THE US is readying for World War Three with China by mobilising 400 bases packed with warships and nukes to create a "perfect noose" around the superpower.

In a show of force, America has been deploying troops in Asia and the Pacific over the past few months – prompting experts to say nuclear war is "no longer unthinkable".

6 The US is readying for World War Three with China by mobilising 400 military bases surrounding the superpower Credit: Base Nation

Tensions between the superpowers escalated further still on Friday when Trump took a veiled swipe at China by accepting a phone call from Taiwan's President.

And now experts have voiced fears about how a war between the US and China is poised to explode into reality as America continues to prepare for a devastating war.

In March, the US Navy dispatched an aircraft carrier and five warships to the South China Sea.

6 In March, the US Navy dispatched an aircraft carrier and five warships to the South China Sea Credit: Fox News

6 In a show of force, America has been deploying troops and warships in Asia and the Pacific over the past few months Credit: Reuters

It also deployed nuclear capable bombers to its military base in Guam.

This sent a message to China that the US will continue to carry out patrols as China continues to "militarize" the islands, officials said.

A total of 400 US military bases, packed with warships, nukes and bombers, have now been set up across the Pacific region, including in South Korea and Australia.

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The US has been accused of trying to provoke war by surrounding and entrapping China with this ring of steel.

John Pilger has examined the impending conflict in his new documentary, The Coming War.

"The aim of this film is to break a silence: the United States and China may be on the road to war, and nuclear war is no longer unthinkable," he told the Daily Star.

6 Donald Trump risked causing an international crisis after a phone call with the President of Taiwan Credit: EPA

In the film, US war planner Andrew Krepinevich said America is responding to China’s “provocative” behaviour.

He said airstrikes, US troops, missile bases, and naval blockades have a "key role in punishing China".

"We are responding to provocative behaviour on the part of China and just as we did in the Cold War,” he said in the film.

“The idea is to have a position of military strength such that you adversaries are not tempted to act in an aggressive way."

6 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen's called Trump - but both parties agreed to it beforehand Credit: AP:Associated Press

Trump is feared to have plunged America's relationship with China into further uncertainty after taking a phone call from the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, on Friday.

The President-elect's controversial call broke with 37 years of US diplomatic protocol and prompted a furious response from China.

His critics pointed out the call was the first time a US president or president-elect has spoken to a Taiwanese leader since 1979.

The US has not formally recognised Taiwan as an independent state since it re-established diplomatic ties with the communist mainland over 40 years ago.

6 Trump defended his decision to take the call in a Twitter outburst on Sunday Credit: Twitter

Trump has been hit with a barrage of criticism after accepting the call - as well as a formal complaint from China.

But he has refused to back down and defended his decision to take the call in a Twitter outburst on Sunday.

"Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into their country (the U.S. doesn't tax them)," Trump tweeted on Sunday.

"Or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea? I don't think so!"