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| Taiwan said to develop graphite bomb to counter China |
| 2007-10-21 |
| Taipei - Taiwan is to develop a non-lethal graphite bomb to paralyze the power supply system of rival China in the event of a cross-strait war between the two rival sides of the Taiwan Strait, local news media reported Sunday. 'The parliament's defence committee is to review next week a budget proposed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology in developing the non-lethal graphite weapon whose major function is to paralyze the enemy's major cities,' cable news network TVBS said. Quoting unnamed military sources, TVBS said the so-called 'blackout' bomb, used by the United States during the war with Iraq in 2003, can effectively disable 85 per cent of power supply of a major city. The local United Daily News said the development of the bomb development project, to cost about 22 million dollars, would start in 2008. The daily also said the military planned to use its recently developed Hsiung Feng 2E crucial missile, which has a range of at least 600 kilometres, to carry the bomb. The defence ministry declined to comment on both reports. Taiwan and China have remained at loggerheads since the two sides split at the end of a civil war in 1949. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #4 Both Russia's + China's anti-US "LOCAL/WAR ZONE" strategeeery emphasize IMMEDIATE NUCLEAR ESCALATION, including by extens REGIONAL-GLOBAL MILPOL ESCALATION INVOL MUTILPLE TERTIARY NATIONS. Anti-US/Western Commies = Islamists-JIhadists [Radical Mullahs] > ALL ELSE FAILS, GLOBAL ANARCHY-CHAOS + MUTUAL DESTRUCTION IS TO THEIR -ISM'S'AGENDA'S ADVANTAGE. TAIWAN must consider this as part of their contingency planning. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-21 20:06 |
| #3 The best way to win a war is to convince your militarily superior enemy not to start one. It shouldn't be terribly hard for Taiwan to infiltrate the top echelons of the Chinese communist party, their military commands, their internal security apparatus, etc. The purpose of the infiltrators is not direct action, but to identify and derail militarists who try to push their country into war. To provide rationales for not going to war. To cast doubts and provide alternatives. Since war is diplomacy by other means, wars usually come about when diplomacy has seized up. By keeping the diplomatic machine humming, wars can usually be averted. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-21 14:34 |
| #2 Excellent strategy. Paralyze your enemy without killing enough people to create outrage or lethal opposition. Pop off a couple of these suckers over the right Chinese cities and you could almost start a civil war. The world's lack of support for Taiwan is totally damning evidence of its complacency with respect to communism. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-21 14:09 |
| #1 Why don't we just sell them some of ours? Or are we stockpiling them for Iran? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-10-21 14:05 |