In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen watches soldiers operate equipment during a visit to a naval station on Penghu, an archipelago of several dozen islands off Taiwan's western coast on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)
StraitArrowNews: Taiwan can’t fend off China without US weapons
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States sent hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of weaponry to the Ukrainians. Things like Javelin anti-tank missiles and HIMARS rockets. Now, as China seems poised to launch an invasion of Taiwan, some are concerned that the U.S. might not have enough weapons to help the self-governing island defend itself.
Defending Taiwan is a vastly different undertaking from U.S. efforts with Ukraine. Unlike in Ukraine, where Russia could assemble troops along the border before invading, the Chinese would have to cross 100 miles of open ocean to launch an assault. There hasn’t been an amphibious assault on such a scale since the Korean War.
Preventing the Chinese from establishing a beachhead would be critical to defending the island. If the Chinese succeeded in establishing a footing and is able to transport troops and weapons to the island, the battle is probably over.
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WNU Editor: Fortunately for Taiwan the Chinese military have a 100 mile ocean that they must cross to launch an assault. But the Chinese will succeed if the firepower is not there to stop them. Bottom line. The Taiwanese need weapons if they have any hope to persevere.
The same can be said about the Russia - Ukraine war. If Ukraine was not receiving US military aid, the military would have collapsed a long time ago, and the Zelensky government would have been forced to agree to peace terms dictated by Moscow.
4 comments:
Weapons for what? A normandy style invasion? Some missiles to lob at warships over the horizon?
For Xi it's much simpler and easier to continue on as normal until the 100-year anniversary of the PLA in 2027. By then, if political unification hasn't happened electorally by one of the more pro-unification parties, they just have to surround the island and wait for the secessionists to be run out of power. The US navy can't feed, supply raw materials, and export all of Taiwan's goods via the submarine fleet, and we're not going to try to beat a surface naval blockade 100 miles from the Chinese mainland where the number of hypersonic missiles outnumbers US aircraft carriers on a scale of thousands to one.
The armament of Taiwan is just a jobs program for US workers. Everything provided so far won't make a lick of difference and we don't have the capacity to produce what would be needed.
7:41 = I don't wanna be a mobik.
What?
7:41 they will be there before that happen
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