Category: Taiwan military
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Invasion or Coersion?
https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/08/10/the-big-taiwan-question-as-china-issues-warnings-and-holds-military-drills-is-a-chinese-invasion-imminent/ Grid runs an analysis of CCP motivations and methods for taking over Taiwan. While an all-out invasion is now definitely on the table, a perhaps more likely option for China is a campaogn of Coersion enforced by impacting Taiwan’s trade through a blockade. As Taiwan is highly dependent on maritime commerce, the CCP considered…
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If we lose Taiwan, could we get it back?
Kris Osborn at Warrior Maven has written an article spelling out the framing of a PLA invasion of Taiwan and the possibility of a counter-attack if we should lose in the early stages. The key points are: The Best Defense is a Forward Defense: the US and allies need to have as much air and…
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