The overwhelming naval superiority of the US Navy, which for more than 70 years had dissuaded Communist China from "reuniting" the island by force, has been eroded rapidly in recent years, as efforts to armament Beijing was endowing its forces with new capabilities.
The risk that China will profit from this new balance of power has never been greater.
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In the operational simulation games regularly practiced by the United States Navy, the United States finds it increasingly difficult to militarily oppose a Chinese operation against Taiwan.
While American naval superiority remains on the high seas, Chinese long-range anti-ship missiles make an American naval intervention to defend Taiwan, or even to maintain supplies to the Big Island, increasingly complex and dangerous.
At his Senate hearing last month, as his Indo-Pacific command came to an end, Admiral Philip Davidson warned
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