China has stepped up diplomatic and military pressure against Taiwan, alarming U.S. officials and allies in the region that Beijing seeks to retake the island by force.
If projections of a Chinese military invasion to retake Taiwan are accurate, the United States can use artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies to signal to forces in the region that China is not engaging in another provocative military exercise but rather launching the invasion. . so many predict.
According to experts, AI and machine learning (ML) can help the United States and its allies in the region improve the speed and efficiency of war plan development, intelligence assessments, and targeting effectiveness.
An MV-22 Osprey from the “Ugly Angels” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362 flies alongside the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South China Sea on February 11, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin McTaggart)
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Retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, who serves as senior director of the Center for Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News that Digital AI and ML can help US intelligence experts process the immense amount of surveillance data covering China. and the western Pacific Ocean that the United States is ingesting.
“This data needs to be processed, evaluated and disseminated quickly, and AI and machine learning can make it a more agile and efficient process. This, in turn, can give decision-making advantages to the US military and politicians” Montgomery added.
Decision makers can easily misinterpret the intentions of hostile forces, mistaking training exercises for an actual prelude to military action. New technology can avoid the possibility that a miscalculation will lead to an unnecessary armed confrontation.
“When we find ourselves in a place where we can no longer deduce the enemy's intentions (possible enemy intentions) from their disposition on the field, we have to go deeper, and that requires data, computing, talent… What are those indications and what? Warnings?” Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Pacific Fleet who was recently nominated to lead the US Indo-Pacific Command, said at a conference hosted by the Defense Innovation Unit, Breaking Defense reported .
A Philippine Coast Guard rigid-hull inflatable boat passes by the Japanese Coast Guard Akitsushima during a trilateral drill by the U.S., Japanese and Philippine Coast Guard near the waters of the disputed South China Sea in Bataan Province , Philippines, on June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
Paparo said the erosion of strategic, operational and tactical warnings is a real concern.
“It presents a challenge to the joint force in our ability to dig deep, to find those indications and warnings that allow us to be in a position to support our allies and partners and, if so, be called upon by the commander in chief and respond to the readiness to defend Taiwan should the People's Republic of China decide to resolve matters through the use of force,” Paparo said in a Breaking Defense article.
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an air force pilot from the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducts a joint combat training exercise around the island of Taiwan on August 7, 2022. (Wang Xinchao/Xinhua via AP)
The growing fear among policymakers in Washington is that China is preparing to invade Taiwan and reunify it with the mainland by force, reversing decades of democratic self-rule. China stepped up its military activities in the Taiwan Strait following Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to Taiwan in August 2022. China sent 727 aircraft in and into Taiwan airspace in 2022 and sent 850 aircraft in the first half of 2023 , according to the Stimson Center.
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Some in Beijing perceived the former House speaker's visit as a US move away from its long-standing recognition of the “One China” policy that has underpinned rapprochement with Taiwan since 1979. Several military officials have recently warned that China plans invade Taiwan. in the next years.
“Taiwan is clearly one of their ambitions, and I think the threat manifests itself during this decade, in fact, in the next six years,” Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, told the Committee on Senate Armed Services. audience in 2021.
Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a session of China's National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
It's not just policymakers and regional observers who say China will attack Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping has gone on record and been candid about his ambitions for Taiwan ahead of the centenary of the People's Republic of China.
In his 2023 New Year's speech, Xi said that reunification with Taiwan was inevitable and that the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will be achieved in 2049, the centenary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Already in 2012, Xi said that “achieving rejuvenation is the dream of the Chinese people.”
And a resolution adopted by the CPC Central Committee in November 2021 said: “Resolving the Taiwan question and achieving the complete reunification of China is a historic mission and an unwavering commitment of the Party.”
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A recent war game by the Center for Strategic and International Studies predicted a U.S. victory over China, with staggering deaths and casualties, including “dozens of ships, hundreds of planes, and tens of thousands of service members,” for the United States. United and its allies. .
Other war games conducted by the Department of Defense, the House Select Committee on China, and several other think tanks reached similar conclusions.
