China improved its own army: the threat of attack on Taiwan increased - ft

To spread: The threat of Chinese invasion of Taiwan has increased: Beijing has reached such a level of military power that it can start fighting in the shortest possible time. Financial Times writes about it. According to Taiwanese officials, Air Force units and missile forces have already reached a level, which allows you to promptly move to hostilities.

The publication also refers to American intelligence, which indicates that in 2019, the Chairman of the China Si Jinping instructed the army to prepare for a potential operation against Taiwan by 2027. Other Taiwan military officials reported that the current actions of the Chinese army testify to purposeful preparation for a potential operation against Taiwan.

In particular, we are talking about constant training of landing units near the likely ports of departure, the readiness of army aviation for the transfer of troops to the island, as well as the deployment of the newest rocket system capable of hitting at any point of Taiwanese territory. According to Financial Times a representative of the US Department of Defense, about ten Chinese warships are constantly not far from Taiwan coast.

Such presence, he said, gives Beijing the opportunity to start the island's naval blockade in just a few hours. We will remind, on May 21, the People's Liberation Army of China (NVAK) conducted large-scale training on landing from the sea on the southern coast of the province of Fuziang-in the immediate vicinity of Taiwan-controlled islands Jinmen.