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Taiwan Can Win a War with China

20 points by ilamont 8y ago

vardina 8y ago
And if Taiwan has WMD they could throw China into complete and utter turmoil, likely breaking the mainland into 6 or more "kingdoms" once again (were Beijing nuked). https://nationalinterest.org/blog/chinas-greatest-nightmare-taiwan-armed-nuclear-weapons-19661 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/chinas-greatest-nightmare-... Taiwan _does_ have excellent missile technology (there are even rumours that their work is the basis of North Korea's ICBMs).
nabla9 8y ago
China might choose modern 4th generation warfare and low intensity conflict. China declares all of Taiwan as a war zone. Missiles are launched at slow pace towards logistics hubs, airfields and harbors. Taiwanese economy starts collapsing. Commercial shipping and air traffic is nonexistent. 5-10 years passes and Taiwan has lost it's economic status and living standards are down. Chinese supported fractions and saboteurs start their operations. Morale is down and internal political conflicts emerge.
Cypher 8y ago
Taiwan only has a population half the size of california about 25 million and they can beat 1.39 billion? they'll need to kill 59 Chinese each. I really don't like those odds nor this continued red army paranoia. Also this site lists China as having less than a million in military might yet the https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=china https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-de... says their current active military is over 2m
- natch 8y ago
  "...their current active military is over 2m" Yes and that doesn't even count how many brainwashed citizens China has who believe anything they read in the government controlled media, who think they know all about Taiwan and have strong, confident, opinions based on ignorance. They could easily marshal a few more million volunteers if they wanted to.
thrower123 8y ago
Well, Taiwan will win so long as they keep the US on their side. A couple of carrier battle groups levels the playing field considerably. I'm surprised that trump hasn't ended the one china policy as part of his general shit stirring.

20 points by ilamont 8y ago

And if Taiwan has WMD they could throw China into complete and utter turmoil, likely breaking the mainland into 6 or more "kingdoms" once again (were Beijing nuked). https://nationalinterest.org/blog/chinas-greatest-nightmare-taiwan-armed-nuclear-weapons-19661 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/chinas-greatest-nightmare-... Taiwan _does_ have excellent missile technology (there are even rumours that their work is the basis of North Korea's ICBMs).

nabla9 8y ago

China might choose modern 4th generation warfare and low intensity conflict. China declares all of Taiwan as a war zone. Missiles are launched at slow pace towards logistics hubs, airfields and harbors. Taiwanese economy starts collapsing. Commercial shipping and air traffic is nonexistent. 5-10 years passes and Taiwan has lost it's economic status and living standards are down. Chinese supported fractions and saboteurs start their operations. Morale is down and internal political conflicts emerge.

Cypher 8y ago

Taiwan only has a population half the size of california about 25 million and they can beat 1.39 billion? they'll need to kill 59 Chinese each. I really don't like those odds nor this continued red army paranoia. Also this site lists China as having less than a million in military might yet the https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=china https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-de... says their current active military is over 2m

natch 8y ago
"...their current active military is over 2m" Yes and that doesn't even count how many brainwashed citizens China has who believe anything they read in the government controlled media, who think they know all about Taiwan and have strong, confident, opinions based on ignorance. They could easily marshal a few more million volunteers if they wanted to.

thrower123 8y ago

Well, Taiwan will win so long as they keep the US on their side. A couple of carrier battle groups levels the playing field considerably. I'm surprised that trump hasn't ended the one china policy as part of his general shit stirring.