These New Chinese Ships Could Bring a D-Day-Style Invasion to Taiwan | WSJ Equipped

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As China escalates its military activity around Taiwan and rapidly builds its naval and civilian fleets, Beijing’s threats to seize the island could be coming closer to reality. China’s new ships can land on beaches and link to form massive mobile piers, boosting the PLAs amphibious assault capacity. Analysts say they’re intended to rapidly offload military equipment in the event of a sea invasion.

WSJ breaks down how these new Chinese ships are setting the stage for a D-Day-style invasion of Taiwan.

Chapters:
0:00 China’s new ships
0:44 Shipyard in Guangzhou
1:46 Sea trials
2:24 Breaking down the ships
5:40 Invasion scenario
6:51 What’s next?

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