What does this have to do with Taiwan?
Check this out . China was already testing superguns way back before 2013 as per our forum.Theory of super long range gun is more or less known for a while. Bull wasn't single globe-level genuis.
It's just a tertiary mission set, that few are seriously interested in as to pay for it, with other, more available ways to do same job. If China is interested - I won't be surprised: US presence pattern in Far East just begs for it. Plus it greatly optimizes SRBM/MRBM use.
Everything can work - only end of history bootleakers said otherwise. We are human society, untouchable status of heads of states isn't a physical constant.If anything Trump has just helped prove that a quick decapitation strike on Taiwan can work. AND they just provided moral justification
If they bribe the right people, it's probably even easier due to the much shorter distance. We may not have a full blown armed reunification or blockade after all.
TBF that's because US shorad capabilities are awful/basically nonexistent. Adding them would be a giant waste of money. Even if you add them doesn't mean they would work, Venezuela doesn't have the best tech.There are still a massive gap in number, on a side note China for some reason are still not equipping their helicopters with EW and DIRCM gear even ones that are expected to fight on the frontline while the US is now apparently extending these packages to normal army helicopters not only Marines.
With the abundance of MANPADs, I would argue that for helicopters to be survivable on the frontline even with air superiority, DIRCM should be a bare minimum these days. TW might not have good air defense but they do have alot of MANPADs that could pop out of nowhere. EW and other more expensive options could be included for Marines and SpecOps only.TBF that's because US shorad capabilities are awful/basically nonexistent. Adding them would be a giant waste of money. Even if you add them doesn't mean they would work, Venezuela doesn't have the best tech.