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EurAsian Times: Taiwan Is Deploying ‘Cheap’ Minelayers & Their Mines With US Help To Target ‘Expensive’ Chinese Warships
Many in Taiwan and their supporters in the strategic community in the United States seem to favor applying one lesson learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine against China to thwart its aggressive designs on the island nation. That makes the Chinese invasion very difficult and expensive by mining its warships in the Taiwan Strait.
Reportedly, there have been severe Russian naval losses due to sea mines, notably in the Sea of Azov. Sea mines are said to be causing damage even to the merchant vessels in the region. International maritime trade has been impacted, with a fivefold increase in shipping rates from the area.
This lesson has led to the argument that should China decide to invade Taiwan, the landing of its forces on the island can be thwarted or delayed by successfully pre-placed mines in the Strait.
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WNU Editor: These are the mines that Taiwan wants to use .... Taiwan Uses Naval Mines Designed Over A Century Ago (Warzone/The Drive).
4 comments:
they need the kind that sit on the bottom and release when ships go by. Inactive.
Now your talking. Blow the Chicoms out of the water, no loss.
There are lots of mines these days. One for every occasion
Fortress Taiwan
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