How Trump’s Venezuela raid is helping China plan future military strikes
Has Trump’s Venezuela raid helped China plan military strikes? Jeremy Page and Sarah Wu, co-hosts of the Drum Tower podcast, discuss whether the US assault and extraction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro could offer lessons for a possible future attack on Taiwan.
00:00 – What lessons will Beijing draw from the US strike?
01:05 – How is China’s military preparing for decapitation strikes?
02:28 – Is the PLA talking more about decapitation operations?
04:25 – How capable is China of carrying out a decapitation strike?
05:20 – How concerned is China about its military technology?
06:30 – How might the raid affect China’s future actions?
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00:00 – What lessons will Beijing draw from the US strike?
01:05 – How is China’s military preparing for decapitation strikes?
02:28 – Is the PLA talking more about decapitation operations?
04:25 – How capable is China of carrying out a decapitation strike?
05:20 – How concerned is China about its military technology?
06:30 – How might the raid affect China’s future actions?
Listen to the full episode: (podcast episode link)
China and Taiwan both see lessons in America’s raid on Venezuela: https://econ.st/4pD75p4
Sign up to our weekly newsletter: https://econ.st/3J0xzBr
#TheEconomist #Taiwan #Venezuela
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