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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 on Monday November 01, 2021 @10:18PM (#29076110)
Switzerland deterred Germany in WWI and WWII. The Finns made Stalin's minor territorial gains seriously expensive.

Taiwan has the advantage of a hundred mile wide moat.

The two principal dangers are paratroops (which took over Crete in short order) and amphibious landings.

Taiwan certainly does need the missile capability to take out aircraft and shipping.

Taiwan would do well to create a citizen army trained and equipped to make life very difficult for an invading army as did the Swiss:

Total Resistance by Hans von Dach: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Resistance_(book)

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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by antman on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:32AM (#29077115)
Paratroops taking Crete was a huge failure. The British chose not to defend in depth so as to hide they have broken the German codes. Still the losses inflicted during that landing made Germany hesitant of using paratroopers ever again.
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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by systemvoltage on Monday November 01, 2021 @11:41PM (#29076703)
This is the advantage of having 1.2 firearms per capita in the US. If there are paratroopers landing in Boise, they're gonna have a bad landing and it won't be because of the parachute.
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Re:Could the U.S. Lose a War with China over Taiwan? by bitxbitxbitcoin on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:14AM (#29081566)
A T91 in every Taiwanese home!
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