Can the Pentagon beat China if it struggles with Iran?
The recent US-China summit did not yield progress on critical security issues regarding Iran and Taiwan. The ongoing military campaign against Iran raises questions about the US's preparedness for a potential conflict with China. Analysts suggest that the US may be underestimating the capabilities of both adversaries, which could have significant implications for future military engagements.
- ▪The US-China summit ended without progress on Iran and Taiwan security issues.
- ▪The US military campaign in Iran raises doubts about its readiness for a conflict with China.
- ▪Iran's strategic success includes the use of mobile, accurate ballistic missiles, similar to China's capabilities.
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The US-China summit ended without any discernible progress on the twin urgent security issues dividing the two superpowers: Iran and Taiwan. Some speculated that a deal was in the offing that would trade the island for Chinese pressure on Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. That did not materialize, but such a hypothetical deal is not the only plausible connection between these two volatile security issues. Washington’s military campaign against Tehran, a middle power, is raising critical questions of just how successful the US would be in a war against China, our only near-peer rival. This conversation has also been prompted by America’s massive expenditures on high-tech munitions – an arsenal thought needed to defeat a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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