: Whither Taiwan Crisis: Will China go for an invasion? #IndiaNEWS #News New Delhi: Amidst an already frayed relationship between the United States and China, tensions are soaring over rapid developments

Whither Taiwan Crisis: Will China go for an invasion? #IndiaNEWS #News
New Delhi: Amidst an already frayed relationship between the United States and China, tensions are soaring over rapid developments in the Taiwan Strait since House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to Taipei early last month prompting Beijing to carry on aggressive military drills, launching of missiles and other grey zone strategies like sending unmanned drones to Taiwan-controlled islands.
As demonstration of the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, it had sent two Navy warships on August 27 to transit through Taiwan Strait as Pentagon increases the frequency of freedom of navigation operations. While the US sending warships in the Taiwan Straits is nothing new, Cruisers were sent for the first time highlighting the critical nature of the situation in the Taiwan Strait. Then on September 2, the US announced a new 1. 1 billion arms package for Taiwan boosting its defences. China warned of countermeasures.
The package includes US 5 million for contractor support to maintain and upgrade a Raytheon early warning radar system in operation since 2013 that will warn Taiwan about an incoming attack. Taiwan will also spend about US 5 to buy 60 Harpoon II missiles which can track and sink incoming vessels if China launches an assault by water. The arms also include US . 6 million for more than 100 Sidewinder missiles, a mainstay of Western militaries for their air-to-air fire power. China accused the US of interfering in internal affairs and asked to immediately revoke the arms sales.
The announcement of US arms sales came one day after Taiwan shot down an unidentified commercial drone amid a sudden spate of mysterious incursions. At the time of the shooting down Taiwan did not name China, even though it was quite sure it came from China. Now Taiwans military has confirmed for the first time that the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) flew drones across the median line that divides the Taiwan Strait.
The Defence Ministry said 45 PLA aircraft flew around Taiwan last Thursday, of which 25 crossed the median line, including a BT-100 unmanned aerial vehicle. It also confirmed that more drones had crossed the line on Friday and Saturday. On Monday, it said another PLA drone-identified as a BZK 007 had entered Taiwans south-west air defence identification zone, a rare revelation of the model and its flight route.
As the high-octane verbal war between the US and China ensues and the simultaneous Chinese intimidation of Taiwan through aggressive provocative actions continues, will the Taiwan crisis lead to an imminent invasion or an open conflict between the US and China?
Taiwan is naturally alarmed by the unprecedented Chinese military actions in the last one month and its defence ministry has presented a report to its Parliament where it maintained that Beijing has been simulating attacks on US navy ships and aiming to prevent foreign forces coming to Taiwans aid.

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