Taiwan Defense Via 'Hellscape' Has Experts Pondering

Taiwanese armored vehicles roll down a street in Kinmen May 24. China warned that Taiwan's leadership was pushing the self-ruled island into "a perilous situation of war and danger" and that it would go "further" if provoked. (Getty Images)

By    |   Wednesday, 19 June 2024 08:13 AM EDT ET

Like all wars, conflicts spur innovation and give rise to ideas of how to fight the next one.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict apparently has stoked the imagination of Adm. Samuel Paparo, chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, and apparently some in the Pentagon as to how to use lessons learned in Eastern Europe halfway around the world in the South China Sea.

John Mills

Col. John Mills, ret., served 33 years in the Army and also as a senior civilian in government and at national security-related think tanks.  He is the former director of cybersecurity policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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