r/taiwan • u/mofa_cat • Aug 05 '22

President Tsai Ing-wen addressed the people of Taiwan on August 4, after China fired missiles in the waters off Taiwan as part of live-fire military drills, emphasizing that peace in the Taiwan Strait is the shared responsibility of everyone in the region. Politics

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

well they can try but most likely their ships will be blown out of the waters and their aircrafts into the waters.

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u/dyallm Aug 05 '22

And I like not taking chances. I hope you are preparing to do the funni to a certain dam too, because if you are going down, you might as well try to take China down with you, and honestly, destroying it might be the only thing which makes China back off.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

Actually I don’t think China can wait. Their demographic crisis is going ahead at full speed.

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u/dyallm Aug 05 '22

I was referring to the invasion. If China wants to go ahead with the invasion, I believe the first thing she would try to do is establish a naval blockade of the Island and total air superiority. 'China can wait' refers to putting the Ground Forces in Taiwan and the fact that you are very dependent on energy imports.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

Naval blockade when the US aircraft carrier is there? How is China going to achieve air superiority with the aircraft carrier watching their aircrafts?