How dangerous is the Taiwan Strait for America and the rest of the world?
I would say it’s quite dangerous, because there is a high degree of competition in terms of military build-up across the Taiwan Strait. If we look at the traditional force, China already has 60, 70 submarines in the area and Taiwan only has four. So in that area China has significant power if they decide to have a blockade against Taiwan. In terms of air force, China has been acquiring 150 SU-27s. They are in the process of having SU-30s and more advanced Russian-made aircraft. In the area of our naval forces, they are having four mini-class destroyers equipped with SSM-20 missiles. Currently there seems to be no defense against those missiles, and those missiles have a range of 120 sea miles. So China is adding more and more to its weapon inventory in terms of more traditional weaponry and in terms of strategic weaponry. They are adding 50 missiles more per year to their deployment, and currently they have about between 350 to 400. And they’re still adding on and there’s nothing seems
