CHINA will soon be able to defeat the US in a war over Taiwan, a top US admiral has warned.
The chilling warning comes amid fears that is preparing for a of the island as it masses warships and submarines.
Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo, raised the alarm at the McCain Institute’s annual Sedona Forum in on Friday.
The admiral said that while the US would defeat in a war over now, it may soon lose its advantage, as reported by the Financial Times.
Paparo said: “The will prevail in the conflict as it stands now, with the force that we have right now.”;
But he added: “Our trajectory on . . . really every force element that is salient is a bad trajectory.”;
China has ramped up its production of weapons including warships and submarines – and the US doesn’t seem to be able to keep up.
According to Paparo, for every 1.8 warships made in the US each year China builds an impressive six.
And for every 1.4 submarines made in the US, it builds two.
The warning comes as China continues to expand its military exercises around Taiwan, as fears of an invasion mount.
Paparo fuelled fears of an attack, saying that is rehearsing “the full spectrum of military operations”; – from a direct invasion of the island to a naval blockade.
This comes as Taiwanreported at least 19 Chinese warships as well as the large Shandong aircraft carrier patrolling nearby last month.
This marked the biggest number of enemy vessels seen in a 24-hour period since last May – part of China’s chilling war games.
But the US admiral hinted that Taiwan wouldn’t be on their own if China invaded.
When asked whether the US would support military intervention in Taiwan, he responded: “A lesson in is that people are always saying America will never get in a fight, but it’s not the track record.”;
But if China continues to ramp up its weapons production the US may not be able to protect the island.
And China may have more weapons than previously thought.
images exposed back in April.
The shocking pictures showed six nuke boats massed at a Chinese base.
These included two of the deadly Type 091 submarines, two Type 093A and one chillingly unidentified submarine.
The base – dubbed the First Submarine Base – is located 18km east of Qingdao in the Yellow Sea, meaning there’s easy access to the East China Sea and the Sea ofJapan.
Australian independent naval analyst Alex Luck posted the shocking images to X.
In the post, he said that five nuclear-powered subs seen on the base were conventionally armed.
Taiwan insists it is an independent nation after splitting from mainlandamid civil war in 1949.
ButChinaclaims Taiwan remains a part of its territorywith which it must eventually be reunified – and has not ruled out the use of force to take the island and place it under Beijing’s control.
China insists that its intentions are peaceful, but Presidenthas also waged a “war of words”; on the small island nation.
In this years New Year’s address, President Xi said that the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family.
And he has previously called the independence of Taiwan a futile effort and that annexation by Beijing is a “historical inevitability”;.
