Yes, the Pacific navy forces want a higher budget, and they're playing on the fears of Chinese attack to get it. Your list of training exercises and US reports

Yes, the Pacific navy forces want a higher budget, and they're playing on the fears of Chinese attack to get it. Your list of training exercises and US reports claiming China couldn't invade Taiwan aren't really changing my opinion. >There's a stated intent to enforce a "One China Policy" and that's not going to happen without a large-scale troop movement. Or they enforce it by pretending Taiwan doesn't exist, like they have so far.