WASHINGTON, Nov 17 — A bipartisan advisory body to the US Congress today recommended that lawmakers take “urgent measures” to strengthen the credibility of US military deterrence of any potential Chinese aggression against Taiwan.
The report said Congress should authorize and appropriate funds for Taiwan to purchase defense articles from the United States and finance the deployment of cruise and ballistic missiles and other munitions in the Indo-Pacific while increasing funding for surveillance. China claims Taiwan as its own and has vowed to bring the island under Chinese control, by force if necessary, and tensions across the Taiwan Strait have escalated in recent months.