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Biden Must Work to Enhance Taiwan’s Air and Sea Denial Capabilities

Biden Must Work to Enhance Taiwan’s Air and Sea Denial Capabilities
A Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) Air Force (ROCAF) F-16V fighter jet lands on a highway used as an emergency runway during the Han Kuang military exercise simulating the China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) invading the island, in Changhua, Taiwan, on May 28, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Under the Trump administration, the United States worked to enhance Taiwan’s ability to deny China access to the seas off its coast and its airspace. President Joe Biden should continue helping Taiwan modernize its military because it’s strategically significant.

John Rossomando
John Rossomando
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John Rossomando is a senior analyst for defense policy at the Center for Security Policy and served as senior analyst for counterterrorism at The Investigative Project on Terrorism for eight years.
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