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The United States should support Taiwan’s military modernization, both by providing access to modern systems and by facilitating the island nation’s interaction with its own and other, friendly militaries.
As competition between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) increases, understanding Chinese views of deterrence has become salient. Reaching this understanding is complicated because U.S.–China competition is markedly different from Cold War–era competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The U.S. and China are simultaneously economic partners and geopolitical competitors. Moreover, China’s views on deterrence do not align with America’s, so the limited parallels between Soviet and American approaches are less evident with regard to China.
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"In the future, Chinese missiles may well REGULARLY overfly Taiwan," says China expert Dean Cheng. "Thereby increasing tension, increasing pressure on the island. All of which, in the CCP's estimation, will make Taipei knuckle under."
Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles are a threat to US warships, and their use would escalate any conflict.