

A deadly battle for control between rival forces in Sudan right now. Ivan Watson, in Hong Kong, thank you both very much. is sending equipment to Taiwan fast enough, and that is what Milley said is currently a priority. But there are a lot of questions here about whether the U.S. would likely come to Taiwan's defense if that were to happen. But he cautioned that, saying that, you know, that there tends to be some overheated rhetoric and that it is not clear that China will actually move forward with trying to invade Taiwan by 2027, which we should note Xi Jinping, the president of China, has ordered his military to be prepared for. is inevitable, which is kind of a scary thought. He said that China currently believes that war with the U.S. And the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, he spoke to this just a few months ago. BERTRAND: So, look, I mean, this is something that the U.S. NATASHA BERTRAND, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: Yes, and that it would be very difficult for them to move all of their jets into a safe location, right, if China did launch a kind of air blitz on the island. I mean they outlined the fact that Taiwan officials are concerned their air defense systems can't accurately detect missile launches and that only half of their aircraft or even mission capable at this point.

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