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US Air Force Unprepared for Defence of Taiwan: War Games Analyst
Beijing Driven by Fear, Not Expansionism
The U.S. Air Force will struggle to maintain pressure on the Chinese military if conflict erupts around the Taiwan Strait, according to a recent war games analysis.
“F-22s and F-35s operating under ideal conditions at sophisticated home bases here in the United States, have an ‘operational readiness’ rate of about 60 percent,” Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor of the political history of international diplomacy at Curtin University told The Epoch Times.
Operational readiness describes the ability of a military branch to operate and maintain its systems and procedures effectively.
Australia Should Take Beijing to the United Nations Over Taiwan: Diplomacy Expert
The Australian government should take the Taiwan issue to the United Nations for a vote as a circuit breaker to smother any potential military conflict in the Taiwan Strait, according to a diplomacy expert.
“I think Australia could lead the charge to call Beijing’s bluff by bringing the issue before the United Nations,” Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor of the political history of international diplomacy at Curtin University, says.
“This could be done early in a conflict, or on the cusp of a conflict, or it can be done tomorrow,” he told The Epoch Times.
That was before Covid-19 came knocking.
Against the backdrop of an unchecked pandemic, rage on American streets and uncertainty about the fortitude of a superpower, the world looked to see which way the USA would go.
The Interpreter followed this highly unpredictable scenario with a keen eye and fair share of prescient observations, and the occasional miss when the crystal ball malfunctioned.
The nomination of former vice president Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate brought things into clearer focus after a long season of Democratic debates and primaries.
Back in August, Mark Beeson wondered whether the Trump-Biden contest was “the most important election ever”: