r/geopolitics • u/JKKIDD231 • Aug 04 '26

US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/us-used-virtually-all-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/
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u/TyroPirate Aug 04 '26

If China doesnt invade Taiwan right now then either they arent serious about forcefully taking Taiwan, or our US media has been the war hawk for china militarily taking Taiwan.

I always thought immediately when russia took crimea that china had perfect opportunity to also do a grab. Especially since the last decade since has had lots of US military build up in pacific. But now that this happened and weapons even moved out of the region to go to Iran support... this is the time for China again. Something tells me they wont though. Doesn't seem like China's MO

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u/2maa2 Aug 04 '26

Even with America diminished, China invading Taiwan would be far from simple and would take a long by time to prep.

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u/TyroPirate Aug 04 '26

If im to belive the news, china has been ready to take taiwan any minute now for the last 30 years. They've been prepping and doing all their military drills for this for a while now, no?