{"id":1596056,"date":"2022-08-09T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596056"},"modified":"2022-08-09T08:13:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:13:55","slug":"china-conducts-simulated-attack-on-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-conducts-simulated-attack-on-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"China Conducts \u201cSimulated Attack\u201d on Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-conducts-simulated-attack-on-taiwan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"css-itqiyo\">\n<div class=\"css-tomq47\">\n<h2 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h6 css-1k6vyop\">Chinese jets cross the Taiwan Strait\u2019s median line and warships shadow each other as Beijing\u2019s military drills continue around the island.<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"MuiBox-root css-dpoqzr\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1k6rbu\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"China Makes \u2018Simulated Attack\u2019 On Taiwan As Beijing-Washington Communications Go Silent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=640 640w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=750 750w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=828 828w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=2018 2048w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/08\/06\/Taiwan-China-Navies.jpg?auto=webp&#038;auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=3840 3840w\" title=\"China Makes \u2018Simulated Attack\u2019 On Taiwan As Beijing-Washington Communications Go Silent\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-i9gxme\">\n<div class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container MuiGrid-spacing-xs-2 css-i0amj6\">\n<div class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-item MuiGrid-grid-xs-12 MuiGrid-grid-md-8 css-7vczw4\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-10757gk\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1k0rpky\">\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-crj2xj\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Tensions in the Western Pacific remained high on Saturday as Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of Defense reported that Chinese forces made a possible simulated attack run against a \u201chigh-value asset\u201d in the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The ministry reported some of these forces crossed the median line, the de facto boundary between the island and the mainland. Taiwan sent alert broadcasts, patrolling aircraft, and warships to counter the move, but it is not clear what the simulated attack targeted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s mock attack is the latest episode in the Taiwan Strait since a visit last week by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that resulted in outrage in Beijing. <em>The War Zone<\/em> readers can get caught up with what&#8217;s happened so far before heading into today&#8217;s events in our previous coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/record-breaking-68-chinese-warplanes-just-flew-into-the-taiwan-strait\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Some 20 Chinese aircraft and 14 ships operated near the Taiwanese coastline on Saturday, including 10 Su-30s, four J-16s, and four J-11s, all Flanker derivatives, as well as a Y-8 anti-submarine plane, and a Y-20U tanker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>At sea level, the Chinese presence is in plain sight of the shoreline as Taiwanese ships parallel their counterparts. Satellite imagery also shows the shadow-boxing in and around the Chinese-declared exercise areas that encircle the island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The U.S., Australian, and Japanese governments released a joint statement calling on China to end its exercises around Taiwan. However, reporting from Politico indicates China isn\u2019t picking up the phone from Defense Department liaisons in Washington. This is a major issue as it drastically increases the potential for a miscalculation, even if other round-about means of communication are still available. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The USS <em>Ronald Reagan<\/em> and the rest of Japan-based Carrier Strike Group remain at sea northeast of Okinawa, and a U.S. RC-135S Cobra Ball reconnaissance aircraft has flown sorties in the region monitoring Chinese missile launches. All of this while Japan has tracked Chinese drone flights around its Sakashima Islands and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>There\u2019s also this image that really puts the Taiwanese situation in perspective. In the foreground is the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) frigate ROCS <em>Fong Yang<\/em>, formerly the U.S. Navy <em>Knox<\/em>-class frigate USS <em>Brewton<\/em>. Behind it is a Chinese Type 056 corvette.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The <em>Brewton<\/em> was launched in 1971, built to protect NATO convoys and carrier groups from Soviet submarines in a Cold War battle that never came. Despite some sensor upgrades, it still features most of the legacy weapon systems of that era: an ASROC launcher, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Phalanx CIWS, and a 5-inch gun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Put simply, the<em> Fong Yang<\/em> is closer to a museum ship than many of the Chinese vessels it\u2019s facing off with. The <em>Knox<\/em> class is a 1960s design replaced in U.S. service, at least to a degree, by the<em> Oliver Hazard Perry<\/em>-class frigates, which have also since been retired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The Type 056 behind it, and many of the other Chinese warships lurking over the horizon, were designed and built in the last 20 years. True, Taiwan does have more recent designs in its fleet with the French-built <em>La Fayette<\/em> class, but the discrepancy couldn\u2019t be clearer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>The pointed threat posed by Beijing&#8217;s armada is why the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) is sending up its F-16Vs on patrol loaded for bear, with Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and ECMs pods, as well as air-to-air missiles. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/extremely-rare-photos-inside-taiwans-underground-fighter-jet-caves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ROCAF&#8217;s Harpoon-toting F-16s<\/a> have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/35458\/taiwans-f-16s-begin-flying-patrols-with-live-harpoon-anti-ship-missiles-to-deter-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">staple of Taiwan&#8217;s response to aggressive<\/a> Chinese naval behavior in recent years. Harpoon is a critical component of Taiwan&#8217;s defensive strategy overall and it has been procured in air, sea, and land-launched forms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/33734\/taiwan-wants-land-based-harpoon-anti-ship-missiles-to-counter-growing-chinese-naval-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An order for hundreds more<\/a> is now deepening the island&#8217;s Harpoon stockpile. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p>Meanwhile, life goes on in Taiwan despite the tensions offshore and in the skies above. On Dongyin, one of the isolated and heavily militarized Matsu Islands near the mainland, an EDM party raved into the night, bubble cannons and all in the crisis&#8217; shadow. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 paragraph css-htz1a0\" data-rawhtml=\"1\">\n<p><em>Contact the author: stetson.payne@thewarzone.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1483lpv\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"stripe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=640 640w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=750 750w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=828 828w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=2018 2048w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/logo\/stripe-warzone.png?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=3840 3840w\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-9qdted\">\n<div class=\"MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-101rrej\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-14entez\">MORE TO READ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese jets cross the Taiwan Strait\u2019s median line and warships shadow each other as Beijing\u2019s military drills continue around the island. 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