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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

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At a conference in Singapore, Hegsteth said China was, quote, credibly preparing for an invasion of Taiwan, with Chinese forces staging regular drills around the island,

and the use of force has not been ruled out.

It's amazing to me what stories get attention and what stories just don't grab people's attention.

But, yeah, Hegzeth gave a speech over the weekend to our Asian partners,

and the Wall Street Journal version of it certainly grabbed my attention.

A little quote from Hegzeth. To be clear, any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force

would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. We are not going to

sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real, and it could be

imminent. And saying that we will allow it, it will not happen on Trump's watch. We have

repositioned some sort of anti-ship killing missiles close by to which China said that's

really, really awful. You shouldn't be doing that. But I mean, this is some serious bluster

between the two most

powerful countries in the world that at some point are going to go to war. I was just reading

those, reading about those anti-ship munitions that are so interesting, they're mounted on

remote-controlled trucks. They need no humans. So somebody in a bunker far away drives these trucks around. They

fire off missiles, then quickly relocate so they can't be hit by return fire. It's really quite

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