War games conducted by a Washington think tank found that the U.S. military could successfully defend Taiwan against a hypothetical Chinese invasion — but at the cost of massive amounts of personnel and materials.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has held 18 of 22 planned simulations of a 2026 Chinese invasion of Taiwan, one in which the United States devotes its forces to defending the island, according to Bloomberg. Retired U.S. generals, admirals, and former Pentagon officials commanded China, the red team, and a U.S.-Japanese-Taiwanese alliance, the blue team. The latest of the advanced war games used a 20-sided dice and complex computer calculations, according to the Wall Street Journal. The results of each game so far have shown a Pyrrhic victory for the U.S.-led alliance.
