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EFD
W/in range of ATACAMS?
OK, challenge solved.
We should give, not sell, just give Taiwan about 100 F-35Bs so they can take off and land anywhere (almost). Survivable, distributable, lethal and extremely low-observable.
Ok and several Isreali Iron Dome systems and another 10 PAC-3 units.
Give them Aegis Ashore while we are at it.
THAT would drive the Chinese nuts.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Those are very expensive planes and would be more useful to the US directly to win the air war. I think 4000 anti-ship tomahawks would be more useful to Taiwan and tbh the US should be stockpiling that or something cheaper in absolutely huge quantities. I've also heard that there will be at least some PLA beachheads, so it might be better just to have Taiwan focus on having absolute crushing superiority of land weapons to ensure those don't go anywhere.
isabelle
Threats and aggression: the only thing the Chinese government knows. Its model of authoritarian oppression holds zero appeal to the freedom-loving people of Taiwan, who have overwhelmingly rejected it, and this is the only way Xi knows how to respond.
Xi's actions only serve to highlight China's brutality, and turn even more people away from it.
Taiwan is already independent, as stated by Lai, Tsai and many others:
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/08/16/2003804803
“Taiwan is already a sovereign, independent country called the Republic of China,” Vice President Lai said, echoing a stance President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) made public three years ago, in his first interview with an international media outlet since becoming vice president in 2020.
Peter14
Agree with Isabelle.
Taiwan has been a functioning independent nation since 1949. China as always is playing "catch up" with the rest of the world. China cant get ahead when it continues to deny reality and work from a position behind everyone else.
China would be much better off accepting reality as it is and moving on. It would save money and could redirect it from its military buildup to bailing out failing property developers and its people.
China was doing great until it started building islands in other peoples territory and decided it didnt like the stats quo that had been so beneficial to China's modernization. Xi has managed to alienate those in its region, curtail foreign investment in China, and started a new "cold war" and regional arms race, all while threatening Taiwan with invasion and increasing acts of military intimidation.
EFD
As long as Taiwan can target dams on the yellow river, the CCP will stay on its side of the straight.
konjo4u
The arms manufacturers will be sending fruit baskets. Thanks for the business.
Or perhaps Xi has a personal portfolio of stock investments in the same western arms manufacturers.
TaiwanIsNotChina
That's why there are terms such as "de jure" and "de facto" so we can say that Taiwan is de facto independent. Taiwan didn't suddenly lose it's independence because the UN and others made a criminal decision to switch representation.
Bully boy China loses its stuffing when Taiwan's VP even sets foot on US soil. What do you think they would do if Taiwan changed its name?
I don't even think there is an armistice.
Not possible as long as bullies rule in Peking.