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2005-08-12 China-Japan-Koreas

Taiwan Begins Deployment of Cruise Missiles

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-12 13:03|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good. Maybe it will make the Chinese think twice about attacking. Now if only we can give Taiwan some nuclear tips for those things.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-08-12 13:24|| 2005-08-12 13:24|| Front Page Top

#2 heh heh... a nuke at the base of three gorges would make some wild downstream surfing, except ~~Charlie~~ Chang don't surf

Posted by Steve Zissou">Steve Zissou 2005-08-12 13:30|| 2005-08-12 13:30|| Front Page Top

#3 While cruise missiles are good, I think the Taiwanese might be missing the boat here. It is probably better to have a gazillion cheap rockets that cost $100k each as it to have a much smaller number of missiles that cost $3.3M each. By rockets I don't mean completely unguided, just partially guided with simple GPS instead of cruise evasion capability. Two sizes: 500lb bomb for inland attack and 1000lb bomb for coastal attack. A flying engine carrying an iron bomb.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-12 15:50|| 2005-08-12 15:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe these aren't necessarily for land targets.

Posted by Pappy 2005-08-12 16:16|| 2005-08-12 16:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Way back in the '80s it was thought around intel circles that Israel, South Africa [Afrikkaner], and Taiwan were engaged in mutual support in development of nukes. Today we know about the first and the second, so it may well be one of the best kept secrets that they already have the warheads.

Posted by Elmasing Cromoting5441 2005-08-12 16:55|| 2005-08-12 16:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I think you've got it.
The biggest danger to Taiwan isn't an invasion, but a blockade - ruin its trade and force it to surrender from economic hardship.
With these missiles Taiwan can retaliate and counter-blockade China. With this range Taiwan can threaten the shipping lanes to Chinas major ports.

Posted by buwaya 2005-08-12 17:01|| 2005-08-12 17:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Elmasing Cromoting5441 - From the rumors I heard those were N-bombs. A-bombs and H-bombs are slightly different stories.

Then again on those topics... all is rumor.

Posted by 3dc 2005-08-12 18:39|| 2005-08-12 18:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Other than China hav ICBM's, there's little in China's current modernizing arsenal that Taiwan can't counter or defeat. As a Socialist and Communist state. China must eventually expand, with military force if need be, or else risk deficit/regressions-induced implosion ala the USSR. CHINA WILL INTERPRETE THE DEPLOYMENT OF CM's AS A SYMBOLIC MOVE BY TAIWAN TOWARDS DE FACTO INDEPENDENCE REGARDLESS OF THE DIPLOMATIC RHETORIC. As the Commies are in their ideo "final struggle/conflict", do not be surprised iff they threaten global nuke war ags the USA-West over anything. EITHER THE USA DIES, OR THEY DIE, AND THEY DON'T WANNA DIE!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-08-12 22:27|| 2005-08-12 22:27|| Front Page Top

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