{"id":37133,"date":"2026-07-13T08:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37133"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:59:41","slug":"dwindling-us-firepower-doesnt-shrink-chinas-taiwan-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=37133","title":{"rendered":"Dwindling US firepower doesn\u2019t shrink China\u2019s Taiwan trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/China-Invasion-of-Taiwan.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>As the US keeps fighting in Iran, China is watching not only what the US can destroy, but how quickly it can replace what it fires. Yet depleted US stockpiles do not make an invasion of Taiwan any less perilous for China. 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