Posted on May 25, 2023
China Committee wants Congress to establish a Taiwan weapons stockpile
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2 years ago I would have been on board. But August 2021 changed my strategic calculus on this topic. I would recommend a SMALL stockpile on Taiwan. And larger stockpiles with regional allies like the Phillippines or regional US territories like Guam. And an increased naval LOGISTIC presence. Not more warships to escalate tensions, but more logistical capability to move supplies if necessary.
Plus making the pacific theater for ALL branches a higher priority for filling bullets during troop shortfalls.
But that's just me - I think strategically, but only on the operational level.
Plus making the pacific theater for ALL branches a higher priority for filling bullets during troop shortfalls.
But that's just me - I think strategically, but only on the operational level.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
Our advantage would be in a counter strike, but one that would be surprisingly deceptive, which would be difficult because the COMMUNIST Chinese will have war gamed our most likely response. They know that we know that they know what we might do if they attacked Taiwan. Would our goal be to hurt them or to spoil their initial victory? The latter would be much easier. What we do is tell them that if they attack Taiwan it will be a useless but dangerous wasteland to them. Infrastructure disabled and sabotaged, and an impossible to suppress insurgency from every crevasse. Tell them they would lose every single warship within 48 hours, and their airports, comms and missile bases would be neutralized. Let them chew on that while watching their every move.
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