PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency
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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.
The problem is that Taiwan isn't exactly Venezuela, i.e. it's better to shut these ideas as a dangerous fantasy. At most it can be a plan A (attempt to win a jackpot to save lives and deny opportunities for intervention), but plan B is the key one.
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.
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.
Initial reports of ROC F-16 pilot ejecting from his plane due to as of yet unknown reasons. They still havent found the pilot.
Jet malfunctioned? Or Chinese EW shut it down lol
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I feel like they could reasonably just keep doing these exercises around Taiwan and just watch as their airforce slowly falls apart.
That's very likely what will happen. Maintenance for military assets is very demanding and expensive business, and if even the US cannot keep it up at a good standard, I doubt anyone else can aside from China.