Report: China Can’t Execute Major Amphibious Operations, Direct Assault on Taiwan

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Report: China Can’t Execute Major Amphibious Operations, Direct Assault on Taiwan
By: Ben Werner
May 3, 2019 3:55 PM

THE PENTAGON – The Chinese military is reorganizing its land forces, but its moves do not increase its ability to mount a large-scale beach assault across the Taiwan Strait, according to a new Department of Defense report.

Taiwan is the primary focus of amphibious assault and sea-based missile launch capability improvements made in 2018 by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the PLA Navy and PLA Marine Corps, according to the Pentagon’s Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.

“Taiwan persistently remains the PLA’s main ‘strategic direction,’ one of the geographic areas the leadership identifies as having strategic importance,” the report states.

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[Free Vulcan]

That's the wild card about the Chinese military. They're big, they got lots of toys, but are they really that good at anything, especially projectiing force?

[Absalom]

Hardly a problem!
Just have them deploy the Marble Battleship,
sitting in the Summer Palace Lagoon!!!!!!

[skeeter]

That's the wild card about the Chinese military. They're big, they got lots of toys, but are they really that good at anything, especially projectiing force?

I'm looking forward to their attempting to use their newly developed carrier battle group(s). That ought to be entertaining.