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Berger: Slow Russian Progress In Ukraine Gives China Pause In Taiwan, Validates USMC Direction on Modernization

Berger: Slow Russian Progress In Ukraine Gives China Pause In Taiwan, Validates USMC Direction on Modernization
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) when it was launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding Division in Pascagoula, Miss in March 2020 (Photo: U.S. Navy by Huntington Ingalls Industries).

The Commandant of the Marine Corps this week said Russia’s slow progress of its invasion of Ukraine should cause China to reevaluate any plans to militarily take over Taiwan. “Without making somebody 10 feet tall, I say absolutely we should assume they're studying it. We are too. We're a learning organization.” Gen. David Berger, said during a Washington Post online interview on March 16. “We should assume that the [China People’s Liberation Army] and leaders are studying what’s happening in…

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