China will destroy and defeat US in possible war over Taiwan, top-secret Pentagon document warns

A top-secret US government assessment claims that China would destroy American fighter planes and defeat the military in a possible conflict over Taiwan, The New York Times reported.

This document, “Overmatch Brief”, was reportedly prepared by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment and shows the comparison between Washington’s dependence on expensive, vulnerable weapons and the rival’s “cheap but technologically advanced” ones.

The report comes days after China warned that it would “crush” all foreign attempts to interfere in the Taiwan matter, as Japan warned of placing missiles on an island close to Taiwan…