Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday that it has formed a special airborne unit capable of scrambling to the contested Spratly islands in just hours, as tensions in the South China Sea mounted.
The unit has been set up under a plan named "airborne fast response and maritime support" which was unveiled for the first time in a report by the ministry to parliament, officials said.
Of course, without someone else to back them up they couldn't hold out long in the face of being isolated from resupply by a superior enemy.
But this ability will complement our growing ability to island hop in the South China Sea.
NOTE: Scheduled posting seems to be fairly random. Which is an improvement, I guess.
