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Some military planners thinks the Chinese will not invade but will enforce a maritime blockade around the island to force the issue. Ships would be inspected a
by tibbydudeza 6y ago
Some military planners thinks the Chinese will not invade but will enforce a maritime blockade around the island to force the issue.
Ships would be inspected and food and medicine will be allowed through but all trade goods will be blocked.
But that is all depended on the US and it's allies having a stomach for a naval confrontation or that the Chinese mainland umbrella of long range missiles and air defense can be an effective deterrent against that.
- dnautics 6y agoDoes the chinese navy have experience with maritime blockades? Besides, for chips, worst case scenario is load those chips onto ruslans and offboard them in guam or okinawa. A minor marginal expense. Will china shoot down taiwanese planes?
- est 6y agoIt depends on whether supplies willing to bet which container ship or plane would be random shot down by PLAAF?
- tibbydudeza 6y agoNo idea but it would be preferable optics wise to stage as an internal Chinese policing action against a rebellious province rather than a full on military invasion of another country and all that would entail.
- stickfigure 6y agoThe first US-flagged vessel stopped and searched would trigger WW3. I think there's little question about popular sentiment in the US. Backing down would be political suicide for any president.
- tibbydudeza 6y agoAren't most container vessels like the one stuck in the Suez flagged under the flag of Panama ???.