- America and Japan have started a secret exercise.
- Retaliation is being planned against China in the event of an attack on Taiwan.
Tokyo: Because of the looming threat of war with China over Taiwan, America and Japan are conducting a secret military exercise. This exercise is taking place at a time when there has been increased concern in the entire region regarding the aggressive behavior of China. Military officials in the US and Japan began to seriously plan a possible conflict with China in the last year of the Trump administration. The British newspaper Financial Times quoted sources related to this military exercise. This secret exercise is going on in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. In the year 2019, the then Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, had decided to broaden military planning because of the increasing threat from China towards Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands.
This process of military preparation against China continues even after the change of leadership in both countries. The tension between the US and Japan increased when China largely sent its fighter jets and bombers to Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone. On June 15, 28 Chinese fighter jets entered the territory of Taiwan. Not only this, the Chinese Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard have also become very active these days near the Senkaku Islands of Japan.
China and Taiwan claim the island but its administration is with Japan. China has consistently insisted that it wants Taiwan’s unification with China. China has said it wants peaceful reunification but has not ruled out the use of force to annex Taiwan. Randy Schriver, an American expert, says that the Chinese military has brought America and Japan together for new thinking on Taiwan in many ways.
Actually, America has been wanting to do more and more joint military exercises with Japan, but Tokyo has been avoiding it so far. Now because of China, this dilemma has reduced but it is not over yet. When defense cooperation between the two countries began to increase, Japan asked the US to share its war plan with Taiwan. However, the US refrained from doing so. Now united between the two, a war plan is being made regarding Taiwan.
