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Hello, American Mark Levin here our number 877-381-3811-877-3813811. How's that sound, Mr. Producer?

Bring it down a little bit. How's that? Better? All right. That's where we be. I'm in another bunker. Ladies and gentlemen,

I thought we'd do some comparisons between the Communist Chinese military and the military of the free nation of Taiwan.

And we better start talking about this a little bit more thoroughly.

Total ground forces communist China, 1,040,000 plus 416,000, this person now in the Taiwan straight area, almost 1.5 million.

Taiwan is a nation of about 23.5 million. China is a nation of 1.4 billion. So, Taiwan's population isn't even a rounding error when you consider the size of communist China.

Ground armies in a regular army. Army Corps, 13 group armies, 13 group armies in China plus 5 in the Taiwan straight, total of 18, Taiwan 3.

Combined arms brigades, 78, 30, additional in the Taiwan straight area.

Number in Taiwan zero. Let's move down the list. Give me a second. Army aviation aerosol brigades, 15 plus 5 in the Taiwan straights.

Army is Chinese 20, Taiwan is 4. Artillery brigades, 15 plus 5 in the straights. That's 20, Taiwan 3. Airborne brigades, 7 plus 7 in the Taiwan side. It's 14, Taiwan zero.

Army brigades, total of 13, China 2, Taiwan tanks, China has 6,300, Taiwan is 800. Artillery pieces, China has 7,000, Taiwan is 1100.

You can see quite the distinction. Aircraft carriers. Let's see here. Communist China, 3. Taiwan zero. Cruisers, Communist China 1, Taiwan zero.

Destroyers, Communist China 53, Taiwan 4. Frigates. Little over 80 for Communist China 22, Taiwan. Corps vets. No, not those.

China slightly over 80, Taiwan zero. Tank, medium landing ships, amphibious transport dock. Communist China 57, Taiwan 14. Diesel attacks subs.

China 56, Taiwan has a total of two subs. Diesel. Nuclear attack subs. China has 9, Taiwan has zero.

Elastic missile submarines. China 6, Taiwan has zero. Coastal patrol, missile armed ships. China is 86. Taiwan is 44. Coast guard ships 223. Communist China 23, Taiwan.

You get this sense? Tole of fighter jets. Communist China 1600. Taiwan 400. Bombers. China has 450. Taiwan is zero.

Transport planes. China has 400. Taiwan is 30. Special mission aircraft. China has 150. Taiwan has 30. China also has nuclear weapons. Taiwan has none.

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