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2005-03-17 China-Japan-Koreas

Report: China, Russia To 'rehearse Invasion Of Taiwan'

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-17 11:52:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fine. Go ahead and make a realistic rehearsal: sink all your ships in the straits (the Charles de Gaul might be useful for training here).

Posted by Jackal 2005-03-17 12:36:34 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-03-17 12:36:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Russian Navy has very few options as far as transporting troops into combat. No doubt, Russian ships can haul them but to participate in an actual invasion by sea would be a disaster.

I s'pect the Russian Marines on the Pacific fleet will most likely use airborne (helo or fixed wing ) means of landing, to gain an airfield, then to move the rest of their advanced party by air, after which more troops can be transported by sea once the island is secure.

At least, that's the plan ;o)

Posted by badanov 2005-03-17 12:55:37 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-03-17 12:55:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the US and Japan should hold an "Anti-Piracy Exercise" west of Taiwan at the same time.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2005-03-17 12:57:03 PM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-03-17 12:57:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a job for the Baltic Fleet!

Posted by T Heihachiro 2005-03-17 1:10:21 PM|| 2005-03-17 1:10:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This is a job for Aquaman!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-03-17 1:20:40 PM|| 2005-03-17 1:20:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Very clever diplomacy, getting others to do what you wish. Dumb all around three ways.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-17 7:09:57 PM|| 2005-03-17 7:09:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Badanov - has the plan changed since "Red Storm Rising"? And.... your first name wouldn't be ... um, Boris, would it?

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-17 9:22:11 PM|| 2005-03-17 9:22:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't think Russia has any imperial plans. They really didn't during the USSR days, and they don't now.

I believe the the Russian MoD Chief of Staff jumped at the chance of demonstrating what his Marines can do with the Chinese ( which they most likely to go to war with this decade ), rather than there being some diabolical plan to jointly wipe out Taiwan.

Oh and I am about as Russian as Al Bundy, as an example. badanov is a nom du wargame, if you will.

Posted by badanov 2005-03-17 9:34:09 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org/title-boris.gif] 2005-03-17 9:34:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The Commies don't have the capabilities of either the USN, the USMC, the Brit RN or Royal Marines, or NATO - their "Marines" will suffer extens casualties. Any "first strike" by ground forces will focii on the Airborne, Submarine Commandoes, and pre-invasion SpecOps, by definition - basically they have to keep feeding in bodies until the enemy runs out of bullets and beans.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-03-17 9:35:45 PM|| [http://n/a] 2005-03-17 9:35:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I didn ask if you wuz Russian, Badanov, just ifn the first part of your nom de guerre was named after the well-known (to MY generation) spy from Rocky and Bullwinkle. Never heard of them? Think of them as the Simpsons of the Sixties.....

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-17 10:18:53 PM|| 2005-03-17 10:18:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Move it to the frozen tundra in Russia

Posted by 3dc 2005-03-17 11:51:29 PM|| 2005-03-17 11:51:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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