U.S. warns impact of conflict in Taiwan Strait would be devastating

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Saturday that any conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be devastating.Speaking at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore, Austin expressed concern that China "continues to conduct an alarming number of risky intercepts of U.S. and allies' aircraft flying lawfully in international waters.""We have all just seen another troubling case of aggressive and unprofessional flying by the PRC," he said, referring to China by the acronym for its official name, the People's Republic of China."To be clear, we do not seek conflict or confrontation but we will not …READ FULL ARTICLE