2nd Guards

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Military escorts
  • Army commander
  • Military guard
  • Peacekeeper
  • Rifle division

2nd Guards

Header Banner

2nd Guards

  • Home
  • Military escorts
  • Army commander
  • Military guard
  • Peacekeeper
  • Rifle division
Military guard
Home›Military guard›Coastguards are key to defending Taiwan against China

Coastguards are key to defending Taiwan against China

By Barbara D. Anderson
October 31, 2021
0
0


As China increases the strength of its forces and the frequency of its naval exercises, it is increasingly evident that Taiwan’s sovereignty could be threatened. A Chinese incursion or major attack can take the form of an embargo, blockade, airborne assault, cyber warfare, or amphibious attack – or, more likely, in concert. Taiwan faces the daunting challenge of defending itself against everyone.

While the United States Department of Defense (DOD) would play the most important role in the response, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) – the fifth largest military service, located within the Department of Homeland Security – can make an invaluable contribution to deterrence or defense. Often underestimated and underfunded, the USCG is poised to be one of the most effective instruments to safeguard Taiwanese security. It can strengthen deterrence and provide overt support while avoiding a precipitous escalation by China that could stem from an open DOD presence.

In addition, the Coast Guard‘s multidimensional mandate, in both civilian and military space, enables the service to compete in an increasingly complex global security environment, at the crossroads of kinetic and non-kinetic wars, where the physical and digital worlds continue to converge. . Beijing’s preferred tactics are to intimidate commercial and government vessels, extract resources from the waters of other countries, conduct cyber espionage operations, and expand its territorial claims, all with the calculated intention of undermine global standards without triggering a meaningful international response.

These are tactics the Coast Guard is well positioned to address. He could help Taipei in the following ways:

First, it could train Taiwanese forces in maritime surveillance and interdiction missions. These measures are particularly important, as the precursor to an invasion would likely be the deployment of Chinese fishing vessels in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions for an invading fleet, as well as deception tactics to mask the moment. , the extent and location of an invasion. fleet.

Second, the Coast Guard’s statutory missions in defense, commerce, and law enforcement enable the United States to deploy versatile and highly visible security assets that protect American ships, both military and commercial; support the strengthening of the security capacities of allies; and verify China’s naval ambitions, which include the fishing flight and development of artificial islands to expand its regional land claims.

Third, important as these measures are, such cooperation should be broadened based on the unique skills and capabilities of the USCG. By working bilaterally or with regional allies beyond current missions in Southeast Asia, the Coast Guard and Taiwan could significantly expand exercises focused on maritime navigation, search and rescue, countermeasures. narcotics and contraband.

The regional role of the Coast Guard has gradually expanded. In 2019, for the first time, a cutter sailed through the Taiwan Strait accompanied by a Navy destroyer. That same year, the USCG deployed two cutters to train with its counterparts in the Western Pacific for more than 10 months. The newly developed high-speed service national security cutters, many of which are based in Guam, dramatically reduce response times to malicious activity.

The Coast Guard has not only advanced these missions in the South China Sea and other waters around Taiwan, but also other theaters of growing interest in China. In the Arctic, China continues its icebreaking trips to expand its global security and economic footprint across a vast region with minimal oversight. The USCG also continues to detect and deter economic exploitation practices off the coast of South America. For example, Operation Southern Cross, a months-long deployment of a cutter, has quietly carried out significant operations to counter the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing campaigns allowed by China, in close cooperation with its Brazilian, Argentinian, Guyanese and Uruguayan counterparts.

The Coast Guard has also a proven track record of sensitive deployments in geopolitically controversial regions. His Southwest Asia Patrol Forces (PATFORSWA), strategically based in Bahrain near the Strait of Hormuz, has been invaluable in strengthening relations with our partners in the Persian Gulf, notably Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and in building maritime control capabilities against Iran.

The deployment in Bahrain offers a model of success. The United States has gradually increased its dependence on the USCG in its broader effort to counter China. However, to fulfill this expanded mandate and operational tempo, the Biden administration must provide the resources and attention that this formidable force and mission deserves. This is not just limited to ships, but dedicates the training, technology and political support necessary to fully realize the role of the Coast Guard in the 21st century.

The actions the USCG can take, based on its global experience and keen sense of dangerous environments, will increase Taiwan’s security by strengthening its deterrence and defense against attack. The Coast Guard offers a unique tool to advance the protection of Taiwan and other US interests in an increasingly volatile region.

Adam Stahl is a national security professional who has worked for the Senate Trade and Foreign Relations Committees and the Department of Homeland Security. A former Deputy Chief of Staff in the Strategy, Policy and Planning Office of DHS, he led the department’s strategy development for China and the Arctic. He now works for an energy company.

Bradley A. Thayer is co-author of “How China sees the world: Han centrism and the balance of power in international politics. “


Related posts:

  1. Coast Guard: wreck found in Atlantic is cutting bear
  2. MENDON BREAK OF LAND ON THE NATIONAL GUARD MEMORIAL
  3. State officials must fight discrimination and sexual assault by guards | Staff editorials
  4. DVIDS – News – Maryland National Guard Army Medical Officer Major Elise Dent crowns Ms.Veteran America 2nd Medical Services Corps Officer in Top 10
Tagschief stafflaw enforcementunited states

Categories

  • Army commander
  • Military escorts
  • Military guard
  • Peacekeeper
  • Rifle division

Recent Posts

  • Senator Muth’s Bill to Raise Minimum Wage for PA National Guard Pass Committee
  • Commander of the Northern Army in Leh on a 4-day visit
  • The protection, training and telemedicine of peacekeepers in the spotlight at the United Nations Symposium
  • Gunmen kill 20 civilians, peacekeeper dies in Mali mine explosion
  • Lauren Boebert Watch: Escorts, Abortions and Drunk Driving, Oh My!

Archives

  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • March 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • February 2019
  • November 2018
  • September 2018
  • June 2018
  • April 2018
  • February 2018
  • July 2017
  • May 2016
  • November 2015
  • August 2015
  • November 2013
  • April 2013
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions