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2005-05-13 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-13 9:07:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The only way the Reds will land on Taiwan will be as tourists.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-05-13 09:12|| 2005-05-13 09:12|| Front Page Top

#2 "these missiles will fail against our mighty ~~kayak~~ zodiac fleet!"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-13 09:32|| 2005-05-13 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Hmmm... 5-6 years ago a company I worked for sent quite a bit of electronic testing equipment to Tiawan. The engineer said it was for testing missles, big missles. I at first thought it was the anti-aircraft ones, but know I'm not so sure.
Go Tiawan!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-05-13 10:05|| 2005-05-13 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Take them out at the docks. The range should be about right.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-05-13 10:13|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-05-13 10:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Last I read China had about 200 batteries of ground attack missiles, based near the sea. These would undoubtedly be the first Chinese targets to go.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-13 10:20|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-13 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesting... it has a longer range than the standard Harpoon, and has a speed about twice as fast.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-13 10:22|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-13 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 A good option for Taiwan might be to create a new class of missile, SCUD-sized, that delivers just-below-surface floating cluster munitions out to sea. The bomblets would need to be just large enough to open a canteloupe-sized hole in a hull. Then sink harmlessly after 96 hours if they don't go off. One such missile could probably deliver 750-1000 such munitions, covering several square miles of ocean.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-13 10:23|| 2005-05-13 10:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Hopefully they're not averse to licensing that missile's design to us.

Posted by Mike">Mike 2005-05-13 12:01|| 2005-05-13 12:01|| Front Page Top

#9 I was telling you guys a while back that the Taiwanese have stuff they are holding back on in terms of publicity, but are manufacturing in numbers enough to be effective. And its sophisticated stuff too. They have great engineers over there, and a ton of chip-fab capacity. And they are very aware of the threat posed by mainland China.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-05-13 13:08|| 2005-05-13 13:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Personally I'm hoping they are holding back some (Three Gorges) dam busting missiles, to be unveiled the moment China starts to look serious about giving it a go.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2005-05-13 1:34:42 PM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-05-13 1:34:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The real strategic weapon they should have is one with which they can blockade Chinese ports, particularly Shanghai and Hong Kong/Canton. China's best strategy vs Taiwan is the threat of a blockade, not an invasion, and Taiwans best counter is a counter-blockade. This missile does not seem to have sufficient range for that, something on the order of 1000 km would be needed. Submarines would be the best weapon for this purpose.

Posted by buwaya 2005-05-13 15:22|| 2005-05-13 15:22|| Front Page Top

#12 The best war strategy for the Chinese will be to bankroll a US leftist government in the US in 2008.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-13 16:04|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-13 16:04|| Front Page Top

#13 You mean 1996-redux?

Posted by Pappy 2005-05-13 21:26|| 2005-05-13 21:26|| Front Page Top

#14 Tak Tochno

Exactly so.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-13 21:31|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-13 21:31|| Front Page Top

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