

And as a protracted siege ensued, the U.S. The United States and its main ally, Japan, lost thousands of servicemembers, dozens of ships, and hundreds of aircraft.

managed to even the odds for a time by deploying more sophisticated submarines as well as B-21 and B-2 stealth bombers to get inside China’s air defense zones, but Washington ran out of key munitions in a matter of days and saw its network access severed.

and allied air bases and ships in the Indo-Pacific. Having taken seriously President Joe Biden’s pledge to defend the island, Beijing also struck pre-emptively at U.S. The war began in the early morning hours with a massive bombardment - China’s version of “shock and awe.” Chinese planes and rockets swiftly destroyed most of Taiwan’s navy and air force as the People’s Liberation army and navy mounted a massive amphibious assault across the 100-mile Taiwan Strait.
