PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency

bsdnf

bsdnf

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This isn't just a matter of range, it's also a matter of density.

Setting it up on an island means it's inaccessible by land, but it also means there's nowhere to hide on land. Regardless of how distributed the units are claimed by USMC, all assets are concentrated in a very limited area.

Searching for and destroying an MLRS launch site across an entire coastline with air defense network is a completely different matter from doing it on a small island with limited self-contained air defense capabilities.
 
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Wrought

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bsdnf said:
This isn't just a matter of range, it's also a matter of density.

Setting it up on an island means it's inaccessible by land, but it also means there's nowhere to hide on land. Regardless of how distributed the units are claimed by USMC, all assets are concentrated in a very limited area.

Searching for and destroying an MLRS launch site across an entire coastline with air defense network is a completely different matter from doing it on a small island with limited self-contained air defense capabilities.
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You're still making it harder on yourself than you need to. MLRS launchers move. Ports—or rather port, singular, for such a small island—don't. Hit the port, and soon enough the MLRS is useless because it has no resupply. Well technically Yonaguni has two ports, Sonai and Kubura, but I don't think Sonai is deep enough to handle any significant cargo.

The point of systems destruction is to destroy the system. Targeting enablers instead of effectors often gives better results.
 
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