China ferry fleet built amid Taiwan invasion preparations, classified report warns
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A classified US intelligence report, seen by the ABC, says vessels have been modified to carry tanks and partake in amphibious operations in what Taiwan considers part of China's "expansionist intentions".

A classified US military intelligence report seen by the ABC says China is rapidly building up the country’s commercial ferry fleet to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan.

The report dates from earlier this year and was prepared by members of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for the Pentagon.

The US intelligence says the large ocean-going vessels have been modified to carry tanks and partake in amphibious operations.

China is building more than 70 of the large vessels by the end of 2026.

  • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    432·
    21 hours ago

    And set up a precedent that in the modern world you can still just walk into a place with an army and call it yours. Or, well, that was the plan for “Kyiv in 3 days”

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      282·
      20 hours ago

      Exactly, the borders were very much set for decades now (with few exceptions). Then, ruzis took Crimea and what do we have here - anexation is back on the menu.

      China is also dealing with record youth unemployment of almost 20% - you know what gets people quickly employed? A bit of good ol’ war

    • AxExRx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      19 hours ago

      I think its a win for them no matter how things play out- either Russia’s strategy works, and precedence gets set, and china is free to threaten nukes to anyone ‘butting in’ to their war to capture Taiwan, Russia fails, overextends, and becomes a vassal state to China, or the war metasticizes in to a world war, and they snap up whatever they want in Asia while the west’s is occupied with other fronts (like Europe and Midle east)