At InfoBrics, Drago Bosnic, an apparent pro-Chinese/Russian writer, notes the close cooperation between Taiwanese and American military forces. Bosnic is not pleased about the arrangement. He writes:

Back in January, it became public knowledge that the US-backed Taiwanese government had already launched the so-called Joint Firepower Coordination Center (JFCC), defined as “an enhanced firepower coordination effort in close cooperation with the United States”. This signals an increased focus on long-range strike capabilities and asymmetric warfare in the face of China’s total technological and numerical superiority. According to local media, the JFCC is “designed to improve the planning and coordination of precision attacks in response to increasing threats from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)”. This is framed as part of Taipei’s “broader defense strengthening efforts to deepen ties with the Pentagon”.

Multiple sources have also confirmed that the JFCC will include American military personnel and that they “hold seats within the new coordination hub”. Worse yet, several publicly acknowledged joint staff exercises involving local and US troops have already taken place, highlighting operational integration between Washington DC and Taipei. Both sides praise what they call “maximizing the interoperability of US-sourced systems and domestic weaponry”. In practice, this means that American military personnel will effectively serve as commanding officers of the Taiwanese military. It could be argued that this would be tantamount to a declaration of war on China, as the US acknowledges (formally, at least) the Asian giant’s territorial integrity.

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