House Republicans are fresh off a policy retreat in Florida, and by press dispatches you’d think the only subject was Donald J. Trump. But substance was on the docket, and the Members spent part of their trip playing a war game over defending Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. Perhaps the exercise will concentrate minds about preventing a Pacific confrontation.
The unclassified game asked Members to imagine the summer of 2025, as China mounts a naval and air assault across the Taiwan Strait. Retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, who helped run the game, tells us the U.S. had about 30 days of warning indications to move more forces into the Pacific. America had a few basic military options once the missiles started flying: Disrupt the invasion by attacking the Chinese fleet; launch attacks that include mainland China; or try to surround Chinese forces and choke them off.
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