On this episode of Nutsworld, my guest today just returned from a trip to Lithuania and Israel.

But the issue most concerning to him right now is the Chinese Communist Party's ability

to conduct a cyber-enabled economic warfare campaign against Taiwan.

This campaign might be able to deliver Taiwan to the Chinese Communist Party with minimal damage.

So what's the United States do to stop it?

I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Admiral Mark Montgomery, senior fellow at the Foundation

for Defense of Democracies.

Thank you. Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Mark, welcome, and thank you for joining me on Nuts World.

Thank you for having me today here, sir.

It's a very important topic.

Admiral Samuel Paparo,

commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command during a Senate

Armed Services Committee hearing on April 10th, said that, quote, China's increasing

aggressive actions near Taiwan are not just exercises, they are rehearsals. Do you think China is

ramping up for something or are these just military exercises?

Sam is right.

Admiral Papparo, the Peacom commander, the Chinese are rehearsing.

Now, I think what's important to understand here is that that is the most dangerous scenario where they do this kind of cross-straight invasion.

That's what they're rehearsing for.

Maybe the next most dangerous is a full-scale blockade.

But what's really got me worried is something less than that, what we call the most likely scenario in the military, the one that you

really need to make sure you're planning for. And that's a cyber-enabled economic warfare campaign

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