"I don't think they lack for anything that they need," Lyle Goldstein, director of Asia engagement at Defense Priorities, said of China's forces.
Military forces are being deployed nearer to Taiwan than ever, effectively shortening Taiwan's reaction time.
Stockpiling of China's rocket force, too, suggests it would have more than enough missiles and rockets to target Taiwan.
One common concern is that as China's military exercises around Taiwan have grown in frequency and size, the line between exercise and potential attack is becoming blurred.
Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty ImagesExperts, as well as US and Taiwan lawmakers and military officials, have long debated about the readiness of the People's Liberation Army as China's military is known.
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