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#ChineseNavy
has a permanent presence in the western Pacific between Taiwan and
#Japan
's Nansei islands with 1 or 2 warships always sailing in the area. Sign that starting to increase focus on
#Taiwan
's east coast.
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@Dimi
V. interesting piece as always from the redoutable
@Dimi
- but more info required perhaps re: the relevance of east coast of Taiwan? Surely it’s mainly mountains falling straight into the sea? This was one reason MacArthur opted for Luzon in 1944 & not a Taiwan landing.
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@nbunkerauthor
Taiwan’s war plan envisions sheltering its fighter jets in mountain tunnels at a base in Hualien on the east coast.
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@Dimi
@TheresaAFallon
#Chinese
PLA Navy has used its industrial might to add hardware more ships more submarines but given its multidimensional aggression deployment stretched thin logistics at breaking point also some of the systems are knock off technologies operational vulnerabilities aplenty
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