(05-31-2024, 07:47 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(05-30-2024, 09:12 PM)mikesez Wrote: There are about a dozen nonstop commercial flights every day between the two countries.  Hundreds of billions of dollars are traded between the two countries every single year.  Taiwan has not harmed a single Chinese military soldier or asset in decades, nor has China harmed any of Taiwan's. Although there have been drills.

War may come.  But it won't come suddenly.  All of the things I listed above would have to stop first, one by one.  There would be lots of warning shots and minor incidents first.

Additionally, Taiwan is bristling with weapons. China would overwhelm them eventually, but it wouldn’t be a one hour cakewalk as the junk article claims.

If I was strategizing for the mainland Chinese, I would adopt a very methodical approach.  Fly the air force closer and closer until the Taiwan air force has to come out to defend the island, and then slowly overwhelm them with numbers.  Then when I had air supremacy, strike known Taiwan defense targets.  Then start moving the invasion force and use the first wave as bait for Taiwan anti-ship missiles.  I wouldn't worry about casualties.  I would try a slow methodical approach that would take the island without damaging it too much.

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