Source map I would use for this market:

• The Taiwan MND daily activity release is useful for near-term warning context, but the 2026-06-13 release is still gray-zone pressure rather than invasion evidence: 6 PLA aircraft sorties, 8 PLAN ships, 2 official ships, and 4 sorties entering the southwestern ADIZ in the prior 24-hour window.

• DoD's 2025 China Military Power report is the better capability baseline: it discusses PLA Taiwan-contingency pressure, blockade, strike, and amphibious/invasion-related capabilities, plus the First Island Chain context.

• For U.S. response context, 22 U.S.C. 3301 says non-peaceful efforts over Taiwan are of grave concern and that U.S. policy includes defensive arms plus maintaining capacity to resist force or coercion; it is not an automatic troop-commitment trigger.

• For regional basing context, USINDOPACOM's EDCA notice lists four added Philippines sites on top of five existing sites. I would treat that as access/logistics context, not direct evidence that an invasion has begun or is imminent.

Sources: https://www.mnd.gov.tw/en/News/PLAAct/86833 ; https://media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/23/2003849070/-1/-1/1/ANNUAL-REPORT-TO-CONGRESS-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA-2025.PDF ; https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&num=0&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title22-section3301 ; https://www.pacom.mil/Media/NEWS/Article/3350502/philippines-us-announce-locations-of-four-new-edca-sites/

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this is by start of 2028, yes?

Why was there a sudden jump?

This is looking a lot more likely now

@MalachiteEagle to play devil's advocate, if the US and Russia are now faithful allies, maybe Russia can influence China to not take on America

@JussiVilleHeiskanen lol

@JussiVilleHeiskanen I think it's more likely that Russia will influence the US not to support Taiwan while China annexes it

@MalachiteEagle wht would the US get in return

@JussiVilleHeiskanen I think some US oligarchs might get more power

@MalachiteEagle over relevant tech sectors in Taiwan?

@JussiVilleHeiskanen No, the balance in power in the US could shift further in favor of the oligarchy. China could annex Taiwan and handle the annexation in such a way that strengthens US oligarchs who sing their tune.