear weapons will not be used.
“Perhaps the most disappointing conclusion for Washington is that games with dire consequences are not even the most complex of hypotheses,” the agency said in this context.
In this regard, Kangxiang emphasizes that experts have not yet played out pessimistic scenarios in which China could “expand its control over the island.”
It is noteworthy that the situation escalated in connection with the visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan on August 2-3. This is the first visit by a speaker of the US House of Representatives to Taiwan since 1997, making Pelosi the highest-ranking US official to visit the island in 25 years.
In response to the visit, in addition to announcing the start of large-scale military exercises around the island of Taiwan, Beijing imposed sanctions on two Taiwanese institutions, Pelosi herself and her relatives, and suspended natural sand exports and imports to Taiwan. citrus fruits and some types of fish products.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry blamed Washington and Taipei (the capital of Taiwan) for all the negative consequences of the visit, which Beijing opposed for several months.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced eight countermeasures in response to the US actions, including stopping the scheduling of telephone conversations between military leaders at the level of Chinese and US armed forces combat command areas, canceling working meetings of representatives of the Chinese and US defense ministries, and canceling meetings within the Chinese – American consultations on issues of military security at sea. China has also suspended bilateral cooperation with the US on the repatriation of illegal immigrants, criminal legal assistance, combating transnational crime, drug control and climate change.
Source: RIA Novosti