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 Today's D Brief: WestPac maneuvers; Iranian ship attacked; Hypersonic failure; Top US arms customers; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson
April 7, 2021 10:42 AM ET

    The D Brief

As Chinese incursions continue, Taiwan says it will fight “to the very last day” if Beijing attacks the island democracy of nearly 24 million people. Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said as much in remarks to reporters Wednesday in Taipei, according to Reuters.

That rhetoric of escalation comes as the U.S. Navy just sent its guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain through the Taiwan Strait.

About those incursions: China flew at least a dozen “fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone on Wednesday in a stepped up show of force,” Reuters reports, with China’s air force now “making almost daily forays in Taiwan’s air defence identification zone.”

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/04/the-d-brief-april-07-2021/173192/