Top U.S General Dismisses Possibility of Near-term Chinese Military Invasion Of Taiwan, Says Beijing Currently Lacks Capability To Annex


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03:27 PM General Mark Milley General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday (Jun 17) dismissed the possibility of Chinese military invasion of Taiwan in the near-term as Beijing currently lacks capabilities needed, Reuters reported . Gen Miley shared his assessment during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee when he was asked about China’s declared intention of eventually reuniting the island state with the mainland. “I think China has a ways to go to develop the actual no-kidding capability to conduct military operations to seize through military means the entire island of Taiwan if...