[Skybird]

I would wish the Taiwanese would understand that new tanks they develope and new ships they commission are just targets that will be taken out by the Chinese in the early stages of the conflict.

They should imo instead focus on missiles, missiles, missiles, both long range ship-sinkers and China-hitters and the small ones called shoulderpads fired by infantrymen, and equip every household on Taiwan with stockpiles of these until the populaton is literally burried under them. Taiwan will never be able to compete on a 1:1 basis with the superior number of heavy platforms the Chinese have: ships, planes, helicopters, and so forth.



The numerical superiority of the Chinese must be compensated for. Not directly rivalled with. tank for tank and ship for ship. Thats a recipe for defeat.


And drones, of course, both aerial and navel and below-surface drones. And highly mobile self-propelled howitzers than can roll into firing range to the beaches, and escape again into the jungle.

But ships...??? Waste of money.