> In land warfare gaining air superiority is a first major goal. It would be the same for any operation against Taiwan. None of the steps you've outlined would

> In land warfare gaining air superiority is a first major goal. It would be the same for any operation against Taiwan. None of the steps you've outlined would happen before achieving air supremacy. Taiwan has a weak submarine force, so the Chinese objective would be to control the air over the Straits to prevent the surface fleet intervening. Once air supremacy is achieved in any conflict the dominoes of layered defence start falling. I would imagine that any Chinese move towards Taiwan would be preceded by a couple of weeks of ferocious air attrition and ballistic missiles being used for SEAD.