> US should equip Taiwan with nuclear weapons for deterrance. Should there be invasion en-masse, deep in the mountains of Taiwan there would be nuclear weapons

> US should equip Taiwan with nuclear weapons for deterrance. Should there be invasion en-masse, deep in the mountains of Taiwan there would be nuclear weapons ready to strike. IIRC, the PRC considers Taiwanese possession of nuclear weapons is one of their red lines that would lead to immediate war [1]. Though I'm not sure how such a war would be supposed to work if Taiwan had an effective nuclear delivery system. It also appears that the US did not want Taiwan to develop nuclear weapons in the 70s/80s for non-proliferation reasons and got them to shut down their program [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#PRC%27s_condition_on_military_intervention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#PRC... [2] https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/taiwans-20th-century-brush-with-a-nuclear-capability/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/taiwans-20th-century-brush-w...