It's starting to get ridiculous.
On top of all of those issues, opposed amphibious landings are extraordinarily hard. I may be corrected, but I'm pretty sure the US and UK are the only world powers that have made successful opposed landings in the modern era. Supply lines a few hundred kilometers long don't make it easier. It's even worse when man-portable missiles (eg Javelin) can disable a landing ship at a range of several kilometers. Taiwan doesn't need bunkers and pillboxes to defend the beaches. They can do that from hedgerows and brush at the shoreline.This morning's news was that several European nations are considering boycotts of Chinese companies that are supplying the Russian war machine... so... most of them?
Oddly, I'm not certain how that plays out in relation to a potential invasion of Taiwan. I am uncertain because we don't know how deep the recent corruption scandals go, as in, just how many of their rockets are filled with water instead of fuel, and how much does that carry over into other things like artillery shells, tanks that actually work, cases of ammunition that are empty, etc. Of course, the Russian military had the same problem and they launched an invasion anyway but it's taken them almost two years to straighten some of that out (if they ever do). The second unknown is that China is already feeling the effects of their population bomb. Several decades of their one child policy means that they already have a major shortage of young people, and that shortage gets worse in future years rather than better. Would any of those things absolutely be a deal killer and stop them from invading? No. But they all have an effect on their ability to attack, and to sustain a protracted fight, which, Russia's war in Ukraine has amply demonstrated the potential of what may have been previously considered to be unlikely.
But Chinese might have Zapp Branigan leading them! "I sent wave after wave of men onto the beach until the other side ran out of bullets!"At best, that lands around 20,000 troops on the beach, with supporting armor. Taiwan's army is 130,000 strong and they have very short supply lines.
Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if the Chi-coms saw this as a possible solution to their male/female imbalance problem.But Chinese might have Zapp Branigan leading them! "I sent wave after wave of men onto the beach until the other side ran out of bullets!"
That pretty much describes the tactics currently employed by Russia and why commentators refer to their attacks as "meat waves."But Chinese might have Zapp Branigan leading them! "I sent wave after wave of men onto the beach until the other side ran out of bullets!"
could we put a cap on this thread? I feel like its served its purpose and is becoming a political thread rather than a informative one... Much ObligedLet’s avoid politics.
And he *knows* this because? ..... Oh, it turns out he actually knows nothing. This is just verbal diarrhea from someone looking to have a soundbyte."But I do know it will be 100 times worse when #China launches a cyber attack on America on the eve of a #Taiwan invasion."
Maybe it’s a top secret diplomatic mission!!Any chance this latest Chinese terror-balloon is just delivering an order of Dim Sum Chicken Feet? I’ve been curious to try them.
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Nope. Vegetarian here. You can pry my noodles out of my cold dead fingers.Can I try those Drunken Noodles? I trade you one of my chicken feet.
Nope. Vegetarian here. You can pry my noodles out of my cold dead fingers.
Naw, @ThirstyBarbarian is a tea drinker. I’ve got a good enough selection to damp down any homicidal urges over noodles.Don't tempt fate, if the misses you with the sword he'll gore you with the horns.
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