rightwinger
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Invasion of Taiwan - the Chinese have very long memories.
The Taiwanese would have something to say about that, they do keep a modern army and navy active.
People look at Taiwan as an easy target. Launching an invasion over 90 miles of open sea is not easy. Look at the thousands of ships we needed at Normandy. Taiwan is prepared to attack those ships with modern missiles and aircraft. It would be a bloodbath for China
The only real threat is China flooding the cities of Taiwan with conventional Surface to Surface missiles, which is an outcome that could be the result of a air/sea battle that becomes a stalemate.
Needless to say its a small chance, but still a real one.Taiwan caused great concern and anger when it suggested that if attacked by the mainland it would respond by attacking targets such as the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. The Three Gorges Dam is a major national security concern for China. The largest dam in the world could quickly become a catastrophe for China, flooding and destroying it's major industrial regions and major cities and making recovery after an attack a decades long project of hope with vague chances of success.Invasion of Taiwan - the Chinese have very long memories.
The Taiwanese would have something to say about that, they do keep a modern army and navy active.
People look at Taiwan as an easy target. Launching an invasion over 90 miles of open sea is not easy. Look at the thousands of ships we needed at Normandy. Taiwan is prepared to attack those ships with modern missiles and aircraft. It would be a bloodbath for China
The only real threat is China flooding the cities of Taiwan with conventional Surface to Surface missiles, which is an outcome that could be the result of a air/sea battle that becomes a stalemate.
Needless to say its a small chance, but still a real one.
The Three Gorges Dam is China's Achilles Heel.
Right well Taiwan is letting it be known how serious they are about protecting themselves from a Chinese invasion. Still with Russia having China's back and willing to attack America when America responds - it's not going to play out like some of you are expecting. America is not able to stop a nuclear attack by the Russians nor an invasion by them and their allies - communist nations waiting in the wings. We are not prepared for that.
Neither Russia nor China nor combined forces has the naval power to invade the U.S. They never will