As Many as 10,000 Yanks Could Perish in Battle of Taiwan, War Game Suggests

The fight would ‘break the back’ of American military power for a generation.

Via CSIS/Mark Cancian
A war game map. Via CSIS/Mark Cancian
C.M. VIK
C.M. VIK

In the event of a Communist Chinese attack, the toll in defending Taiwan would be so great that it “would break the back of U.S. military power for a generation.” That is the conclusion of an architect of a new war game conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Matthew Cancian.

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