What should the US do?
It would be over in a couple hours, so to late for US do anything cause it takes over an hour to simply wake up Zombiden.
last paragraph is misleading.
The secessionist authority in Taiwan overestimated itself, claiming to act as an outpost of the US to contain the mainland. But once the PLA launches a general offensive against the authorities on the other side of the Taiwan Straits, or even it issues an ultimatum before launching the attack, the world will see how weak and coward the Taiwan secessionists are. Originally Posted by Tiny
Sink every Chinese ship on the high seas. If they have troops on Taiwan they are stuck. Ship a bunch of anti-aircraft missiles to Taiwan. Shoot down anything that flies. A missile is cheaper than a plane. Ships take awhile to build. Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn
One option - Arm Taiwan with nuclear short range missiles to defend teh Strait of Taiwan.That’s a very interesting idea, that I’ve never heard anywhere else. Department of Defense planners should be reading the Eccie political board.
add - nuclear tipped torpedo attack submarines.
the corollary is JFK's cuban missile crisis.
Xi will be forced to make choices
It could end badly.
We should learn out lesson - as in our war of Independence against teh Brits - a war for a country across the seas with long supply lines - where it is difficult to tell friend from foe (viet nam - Afghanistan) - is unwinnable. Originally Posted by oeb11
From what I have rad, Taiwan has a pretty extensive defense system with the latest weaponry.It was the Battle of Britain that convinced him...he realized he didn't have air superiority which was imperative to a successful invasion.
In a way, this would be a replay of Hitler’s operation Sea Lion, his master plan was to cross the English Channel and invade England. His generals explained to him that this was not like crossing a river, and casualties would be horrendous.
Even Hitler came to his senses.
What Xi is hoping is the Us will chicken out and say……”too many of our elected officials have way to many investments in China to risk it all helping Taiwan”.
It will be up to Taiwan to kill as many of the communist bastards that they can.
Maybe Xi will have a Hitler moment and realize that. Originally Posted by Jackie S
It was the Battle of Britain that convinced him...he realized he didn't have air superiority which was imperative to a successful invasion.The US Navy could easily protect Taiwan. Or we could form a Coalition of Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, etc to rally to the cause., much like President Bush 41 did when Saddam declared Kuwait a run away province of Iraq and decided to invade.
The US crossed the entire Pacific (very costly in human lives) to the doors of Japan kicking there asses at every Battle they fought...I understand times were very different then. Originally Posted by bb1961