Could plentiful long-range anti-ship missiles make a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan too difficult to execute?
It occurs to me that the Taiwanese eye of Sauron sitting on the Leshan Mountain, if it can provide targeting data for our submarine-launched cruise missiles and new (when deployed) air-launched missiles (LRSAM) plus Taiwanese cruise missiles, might chew up a Chinese invasion armada enough that Taiwan's army could repulse any troops that make it ashore.
Protecting (or destroying, from the mainland perspective) that radar becomes more important, of course, if that is the case.
It just might come to pass that the main Chinese capability to subdue Taiwan will be a blockade of the island that breaks Taiwan before a counter-blockade breaks China's will to continue the fight.
And if China starts looking inland more, that might save tiny Taiwan from the Leviathan across the strait.
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- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
