PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency

sunnymaxi

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Is this image from today real or not?
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If so US, has crossed the rubicon and begun their invasion of China by recognizing the separatist region(s).

And did Trump seriously do this by accident(???). Imagine if Putin bundled his Feb 24 speech into a bunch of random import tax changes... I don't think Trump has actually planned this as the moment he will start invading... He straight up accidentally started it before US forces are ready...
that's real but they did this accidently..

honestly, this doesn't make any difference. things will go as per planned.
 

Xiongmao

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Is this image from today real or not?
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If so US, has crossed the rubicon and begun their invasion of China by recognizing the separatist region(s).

And did Trump seriously do this by accident(???). Imagine if Putin bundled his Feb 24 speech into a bunch of random import tax changes... I don't think Trump has actually planned this as the moment he will start invading... He straight up accidentally started it before US forces are ready...
Yeah that's real, I saw the live broadcast. What surprised me was that China has 67% 'reciprocal' tariffs against the US. I think this must be a made up number, rolling in what the US thinks is the cost to it of China's supposed currency manipulation.
 

Biscuits

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that's real but they did this accidently..

honestly, this doesn't make any difference. things will go as per planned.
IRL version of hoi4 players starting war and forgetting to assign divisions on front lines...

I guess Beijing summons them soon or already summoned their diplomats. What's US going to do? I'm 99.9% sure it's accidental as there was no special speech, no other important security officials attending and generally you know... No troops around China to actually begin the invasion.

As long as US hasn't done anything, it's possible for US to rescind the war declaration?
 

Overbom

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Is this image from today real or not?
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If so US, has crossed the rubicon and begun their invasion of China by recognizing the separatist region(s).

And did Trump seriously do this by accident(???). Imagine if Putin bundled his Feb 24 speech into a bunch of random import tax changes... I don't think Trump has actually planned this as the moment he will start invading... He straight up accidentally started it before US forces are ready...
It's real but it's too stupid to be a 4d strategy. Trump is too stupid for this, probably people near him sneaked this in.

Curious timing with them moving so many assets to the Middle East, and China basically just having major exercise on Taiwan and positioned military assets in the area.

I don't think these US strategists have thought this through. They are too stupid to understand what's going on, should call your military first before doing such shenanigans next time.

Anyway, most likely someone will call them and force them to retract it.
 

00CuriousObserver

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CCTV just released a video, showing precision strikes against simulated Taiwan's ports & energy facilities with MLRS from ETC.

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In another video from CCTV, experts said, cosidering two sides' military strength gap is so large, we can put AR on live, and Taiwan's military can do almost nothing even with "live" info from TV.

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Note that the targets were 50km from the MLRS -- though the targets were also smaller than the actual thing -- and it was the 300mm rockets that they used.
 

lcloo

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MLRS unit had a salvo fire from two vehicles at a simulated target of the Yongan LNG Terminal in Kaohsiung Harbor, firing a total of 16 300mm guided rockets. CCTV live broadcast of the landing point. But Ayi believes that this is actually a simulated target of the Sky Bow 2 on Dongyin Island

Taiwan LNG terminals , like the most critical infrastructure, it's on the West Coast.
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This shows that Energy and power generation is achilles heel of Taiwan. Once the oil and natural gas depots are destroyed and all imports stopped by blockade, the island is paralyzed.
 

oseaidjubzac

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The People's Liberation Army's simulated strikes on natural gas tanks have caused Taiwanese to worry about energy issues
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If the CCP blockades Taiwan, how long can Taiwan's energy supply last? Scholars have given an answer.
LNG ships were unable to enter the port as scheduled due to military exercises. In the future, if the PLA imposes a blockade on Taiwan, how long can Taiwan's energy supply last?
Wu Da-ren, a professor in the Department of Economics at National Central University, stated that Taiwan's natural gas reserves last about seven days in the summer and up to 14 days on regular days. If a blockade by mainland China lasts longer than the storage period, Taiwan faces the risk of running out of gas. If the blockade extends beyond a month, the situation would become extremely serious. Therefore, if natural gas replaces coal without a simultaneous increase in transportation and storage capacity, it will not contribute to maintaining a safe reserve level.
 
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