Taiwan plans to build 500 cruise missiles

east and west germany were a lot more balanced than prc and roc... and also most germans wanted to unit a lot...
also the three gorges dam is designed to be able to stand against most non-nuclear weapons, so even if taiwan's cruise missiles can reason it, it won't do much. also there are military units stationed around there to protect it.

if any nation or group attacks three gorges dam, they will be internationally disgraced, because it means they are willing to kill hundreds of millions of people along the yangzi river.

i don't really think that Taiwan would really want to destroy the 3-gorges dam and provoke open war. if taiwan strikes first i don't think any country is really going to help them in fear of being hit themselves.

WEN? said:

i don't really think that Taiwan would really want to destroy the 3-gorges dam and provoke open war. if taiwan strikes first i don't think any country is really going to help them in fear of being hit themselves.

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you'd be surprised. I have a feeling that certain groups in Taiwan (TI group) have the attitude of taking China down with them. They are willing to incur as much economical damage on China as possible in the event of a war. This is from talking to my best friend in Taiwan.

tphuang said:

you'd be surprised. I have a feeling that certain groups in Taiwan (TI group) have the attitude of taking China down with them. They are willing to incur as much economical damage on China as possible in the event of a war. This is from talking to my best friend in Taiwan.

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You do not understand China's strategy. China's GDP is higher than Taiwan, and grows double-digit annually. If Taiwan makes 500 LACMs, China will simply retaliate by making 1,500 cruise missiles and 1,500 ballistic missiles targetting Taiwan. Plus, China can use its soon-to-be-launched electro-optical satelites to destroy Taiwanese LACM launching sites before the ROC can even launch them.

Plus, ROC hasn't passed the bill for PAC-3 Patriot missiles, and China may soon buy Russian S-400 missiles. China can out-produce Taiwan in missile manufacturing capability. Comparing to J-10 and future JXX, cruise missiles are relatively cheap to mass-produce, and can be armed with a variety of warheads. Also, Taiwanese LACMs can do nothing against the dozens of PLAN nuclear and diesel subs prowling the Yellow Sea, South China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

Taiwanese LACMs can do nothing against PLA MRBM launching sites with ranges over 2,000 kms. Tor M-1ss, HQ-9s, and FT-2000s will shoot down Taiwanse LACMs like Birds, because they do not even match the Tomahawk, which PLA can shoot down easily in the future!:china:

Little reminder that when you make a bold boasting post like these, have the courtesy of broviding the proof to your claims. Arrogant statements like these will only couse trouple and trouple means usually that Gollevainen gets very mad.... and i'm sure you know by this far what that means...

Kinda reminds me of insurgents...kill as many americans as possible. same with japanese troops in WW2.

Taiwan may have missles, but any attack on the mainland would incite tremedous retaliation. thus, taiwan would only use them for counter strike, leaving china with the first chance to kill the cruise missle sites.

let's not forget this part of the article:

"The new Hsiung Feng missiles will also be mobile, JDW said. Therefore they will not be vulnerable to any preemptive strike from the mainland."

If ROC does produce around 500 of these it would be nearly impossible for Mainland China to take them all out in any preemtive strike. None the less, no one really thinks these cruise missles would tip the balance much anyway, right?

Mobile depends really on how well taiwan can detect these missles. if chian china jam taiwanese detection radar, then laucnh a night attack, the missles wont be there when the sun rises.

I think the definition of "tipping the balance" is somewhat vague. Practically speaking, the cruise missiles (if the story is true) won't be able to defeat China, obviously.

However, for the purpose of making China think twice before attacking, I think they would serve nicely. Perhaps there are groups in Taiwan that want to cause as much damage to China as possible if they were hit.

Regardless of the reasoning behind having the missiles, an undeniable fact is that if Taiwan has the ability to cause serious damage to China's cities, it is a viable deterrent to war, a smaller scale MAD.

It's not simply a "revenge" psychology, I believe that in general the Taiwanese don't have much desire to kill Chinese people (or any other people, for that matter) but having these missiles to say, "Hey, don't try anything if you don't want to suffer a few bruises" is a somewhat ironic way of promoting an un-easy peace, albeit Cold War style...

The ROC does not have the guts to strike China. Second for what reason? I dont think the ROC would Attack China unless they declasre independence and China Retaileates. Perhapes when Jian Jei Shi was still leader, and they had these missiles, they might have the desire to strike China, but now the main thing in Taiwan is independence not retake China which leads to a matter of defense. I doubt China would really take out these missile sites before ROC declares independence. If PRC attempts, the best way would probably be an airstrike or naval cruise missiles.