{"id":121232,"date":"2023-11-02T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=121232"},"modified":"2023-11-02T14:39:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:39:49","slug":"ex-pentagon-official-warns-distracted-us-cant-stop-china-invading-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/world-news\/ex-pentagon-official-warns-distracted-us-cant-stop-china-invading-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pentagon official warns distracted US cant stop China invading Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The US military may be stretched thin by simultaneous wars raging in Israel and Ukraine making it difficult to supply Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon insists it can support its allies in both Ukraine and Israel, partially by expanding the US\u2019s industrial defense sector by $50 billion.<\/p>\n

However, Mark Cancian, a former Pentagon official, believes that if China were to launch an invasion of Taiwan the US could be faced with hard choices.<\/p>\n

The senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies said: \u201cI think it would be Israel first, the Ukraine and Taiwan third.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials have also pointed out that Israel’s and Ukraine\u2019s needs do not overlap much, although both countries need large amounts of standard 155mm artillery ammunition.<\/p>\n

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The US has more than doubled its production of those shells in the last year and a half.<\/p>\n

A long war in Gaza could deplete US stockpiles as Israel continues to use its own munitions which the US would need to replenish, according to Cancian.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Times, he said: \u201cIf the war goes on for a long time, Israel will use up more and more of its own stockpiles and will rely on the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

This could present a problem for military planners because while Ukraine and Israel\u2019s needs might not overlap, a war in the Indo-Pacific would likely use up the same munitions needed by Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

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