American documents show that Taiwan is vulnerable to Chinese air attack

US officials fear that Taiwan’s air defense may not be able to “accurately detect missile launches,” according to leaked Pentagon documents.

By Le Figaro with AFP

published On 04/15/2023 at 6:22 PM.

The report on Saturday revealed that Taiwan is highly vulnerable to a possible Chinese air strike, which would also be difficult for US intelligence to detect due to Beijing’s new tactics, according to leaked Pentagon documents. Washington Post.

US officials fear that Taiwan’s air defense will not be able to “Accurately detecting missile launchesAnd respond to them effectively and quickly, according to these secret texts, the authenticity of which AFP has not been able to independently verify. The Washington Post said, based on these sources, that more than half of Taiwan’s air force will be usable in combat, and it may It takes a week to get some of these planes to the shelters.

It is part of a series of classified US documents that have been posted online, a leak that embarrasses Washington. On Friday, a 21-year-old soldier suspected of being behind the attack was charged. According to documents cited by The Washington Post, new tactics deployed by Beijing, such as the use of civilian ships in military exercises, may “Eat»The ability of American intelligence to detect an attack on Taiwan before it happened.

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They also question the effectiveness of Taiwanese military exercises in preparing for an actual attack. Tensions over Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as one of its provinces, have increased in recent weeks. The Chinese army has just organized large-scale military exercises after a meeting between its chief, Tsai Ing-wen, and the third person in the US state, Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives.