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Re:Taiwan Navy launches 'carrier killer' with 28 missiles by Arrath on Friday September 10, 2021 @10:20AM (#28481929)
Most conflicts would start with coordinated strikes on known anti-air and anti-ship installations, unless these land based launchers are road-mobile and constantly on the move, they'll be quickly targeted.

A corvette at least has the chance to blend in with a few fishing trawlers and keep moving around to make itself harder to find and take out.

Re:Taiwan Navy launches 'carrier killer' with 28 missiles by mc32 on Friday September 10, 2021 @10:33AM (#28482113)
The ships have to live somewhere too. They are not submarines and I think they'd be sitting ducks. Mobile launch vehicles have a better chance of surviving a first strike and retaliating. Russia will likely sell their hypersonics to those that can afford them.

Taiwan doesn't need to protect strategic overseas assets. It doesn't need to go hunt a strike group. It needs to protect itself from invasion.