According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Military is preparing to increase the number of troops in Taiwan in an effort to deter an invasion from China; the U.S. plans to deploy between 100 and 200 troops to the island in the coming months, up from roughly 30 there a year ago, WSJ reports.
From The Wall Street Journal:
The number of American troops, which has included special-operations forces and U.S. Marines, has fluctuated by a handful during the past few years, according to Defense Department data. The planned increase would be the largest deployment of forces in decades by the U.S. on Taiwan, as the two draw closer to counter China’s growing military power.
Beyond training on Taiwan, the Michigan National Guard is also training a contingent of the Taiwanese military, including during annual exercises with multiple countries at Camp Grayling in northern Michigan, according to people familiar with the training.
“One of the difficult things to determine is what really is objectionable to China,” said one of the U.S. officials about the training. “We don’t think at the levels that we’re engaged in and are likely to remain engaged in the near future that we are anywhere close to a tipping point for China, but that’s a question that is constantly being evaluated and looked at specifically with every decision involving support to Taiwan.”
More over at The Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. is more than quadrupling its troop presence in Taiwan for training against threat from China https://t.co/v82nS5aUXK
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