The Pentagon report indicates that China’s navy and air assets are about ten times Taiwan’s capabilities but assesses a Chinese amphibious D-Day invasion as a risky and challenging operation for China.
China has military capabilities which could successfully intervene in North Korea
A Pentagon report discussed the possibility that China could respond militarily to a crisis on the Korean Peninsula. China has long been concerned about stability along its border with North Korea. Should a crisis or conflict occur on the Peninsula, China’s leaders could order the PLA to engage in a range of operations. These could range from securing the China North Korea border to prevent the flow of refugees to a military intervention into North Korea.
The Northern Theater contains three group armies of approximately 170,000 soldiers, a naval fleet, two air force bases, one specialized air division, two naval aviation divisions, and People’s Armed Police (PAP) units that conduct border defense operations. Additional theaters could also be asked to support a larger North Korea related contingency.
In response to a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident on the Korean
Peninsula, the PLA could deploy emergency response units with specialized equipment and
personnel who routinely train for rapid responses.
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Not our problem. Let the Taiwanese and Chinese bleed on the beach. Better even yet: Lob some nukes at each other. Now THAT would be a groovy civil war to watch on TV with some nice popcorn!
Not our problem.Let the Taiwanese and Chinese bleed on the beach. Better even yet: Lob some nukes at each other. Now THAT would be a groovy civil war to watch on TV with some nice popcorn!
China does not need to invade Taiwan. Just cut out Taiwan to do bsiness with motherland and put sanctions on any company (US, EUrope, etc.) that does business with Taiwan and Taiwan is forced to join China It is as simple as this
China does not need to invade Taiwan. Just cut out Taiwan to do bsiness with motherland and put sanctions on any company (US EUrope etc.) that does business with Taiwan and Taiwan is forced to join China It is as simple as this
You are dreaming Taiwan does most of their business with China, China can cut out Taiwan and Taiwan will be economically dead
That might work if China was the US. They really don’t want to be a part of China under the current regime and an economic embargo won’t change that. China will need to occupy Taiwan to get what they want and they will wish they never had it once they get it.
You are dreaming Taiwan does most of their business with China China can cut out Taiwan and Taiwan will be economically dead
That might work if China was the US. They really don’t want to be a part of China under the current regime and an economic embargo won’t change that. China will need to occupy Taiwan to get what they want and they will wish they never had it once they get it.
Go get psykhiatric help, id iot..
Go get psykhiatric help id iot..
Rather ignorant that you do not know that China gets 25% of it’s top end chip sets from Taiwan that China cannot make. Any attack on Taiwan which results in losing access to the chips Taiwan makes and China also stops manufacturing.
Rather ignorant that you do not know that China gets 25{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} of it’s top end chip sets from Taiwan that China cannot make. Any attack on Taiwan which results in losing access to the chips Taiwan makes and China also stops manufacturing.
Taiwanese soldiers will not fight againt PLA. Those Taiwan separatists are all talk, and none of them joins the armed forces to die for what they are yelling for, and all of them will first to run in any sign of PLA’s landing in Taiwan.
Taiwanese soldiers will not fight againt PLA. Those Taiwan separatists are all talk and none of them joins the armed forces to die for what they are yelling for and all of them will first to run in any sign of PLA’s landing in Taiwan.
Unfortunately you are the minority. Pentagon, US security agencies and Washington Beltway will do their best to meddle. But why should you care anyway, those Americans get killed are mercenaries, you can watch them get blown up into pieces by Chinese precision and smart weapons on TV, laptop or iPad with some nice popcorn and Cocaine, they are just as much fun.
Reining in Taiwan is a small scale precision chopping head (DPP core member in Taipei) op, Taiwanese soldiers will not fight against PLA, and all Taiwan separatists do not serve the military to defend what they yelling about, it is hard to see how can reining in Taiwan by force will affect Taiwan’s chip supply to mainland. In case you don’t know that when PLA lands in Taiwan, all workers in those chip factories will do their best to prevent anybody sabotaging their chip operations, so that they will not pay the price for the stupid DPP’s traitorous deeds.
Unfortunately you are the minority. Pentagon US security agencies and Washington Beltway will do their best to meddle. But why should you care anyway those Americans get killed are mercenaries you can watch them get blown up into pieces by Chinese precision and smart weapons on TV laptop or iPad with some nice popcorn and Cocaine they are just as much fun.
Reining in Taiwan is a small scale precision chopping head (DPP core member in Taipei) op Taiwanese soldiers will not fight against PLA and all Taiwan separatists do not serve the military to defend what they yelling about it is hard to see how can reining in Taiwan by force will affect Taiwan’s chip supply to mainland. In case you don’t know that when PLA lands in Taiwan all workers in those chip factories will do their best to prevent anybody sabotaging their chip operations so that they will not pay the price for the stupid DPP’s traitorous deeds.
That you would suggest, even non-seriously, that you would find the prospects of thousands or even millions of other people dying as *amusement* is certainly revelatory of an extreme lack of empathy and, dare I say, humanity on your part. Oh, and let me point out that once nukes start flying, there is no guarantee at all that you, or any of us, will simply remain observers. Nuclear wars have the nasty potential for creating unwilling participants in vast numbers and there is nothing that exempts you from this potential, so think about that some more before imaging munching out on popcorn.
Historically, that is a bad bet to make. When someone invades you, the propensity is to see them as, well, an invader to be fought against. YOU may see the Taiwanese as “separatists”, but what matters here is how the Taiwanese see themselves. The best evidence of that, I think, is the fact that the DPP is currently in ascendancy. This says to me that the Taiwanese are not, in any way, looking to merge into mainland China and will forcibly resist forcible assimilation. Amphibious operations are notoriously difficult to conduct, google “Tarawa” (if you can) to see how difficult and costly these can be. The Taiwanese possess a first-world caliber professional military and trying to do a cross-strait operation in the face of their opposition is likely to be exceedingly costly and is far from assured of success. There is a reason why I refer to such an exercise, only semi-facetiously, as the “million man swim”. The PLA may be enormous, but how much of that power can it actually viably project across the Taiwan Strait? I reiterate, not enough to guarantee success.
That you would suggest even non-seriously that you would find the prospects of thousands or even millions of other people dying as *amusement* is certainly revelatory of an extreme lack of empathy and dare I say humanity on your part. Oh and let me point out that once nukes start flying there is no guarantee at all that you or any of us will simply remain observers. Nuclear wars have the nasty potential for creating unwilling participants in vast numbers and there is nothing that exempts you from this potential so think about that some more before imaging munching out on popcorn.
Historically that is a bad bet to make. When someone invades you the propensity is to see them as well an invader to be fought against. YOU may see the Taiwanese as separatists””” but what matters here is how the Taiwanese see themselves. The best evidence of that I think is the fact that the DPP is currently in ascendancy. This says to me that the Taiwanese are not in any way looking to merge into mainland China and will forcibly resist forcible assimilation.Amphibious operations are notoriously difficult to conduct”” google “”””Tarawa”””” (if you can) to see how difficult and costly these can be. The Taiwanese possess a first-world caliber professional military and trying to do a cross-strait operation in the face of their opposition is likely to be exceedingly costly and is far from assured of success. There is a reason why I refer to such an exercise”” only semi-facetiously”” as the “”””million man swim””””. The PLA may be enormous”” but how much of that power can it actually viably project across the Taiwan Strait? I reiterate”” not enough to guarantee success.”””
Since Taiwan doesn’t plan to invade main land China they don’t need much of a Navy. I bet their fortifications will be troublesome during an invasion though and China will pay a dear price for that little nugget of land.
Since Taiwan doesn’t plan to invade main land China they don’t need much of a Navy. I bet their fortifications will be troublesome during an invasion though and China will pay a dear price for that little nugget of land.
That you would suggest, even non-seriously, that you would find the prospects of thousands or even millions of other people dying as *amusement* is certainly revelatory of an extreme lack of empathy and, dare I say, humanity on your part.
Oh, and let me point out that once nukes start flying, there is no guarantee at all that you, or any of us, will simply remain observers. Nuclear wars have the nasty potential for creating unwilling participants in vast numbers and there is nothing that exempts you from this potential, so think about that some more before imaging munching out on popcorn.
Historically, that is a bad bet to make. When someone invades you, the propensity is to see them as, well, an invader to be fought against. YOU may see the Taiwanese as “separatists”, but what matters here is how the Taiwanese see themselves. The best evidence of that, I think, is the fact that the DPP is currently in ascendancy. This says to me that the Taiwanese are not, in any way, looking to merge into mainland China and will forcibly resist forcible assimilation.
Amphibious operations are notoriously difficult to conduct, google “Tarawa” (if you can) to see how difficult and costly these can be. The Taiwanese possess a first-world caliber professional military and trying to do a cross-strait operation in the face of their opposition is likely to be exceedingly costly and is far from assured of success. There is a reason why I refer to such an exercise, only semi-facetiously, as the “million man swim”. The PLA may be enormous, but how much of that power can it actually viably project across the Taiwan Strait? I reiterate, not enough to guarantee success.
Unfortunately you are the minority. Pentagon, US security agencies and Washington Beltway will do their best to meddle. But why should you care anyway, those Americans get killed are mercenaries, you can watch them get blown up into pieces by Chinese precision and smart weapons on TV, laptop or iPad with some nice popcorn and Cocaine, they are just as much fun.
Reining in Taiwan is a small scale precision chopping head (DPP core member in Taipei) op, Taiwanese soldiers will not fight against PLA, and all Taiwan separatists do not serve the military to defend what they yelling about, it is hard to see how can reining in Taiwan by force will affect Taiwan’s chip supply to mainland.
In case you don’t know that when PLA lands in Taiwan, all workers in those chip factories will do their best to prevent anybody sabotaging their chip operations, so that they will not pay the price for the stupid DPP’s traitorous deeds.
Taiwanese soldiers will not fight againt PLA. Those Taiwan separatists are all talk, and none of them joins the armed forces to die for what they are yelling for, and all of them will first to run in any sign of PLA’s landing in Taiwan.
Rather ignorant that you do not know that China gets 25% of it’s top end chip sets from Taiwan that China cannot make. Any attack on Taiwan which results in losing access to the chips Taiwan makes and China also stops manufacturing.
Go get psykhiatric help, id iot..
You are dreaming
Taiwan does most of their business with China, China can cut out Taiwan and Taiwan will be economically dead
That might work if China was the US.
They really don’t want to be a part of China under the current regime and an economic embargo won’t change that. China will need to occupy Taiwan to get what they want and they will wish they never had it once they get it.
China does not need to invade Taiwan.
Just cut out Taiwan to do bsiness with motherland and put sanctions on any company (US, EUrope, etc.) that does business with Taiwan and Taiwan is forced to join China
It is as simple as this
Not our problem.
Let the Taiwanese and Chinese bleed on the beach. Better even yet: Lob some nukes at each other. Now THAT would be a groovy civil war to watch on TV with some nice popcorn!
Since Taiwan doesn’t plan to invade main land China they don’t need much of a Navy. I bet their fortifications will be troublesome during an invasion though and China will pay a dear price for that little nugget of land.