Agree with this. Much of this is part of the porcupine strategy, although fighter jets are a different matter.old salt wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:38 pmWhat could Taiwan get that would keep China from invading, you ask ?PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:44 pm“But they haven't. ”a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:22 pm What could Taiwan possibly get, short of nukes, that would keep China from invading with....what's the count, again? Oh, right....2.8 million soldiers?
China could send those troops in with nothing but brass knuckles....and they'd STILL win that battle.
But they haven't. Tell me why, since you have this all figured out.
They don’t have the troop transports. And do they have the stomach for the losses an invasion would yield? Or do you think they will achieve victory via a governmental change.
The HIMARS, Harpoon missile coastal defense batteries, & re-manufactured F-16's for which they have already contracted & (alas) will have to wait years for delivery. The same stuff we are now giving Ukraine to repel the Russian invaders. It's a long swim for 2.8 million Chinese soldiers.
DocBarrister