How to Grab Taiwan in 7 hours
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When i was thinking about how China could take taiwan i was thinking about this method. I think its chinas best chance for the near future of taking the islands. Even if taiwan found out about a dig how could they destroy it? fire too close to china and its an act of war. China could say its a port project or whatever. Destroy the tunnel in taiwans half and the chinese can just redirect and re-route to wherever they choose. I was also thinking of China reclaiming land filling in the ocean. In Hong Kong they have reclaimed land that was water almost to join the island back to the mainland. This method is far cheaper and how do you stop the engineers from building a broad stretch of road towards your country, which most of the world agrees isthe same country. :china:
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Are you talking about filling in the straits between the PRC and ROC??
If so that would be an engineering feat unequaled in human history. A near impossible task. I don't think it could be done. I hope that some day the ROC and PRC unite in a peaceful way.:china:
DPRKPTboat
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I don't think its possible to take Taiwan in this amount of time. It would require a massive military operation on the scale of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Iraqi freedom. Probably larger. And I don't think that is within reach of China. And don't forget Taiwan is capable of defending itself. A huge, noisy device like a TBM would be easily detected and destroyed when it breaks the surface. All the ROCA has to do is track it through the vibrations it causes, and then destroy it as it reaches the surface. And lets not forget that most Taiwanese weapons are more advanced than Chinese weapons.
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netspider said:
Apparently they dicovered a few more of those tunnels in the DMZ recently. If you read that thread, that proves my point. The South Korean military was able to detect the vibrations caused by the tunnel excavations, which pretty much foiled the North's invasion plan. I think it will be a similar scenario if China uses the same tactic. Not much chance of a surprise attack there.
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PiSigma
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filling up the ocean from mainland to taiwan will cost way too much.. just transporting dirt will cost billions, not to mention to economy, and evironmental impact it will have. a lot of chinese shipping does go through the taiwan strait. if you block it off.. they'll have to go around.. making it much more expensive. what about all the fishermen in fujian?? you build one of those things, all the fish will be gone, a lot of people's lives will be destroyed
Very impressive theory Fairthought. I wonder if the top think tanks in the US/Taiwan/Japan ect. have thought about it...
Anyway, another factor to consider would be what the chinese are drilling through. If it's soft soil, they would have to deal with flooding, structural and various other issues. If it's hard rock, it could take considerably longer than 30 years and the budget will be astronomical.
If china can pull it off, it'll definately go in the books with the great wall and other great Chinese accomplishments.
Anyway, another factor to consider would be what the chinese are drilling through. If it's soft soil, they would have to deal with flooding, structural and various other issues. If it's hard rock, it could take considerably longer than 30 years and the budget will be astronomical.
If china can pull it off, it'll definately go in the books with the great wall and other great Chinese accomplishments.