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2006-09-17 China-Japan-Koreas

Taiwan To Deploy Home-Grown Missile Shield

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Posted by 3dc 2006-09-17 01:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Go Taiwan. Make the Chinese Mandarins lose sleep.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-17 03:19|| 2006-09-17 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Using ABMs in such circumstances is not cost-effective. The mainland rockets and missiles are for the most part cheap as dirt, and will easily outpace the ABM system with sheer numbers.

The alternative is to have a crash program to create pulsed anti-missile lasers of two kinds. Fixed, high volume installations that can take down large salvos and protect large areas; and small, mobile units that can plug gaps and protect isolated targets like power plants.

Then you save your PAC-3s for major missiles.

The most important concept is to realize that the mainland will do everything on a gigantic scale, and are willing to accept horrific losses. As with the Normandy D-Day invasion, where the US was "willing" to accept 90% casualties for the beach head, they Chinese will anticipate losing that many resources and people to take Taiwan.

They estimate that if they can land even a few Divisions on Taiwan, it will be impossible for the US to dislodge them, especially if they move into the cities and take the civilian population hostage.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-09-17 11:38|| 2006-09-17 11:38|| Front Page Top

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