US_ China’s move on Taiwan could come even sooner than projected, U.S. commander warns

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

China’s move on Taiwan could come even sooner than projected, U.S. commander warns

Adm. Paparo, slated to head Indo-Pac Command, tells Hill hearing Beijing threat on the rise

Adm. Sam Paparo, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, speaks at a news conference at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File) more >

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Thursday, February 1, 2024


China’s military could launch an attack against Taiwan before 2027, the date Beijing has ordered the People’s Liberation Army to be ready for a takeover, the nominee to head the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command told a Senate hearing Thursday.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, currently Pacific Fleet commander, was also pressed at his confirmation hearing to meet a legal requirement for the command to set up a joint task force in the Pacific. Lawmakers say a multiservice and multination military unit is needed to better prepare the U.S. military for a conflict with China.

Adm. Paparo told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Chinese military threat is increasing.

“The trajectory of the PLA, the People’s Liberation Army, across all of its services, and its activity and its aggression, that itself is the greatest challenge,” he said.

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