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Originally Posted by gunnut
The problem for Taiwan is that China exerts tremendous pressure on anyone who dares to sell advanced weaponry to Taiwan. Only the USA is fairly immune to such pressure.
Taiwan bought 2 Dutch subs in the 90s and had plan to buy 8 more. But the Dutch government succumbed to China's pressure and canceled the deal.
France sold 6 La Fayettes (platform only), 60 Mirage 2000/5s, and associated gear to Taiwan in the 90s. Then China expressed their displeasure and there had been no subsequent sales since.
The best route for Taiwan to go right now to deter a Chinese invasion is with subs. Subs are force multipliers. Just the thought of one in the water can tie down large number of assets and hinder ongoing operations.
US is in the planning stages of building 8 SSKs for Taiwan. I don't know if these will be new designs or modified old US SSK designs. Or even European (Dutch?) designs.
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That's agreat idea but if the Us is immune why did you state that. Anyways advanced subs will shred the carriers. Some battleships couldnt hurt either. Also they need good air defenses like MEADS and THAAD. Not to mention JSF's(china has alot of flankers). they need to able to hit critical chinese areas as well such as dams. for example a cruise missile can hit a dam flooding the cities and killing millions. Not to mention SLBM's....china wouldnt dare touch em. Also nato will intervene and help too. Besides nato is armed to the gills and the Us has over 10,000 nukes. I dont think china will try to take taiwan everyone knows they're the worst at projecting power. They cant even get a fraction of their army to taiwan right now. While in contrast the Us and Britain sent over 300,000 troops to iraq in a matter of weeks even when the saudi's and turkish refused to let us stage troops from their soil. At least kuwait helped us.These crappy carriers can find themselves sunk to the bottom of the ocean if they tried. GO SUBS!!!!!!!!!!
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