(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 27 JUL - The Pentagon is ready to increase its forces in the Indo-Pacific area should Nancy Pelosi visit Taiwan.
This was reported by official sources to the Associated Press.
These would be fighter jets, ships and other surveillance systems to provide a protective net to the House Speaker plane.
The sources explained that the Defense Department does not consider an attack by China likely, as threatened even in the last few hours by the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, however it is preparing for "any eventuality".
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