Wasn’t there a recent unclassified US wargame over Taiwan? IIRC one of their main conclusions was that the degree of support from regional allies, Japan and Australia specifically, was pretty decisive.

Incidentally, I remember another major finding was that the US did not have the supply infrastructure or depth of ammunition reserves that would be needed, which also seems reasonable/likely. Haven’t seen any signs of improvement on that issue, but seems like a big one to watch for.

We demand your plans!

The plans:

Idiots piloting monsters made by Satan. We are cooked. Let’s get some f’s in the chat!

it looks like rather than asking for concrete plans to “defend taiwan” the US are asking for more defense spending right now

no numbers were given in the article but i wonder if the “5% gdp” number they’ve been pushing in Europe is what Colby was askin for