Taiwan is behind schedule in preparations to fend off Chinese invasion
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Taiwan is behind schedule in preparations to fend off Chinese invasion
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> The war in Ukraine is over.
What do you mean by that
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To be fair “defending two sovereign states from invasion” isn’t really war mongering. No comments on Lebanon tho… fingers crossed the bluster dies out before more innocents are killed. Not looking good.
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Depleted stores from fighting in Ukraine plus a hot war in the Middle East probably would make the defense of Taiwan impossible. If I'm Taiwan, I really don't want things in the Middle East to get out of control.
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To be fair “defending two sovereign states from invasion” isn’t really war mongering. No comments on Lebanon tho… fingers crossed the bluster dies out before more innocents are killed. Not looking good.
Morally right or not, even the US and allies have a limit to how many military resources exist and at what rate they can produce more. Fighting on three fronts at the same time, especially when one of them involves a country that supplies much of your industrial capacity, just isn't viable.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be fair “defending two sovereign states from invasion” isn’t really war mongering. No comments on Lebanon tho… fingers crossed the bluster dies out before more innocents are killed. Not looking good.
Morally right or not, even the US and allies have a limit to how many military resources exist and at what rate they can produce more. Fighting on three fronts at the same time, especially when one of them involves a country that supplies much of your industrial capacity, just isn't viable.
You underestimate the US military industrial complex.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be fair “defending two sovereign states from invasion” isn’t really war mongering. No comments on Lebanon tho… fingers crossed the bluster dies out before more innocents are killed. Not looking good.
Morally right or not, even the US and allies have a limit to how many military resources exist and at what rate they can produce more. Fighting on three fronts at the same time, especially when one of them involves a country that supplies much of your industrial capacity, just isn't viable.
No further production is necessary. Simply loan out a few fully stocked Ohio-class subs and watch how quickly the bullies back off.
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Morally right or not, even the US and allies have a limit to how many military resources exist and at what rate they can produce more. Fighting on three fronts at the same time, especially when one of them involves a country that supplies much of your industrial capacity, just isn't viable.
You underestimate the US military industrial complex.
Today it’s less an industrial complex and more a graft and lobbying complex.
Look at the amount of equipment US has lost in Vietnam - 10,000 aircraft, including strategic bombers! incomparably more ammunition. Those losses were considered sustainable!
Now it can’t produce enough dumb artillery shells!
Re: Taiwan is behind schedule in preparations to fend off Chinese invasion
#10Im kind of surprised that Taiwan has never pursued a nuclear arsenal. They have the resources and technology to do so.
A few nukes is going to be more of a deterrent than any number of reservists.
The past few decades has shown that the greater powers of the world have no problem squashing you — unless you possess nuclear weapons.