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It would be entirely airborne and if the coup is established before anyone in the pacific can act they likely won't respond militarily.
by throwaway48476 2y ago
It would be entirely airborne and if the coup is established before anyone in the pacific can act they likely won't respond militarily.
- ggm 2y agoIf a successful tolerably bloodless coup happens, I agree ASEAN will temporise and fall back on the painful economic warfare. I think this is the least likely assault and has many risk points in execution. No doubt Carter thought his airborne insertion into Iran was going to work.
- throwaway48476 2y agoPainful for who? They all outsourced their factories to China. Military power is an extension of industrial power. In the cold war the US had a better military because it could leverage the consumer technology industry. Now that's all moved to China.
- Scea91 2y agoSounds very similar to how the Ukraine “special military operation” was intended and you see the result. Its also probably a scenario Taiwan’s defense is preparing for.