2/ Taiwan so far has exercised restraint, putting its F-16s and other aircraft into the sky to challenge Chinese incursions into its air defense zone (ADIZ) but not firing on the intruding aircraft. But if a mistake happens, it will end up a bloody mess.
3/ The US State Department had issued a strong statement condemning China’s violations of Taiwan’s ADIZ even before China responded by sending in 52 planes on Monday. It appears that China does not take Washington seriously and doesn’t care at all what the State Department says.
4/ Is Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Mark Milley calling his counterparts in China & telling them not to worry? It's a fair question, but he probably hasn’t. On the other hand, the Pentagon is far from ready to take on China and won’t push the White House to do anything.
5/ If Taiwan were to fall to China without US intervention, Biden’s presidency, already tottering, would likely collapse. Biden would have to resign & Harris would become president, unless she is also forced to step aside. No one has any idea of what would happen in such case.
6/ If the US demanded the participation of our allies, especially Japan & used Japanese bases with the support of Japanese fighter planes, the scenario changes. It changes even more if Taiwan can operate from bases on Okinawa & Japan’s islands, especially those closest to Taiwan.
7/ Faced with multiple bases & F-35s, F-15s & F-16s to counter an attack on Taiwan, the Chinese would have more on their hands than they can handle. US can fly in F-22 Raptor stealth fighers & create a big dilemma for China since they would take out Chinese air defenses & HQs.
8/ if China thinks its intimidation tactics will get the US to force Taiwan into giving up its independence, perhaps with Biden’s help, they are likely miscalculating since the president cannot afford to pay that political price after the debacle of Afghanistan.
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A new report revealed for the first time that four monks were sentenced up to 20 years in prison on unknown charges. abc.net.au/news/2021-07-0…
2/ The 61-page report by Human Rights Watch found four monks from Tengdro monastery in Tingri county – Choegyal Wangpo, Lobsang Jinpa, Norbu Dondrup, and Ngawang Yeshe – were sentenced to 20, 19, 17, and five years respectively in September 2020.
3/ They were detained after police received a lost phone belonging to Choegyal Wangpo in 2019.
His phone revealed messages sent to exiled monks in a sister monastery in Nepal, and evidence of humanitarian donations following the 2015 earthquake.
#China magazine publishes article detailing 3 stage attack on #Taiwan
The first stage of an assault on Taiwan is ballistic missile attacks. The second stage includes cruise missile attacks. The 3rd round is artillery strikes from land-based rocket forces. indianarrative.com/world-news/chi…
2/ The three stages would pave the way for the PLA's marine corps and amphibious landing troops who would invade Taiwan for the final assault and integration.
3/ first stage includes ballistic missile attacks to destroy air bases, radars, air defense bases & command centers. It would be done using of DF-16 short-range ballistic missile.
This stage would also include attacks on Taiwanese naval bases by H-6 bombers & J-16 fighter.
The Galwan incident was the first taste of combat—though without firearms—that it had with an actual enemy after getting a bloody nose in #Vietnam in 1979 theweek.in/theweek/cover/…
2/ “The PLA has been facing a challenge of absence of combat experience and a lack of realistic training. It has been widely accepted even within the Chinese establishment,” said Lieutenant General (retd) D.S. Hooda, former northern Army commander.
3/ Battlefield blood is nothing new for the Indian Army. It has been bleeding in combat every day for the past 3 decades in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir & had also fought a limited conventional war in Kargil, complete with the use of airpower, two decades ago.
#India deployed another 50,000 troops to its disputed border with #China amid high tension
Over the last 3 months, India has dispatched soldiers & fighter jets to the border, bringing its total up to 200,000 troops, an increase of 40% on last year. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
2/ China has bolstered its infrastructure across the tundra with runways, bomb-proof bunkers for fighter jets, howitzers and outposts.
Beijing has also sent long-range artillery, tanks, anti-aircraft missiles and fighter jet squadrons over the last few months.
3/ India's new deployment allows commanders more options if attacked and a tactic known as 'offensive defence,' a source said.
In addition to Ladakh, India has sent more men to its other borders with China, including along the southern Tibetan plateau, between Nepal and Bhutan.
1/ #Chinese Military Scientist Filed Patent For A Covid Vaccine Soon After #China Revealed Covid-19 Details in 2020
This new report is now raising concerns that the unnamed vaccine was being tested even before the Covid-19 pandemic became public. in.news.yahoo.com/chinese-milita…
2/ According to documents obtained by The Weekend Australian, Zhou Yusen, a respected military scientist for the PLA who collaborated with the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and American experts, submitted a patent for a Covid-19 vaccine on 24 February last year.
3/ However, the report revealed that the patent, filed by the PLA’s Institute of Military Medicine, was lodged just five weeks after China acknowledged human-to-human transmission of the novel virus.