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China Conducts Landing Across the Taiwan Strait
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9/5/2024
China is conducting two days of military exercises, using a combination of civilian and military ships to land troops on the ground.
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Taiwan is monitoring Chinese military aircraft, drones and warships that are all taking part
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in drills just 350 kilometers west of Taiwan's main island here in Dacheng Bay, which is
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near China's Fujian province.
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These military exercises are part of a planned two-day drill, which simulate how China would
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move equipment and troops from warships that are stationed out here in the Taiwan Strait
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and practice how to move these troops inland and land on the beach.
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This is concerning for Taiwan because Beijing has threatened to invade Taiwan, which it
00:35
claims is part of its territory.
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What's interesting about this drill is the use of these ships, which are known as roll-off,
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roll-on vessels.
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These are also known as row-rows.
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These are civilian ferries which carry people, cars, equipment and shipping containers filled
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with goods.
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Because they're so easy to roll on and roll off, there is a concern that China's military
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might use these ferries to maximize its ability to bring troops and equipment onto the beach.
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Now, earlier I spoke to Derek Grossman, he's a security analyst with the RAND Corporation
01:11
based in Los Angeles, and he says that these row-rows could play a big challenge for Taiwan's
01:16
military.
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China is constantly trying to improve its military capabilities to attack or invade
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Taiwan.
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And so the row-rows are definitely a part of that.
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This is an amphibious landing capability that they are trying to perfect.
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And that is something that we're obviously keeping a close watch on.
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Now experts here in Taiwan recently said that China doesn't quite have the ability
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to invade and land troops on a beach just yet, but that these drills are part of Beijing's
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push to get to that point.
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And so what Taiwan's military is doing is just keeping on the lookout and monitoring
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those exercises so it can adapt its own defenses and manage those threats that it's seeing
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across the Taiwan Strait.
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