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Robert Beckhusen, National Interest: The Super Slick Way China's Army Plans to Win Asia's Next Big War
In the event of a rapidly deteriorating crisis, the Second Artillery would have to speed toward the problem. This is where high-speed rail comes in.
According to the China Youth Daily report, the Corps could rush its cruise missiles along the high-speed rail lines toward the coast in the event of a conflict with Japan or Taiwan.
On most days, China’s high-speed rail network is for hauling millions — yes, millions — of commuters, vacationers and tourists around the country.
But on May 14, 2015, one section of the growing network served a very different purpose. A People’s Liberation Army brigade from the Lanzhou military region boarded a high-speed train and set off for Xinjiang — 300 miles to the west.
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WNU editor: China's highway network is also impressive.
2 comments:
As usual, communications of any kind will be among the first target. After the radar's of course.
Thing is the chinese rail network is so large and has so many redundancies plus their crews are trained in quickly repairing damaged lines that an air campaign to cripple it would be very difficult.Too many planes would eventually be lost trying to take out a network that is truely big.
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