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@@KrunoslavStifter every wumao who evades the question of when wasn't the Republic of China (known as Taiwan. Established 1912, 37 years before the secessionist PRC) independent. Or what criteria for being an independent country it lacks (for the inevitable response, add refusing to say when membership in the UN became a prerequisite for being a country)
Nice. This isn’t the first time I have learned about all the terrain advantages of Taiwan. Like Afghanistan being pretty much impossible to conquer, the terrain can make all the difference if the population is willing to defend themselves.
Well yes but only issue is the size difference. Taiwan can’t a defense in depth. Small island and all that but hopefully they have planned some incredible ways to use the limited space they have. Use the vantage or high points on the hills and mountains. I hope they paying attention to Ukraine. Small Drones will be another key weapon.
@@fulcrum2168 Yes, that's why all three need to plan ahead. I mean Japan, US, and Taiwan need to plan supplies before but hopefully they are never needed. Better to be prepared.
basically Switzerland with water all around it like the British Isles with the dense tropical vegetation of Vietnam. All three of those nations mentioned has never been conquered by an aggressive (and mostly vastly superior) force. Taiwan will make Ukraine look like a tutorial mission for the invaders.
The Romans, Angles & Normans all conquered Britain. Vietnam was conquered by an offshoot of the Mongols and the French. Nobody's ever bothered to try Switzerland because before banking was a thing there literally wasn't anything there worth it. After banking, they bought enough guns to make it still not worth the effort
I really hope China doesn't do it... but if they must do it, we should definitely take advantage of it and destabilize the Chinese government through espionage and other covert actions.
So was Japan. It'll be difficult and costly but not impossible. With over 20 million incels on the mainland, a big political motivation to invade and a wealthy tech industry as a prize, I'd be shocked if the CCP didn't make an attempt on them.
@@wesleyhoward5599its not about Taiwan and the entirety of asia knows it. A Chinese invasion of Taiwan is correctly viewed as china breaking out of international control and fully going rogue like russia or north Korea. All the neighbors are extremely concerned, it would be the biggest rogue state in the history of the world and containing it will cost them millions of lives . Take this issue seriously!!! This is why the USA has long been ready to attack china directly should it ever break its promise and attack Taiwan
Taiwan are Chinese people, they wont adopt Democracy, or western values, which up for freefall destruction through liberal values (infidelity, school shootings, divorce rate, suicides are rising everyday and example of democracy installed are Japan/S korea and India all 3 have one of all of the issues, which Chinese culture does not want.
Please send your sons, nephews and grandsons to travel thousands of miles to the other side of the globe to defend Taiwan. The Taiwanese Chinese need you to defend the freedom and prosperity of their children! They're not stupid enough to fight a great power, I guess it's up to you.
Taiwan, Vietnam & ASEAN countries should develop abundantly contagious and deadly biochemical weapons, suicide UAVs and long-range cruise missiles that can carry both biological and conventional weapons to go deeply inside China territory.. At that time, even there is no US or Russian intervention, China would not dare to attack Taiwan, Vietnam or any asean country.. The biochemical weapons could easily destroy the entire population of China which is around 1.4 billion people . .Bio-chemical weapons are easy to develop in large numbers in a very short time and it's not expensive to develop in a large quantities. It is an effective deterrent against China's superior military power and aggression. At that time, we can tell directly to China that if China dare to attack Taiwan, Vietnam or any asean country, any of these countries could easily wipe out the whole China population..
as if, most western countries are ok with genocide, forced organ harvesting, social credit scores. eliminating gun for populace. 3x biden promised to defend Taiwan, 3x white house retracted the statement. WHO is actually controlling the white house or current administration. not brandon for sure
@@demonslayer1196 well it's either that or send your sons, nephews and grandsons to fight on the grounds of your own country. And without abundant access to the weapons that rely on electronic components which are currently produced by Taiwan.
One MASSIVE issue is training. The Ukrainians trained before this war and it paid off. Taiwanese forces train in highly scripted events that don’t allow for realistic training from the operational level to the squad level. Munitions used for training are also totally inadequate meaning soldiers aren’t proficient in their weapons. And while conscription time has been extended to a year, that’s still pitiful. It takes time to make a good soldier and Taiwan will need good soldiers to overcome Chinese numerical and material advantages. The Roman’s had a saying. The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
It's kinda sad, I would hate to see Taiwan fall to the ccp, but knowing this threat, which has been looming for years, and to still have inadequate training/preparation.. is negligent at best and at worst is unforgivable.. You cant and shouldnt expect the world to come to your aid, because even if it does, it may not be enough or in time.
Let me tell you about the fractional reserve central banking system. Our whole economy is a circular ponzi scheme where we're taxed to pay poor people to buy consumer goods from large multinational corporations. What's happening in China is only the start. We're all broke. Things are going to get a lot worse everywhere.
Your PHD doesn't tell you about the Chinese technological edge or the 5:1 aircraft ratio or that the weapons would not be supplied to Taiwan because it's an Island, it's easy to blockade it. He missed a lot of points on strategic level. Without doubt China will have the full numerical and technological superiority by 2030 to take it if it wanted to but in reality both sides prefer the peaceful reunification (unless the USA starts deploying the bases on it) because it would destroy both economies in the aftermath
@@baseddepartment285 ok wu mao. If you notice, I didn't say he didn't leave anything out, I said he didn't say anything I disagreed with. Hourlong presentations don't cover everything. This is a ten minute UA-cam video.
@@baseddepartment285 yeah but you're leaving out an important lesson we are learning from Russia invading Ukraine. Russia with all their military prowess and hypersonic capabilities still cannot justify their tens of thousands of dead young men after a year of war. When countries are invaded they tend to not like their inavders. Its not directly comparable to a Taiwan strait war but dont pretend having an advantage will translate to victory. It will just mean tens of thousands of lives lost for the imperial ambitions of a dictator and his party. A ruined Taiwan is a loss for the whole world.
Taiwan has never been china, it has always been a safe independent space for mainland Chinese seeking freedom. An attack on taiwan is an attack on freedom all around the world 🦅🦅
China also has to reckon with the probability of Taiwanese counter-strikes on the mainland, including retaliatory missile strikes on roads, ports, factories and especially dams. The results could be catastrophic.
Last year, Taiwan has openly published the physical location/detail of all PLA barracks and military bases (from top Commanders down to the name of the chef). These data are fed into Taiwan's targeting system.
@@xzerox2112 Heh, I didn't say it was bad. It felt like one of those ticker feeds under a real news reel. It was just more engaging than the actual news segment.
everyone forgets that Taiwan to is stockpiling hundreds of long range cruisemissiles that will be used to take out critical infastructure on the mainland, the CCP will be dealing with riots from blackouts and fuel shortages while trying to wage a war
It would be a bloody nightmare but never underestimate the CCP’s willingness to destroy human lives. Russia was eventually able to grind down Chechnya and I’ve no doubt that China would be happy to grind Taiwan to dust it they got the chance.
IMO there is a reason why it hasn't happened yet: it's just hard, in addition to all the other factors. But given what's at the stake, and how Xi could be crazy enough to give it a go, Taiwan, the US & other allies such as Japan should make it even harder.
Even MacArthur during WW II called Taiwan the "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier" and avoided it due to how hard it was to invade without suffering heavy casualties.
You should not underestimate fighting spirit of indigenous tribes of old Taiwan (15-19C). They were pierce warriors fighting against Qing Dynasty and Imperial Japan in mountainous eastern part of the island. Any invader to Taiwan will have very hard time to conquer them and will pay bloody expensive cost to do so.
What about the sharks in the Taiwan Strait? Sharks? You say. They're silent metallic sharks that eat/sink ships for breakfast. And when you've hundreds/thousands of soldiers on board just a single ship, it becomes pretty horrific.
That made me think about what happened to the USS Indianapolis. I know you weren't talking about actual 🦈 but the horrors of what actual sharks did to the sailors after the USS Indianapolis was sunk is still something to think about. Oceanic white tip sharks are nothing to mess with, neither are great whites and bull sharks in particular that love estuaries around the river mouths. Idk anything about what sharks may lurk around Taiwan but your comment just made me recall the horror those men faced in 1945, I believe it was. 😢 Now I'm going to have to look up what sharks live in the waters around Taiwan. I'm one of those curious folks who uses the world of information at my fingertips for more than cat videos and to insult others. Have a good day. 🙂
@@T0tenkampf The communist regime in China has *no* quiet submarines whatsoever! And the West is gratefull for those noisy clattering excuses for a submarine.
Very good analysis on the defence of Taiwan. I visited Taiwan many years ago and even at that time their living standards much better than China. Do it is very unreasonable to have Taiwan people under the Chinese CCP government. Taiwan van stock up large quantities of long range weapons to eliminate any naval invasion forces before they land. Also Taiwan need to enhance internal communities security control to prevent airborne invasions and spy sabotage. It is defendable.
As usual the truth. Thank you for the detailed analysis of various potential Taiwanese stronghold areas that China might take advantage of during an invasion. This is information that I hear no place else and I can't emphasize that strongly enough. 👍👍👍
Taiwan's geography makes the island naturally quite easy to defend with only a few areas where a landing could be carried out with a chance of success. China could land paratroopers though (considering they'll probably have air superiority at the start of the war) but I'm sure the taiwanese armed forces have mapped out possible landing spots for enemy paratroopers. You could say the chinese landing could be succesfull with a surprise attack but it's quite hard to not see a massive fleet approaching your shores from far away with modern technology. Although China's armed forces are vastly larger than Taiwan's only a part of it could be transported with transport ships and even then the possible landing areas are too thin to get a large enough amount of soldiers on shore at once to establish a foothold on the island.
Taiwan has one of the most dense airdefence networks with launchers hidden in bunkers in the jungle sending slow transport planes is basically suicide, Ukraine has rendered useless Russias more experienced navy with a few dozen longrange cold war era antiship missiles , Taiwan has over a thousand antship missiles , China knows fully well its airforce and navy will get wiped out
China can also smuggle in troops as civillians and weapon caches into taiwan. Although that would be incredibly difficult to implement because Taiwan may be able to suspect China's nonsense from the start.
I mean, they could but as history has proven, unsupported airborne operations often end badly for the paratroopers. I mean look what happened at Market Garden or Crete...while yes Crete was a victory, the amount of losses is insane, in fact, the most modern example is the Russian VDV, yes they seized the airport but failed to hold it and took massive loses.
TBH paras would not be a great idea, at least as anything beyond a supporting element. There are not too many flat, unwooded spots on the island. Lotta broken ankles, to say nothing of the air defense issue. Sending a fatty troop carrier into contested airspace is bad news in this day in age.
Switzerland was invaded by Napoleon and later there was no need to invade since everyone kept their money there. In the end all you have to do is control the "money" which is the ultimate invasion. If you doubt that it’s been invaded despite its fortress, ask yourself why it is BIS, GAVI and Davos WEF meeting held there. Yeah Switzerland has been so surely conquered it’s not even funny. As for Taiwan, there was invasion of Taiwan by Imperial Japan, than Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) and finally the USA. If you think that country can only be invaded and conquered by force of arms, you are mistaken.
A few other things to consider. The Chinese military is very new and its current configuration and equipment. I think many of them are still reading the owners manuals on their new planes and ships. Plus, they have no real world experience. Last time they were in a war was in 1979 with Vietnam and they lost. they march very pretty in Beijing, but marching is not a skill that wins modern wars.
Hey hey, you forgot that the Chinese army fought a war in Tiananmen Square and slaughtered extremely dangerous students. That's a win in the CCP's books.
The one child policy would work against the CCP when the casualties start piling up. I foresee a lot of angry parents seeing their only child and support slaughtered for political reasons.
@@alhazred3718 they don't even win a war against lightly armed Vietnamese militia during the last time that they were at war in 1979 (The Vietnam military were in Cambodia when the Chinese invade Vietnam)
Taiwan is hard to land on but the main problem is that it is a small target and they can see EXACTLY where China is going via satellite. Taiwan can focus its ranged defenses long before China can land its men which means the Chinese troops will be learning to swim (or in the afterlife) long before they reach shore.
@@T0tenkampf But according to TASS (Russia) and the Indians, the Chinese lost about 40-50 based on the amount of bodybags and Chinese helicopter flights to from the site that they observed. I guess that also explains why the Chinese closed up shop and retreated from the border after the incident, lol. 🤭
I honestly can see India opening a South Western frontier for the Chinese on the Indo Tibetan border. This was promised by Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao back in the 90s to hai Taiwanese counterpart , I'm not sure if it's true but the chances of it being true are highly probable.
You know, the typhoon that protected Japan from the Mongol Invasion were the true origin of the name kamikaze (Divine Wind). I pray something similar will protect Taiwan too.
My guess is China wouldn’t go for the main island, but take a couple of small islands while setting up a blockade. That way they move towards their objectives with out the massive costs.
They will also use missiles/rockets, artillery, airstrikes, and drones to weaken National China or ROC of it's defenses too. Before launching a naval assault and invasion against the island of Taiwan.
Bit missed out about battle plans with aligning forces from around the world, but huge respect and thanks for showing what can happen and the understood plans of defence, all the best to your show and the people faced with this choice of potential battle, stay safe and remember life’s only as fair as you make it, so make it something you care about for your future,
If I was an evil despot I would go for Taipei purely because it likely would have the most amount of moral damage as to get a quick surrender as china will not want to deal with a long drawn out battle especially because the rest of the world will put sanctions on china but also because the idea of fighting back could start to resonate with the people in the mainland. however its likely that that would backfire and make the Taiwanese people more determined to push them out.
Thank you Chris for giving us a glimpse of twain!, it has impressive land barriers which i was unaware of. So it's not going to be such a cake walk for China after all!
That was a very thought-provoking video. Chinese forces in Taiwan could easily find themselves in the same kind of sausage grinder the Soviets, and the US, found themselves in in Afghanistan. Also, Mark, great question, but just a word of caution, being smarter than John Kerry really isn't that difficult. ^_~
Given that pretty much all of that which used to be known as the first world have sent everything short of their own armed forces to Ukraine’s defense, (whether or not the world could/would do the same for Taiwan, here’s hoping 🤞🏻), wouldn’t China be crazy to risk the kind of global response that Russia has experienced?
This is why dont be gullible and believe what western media says. China have never said they are invading Taiwan. Its western media trying to provoke tensions.
That's is why China is watching Russia - Ukraine war like a hawk. This is a new test ground for China. Did you noticed how quiet North Korea is lately?
China would be crazy to invade Taiwan,it would be total carnage,the uS and allies will never allow it,China should just focus on all its domestic problems
today is June 4 2023, I still remember that the same day (June 4) on 1989 in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, massacre, Key People: Deng XiaoPing and Li Peng. 海外個人觀點與貴台無關.
切記 阿富汗 一夜消失 的教訓. 靠自巳, 台灣致命傷是不清內鬼, 倚賴外鬼. Afghanistan 1-night-flee is a lesson not to rely on other untrustful source. Taiwan should worry about Penetration & Spy long time ago, but, my opinion, they are not. Invasion of Taiwan, yes, talk talk talk, On this day of June 4 , I hope CCP will do it so they learn how students suffered in Tiananmen Square and it will be CCP thugs' turn - crashed by Taiwan tanks. June 4, 2023
The situation doesn't look good for China because NATO is already on high alert due to Putin's war. NATO is actively constructing new weapons facilities, conducting daily training exercises, and bolstering its resilience and capabilities. The organization is rapidly expanding both in terms of capacity and capabilities.
Excellent. Your best programme yet. It was good to see how very very difficult it would be for anyone to invade that island. Well done please follow this with more such reports Andrew D
If China were to do a ground assault they would have to mobilize such enormous forces and send them at the same time that it would be impossible to not know far in advance that it was coming as well
crossing 100 miles of the strait takes hours, now imagine doing that while harpoon antiship missiles launched from jungle bunkers are are coming your way at 800kph, 90% of Chinas navy will get sunk even before reaching halfway across the strait and Taiwan is continously stocking up on antiship missiles every year
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Worry not, i have a feeling the CCP would deploy an excellent mixed Falun Gong/ Uyghur anti boobytrap unit, equipped with ancient chinese mine clearing technology: their feet!
I seem to recall hearing that there’s only one single beach on the main Taiwanese island that can accommodate naval landings. Can anyone confirm or disprove that?
Taiwan cannot depend mostly on the US military alone. With training with the US, the Taiwanese can gain combat skills based from real world scenarios. And with US military support as well.
What about the possibility that China might do a mass parachute drop on strategic airfields also. I know it did not work in Hostomel airport for the Russians but I feel like the possibility should not be ignored.
Their are to many surface to air missiles in Taiwan to reasonably get air supremacy much less get paratroopers close, the transport plans are to big a slow to avoid SAMs.
You should try playing the PC game called civilization. You will understand why landing is extremely hard. I played America, had 3 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 15 destroyers, 10 transport ships. When I got close to another continent, all my units were destroyed by missiles. So no, you can't paratroop when there are surface to air missiles on the ground.
if you make it past the AA then you are left with lightly equipped troops that would be without armor or artillery support. its very tricky without air superiority
Can you guys do an episode on how we know that the taiwanese won't just capitulate when threatened? Polling on the taiwanese public regarding how willing they are to fight in combat are pretty fuzzy
In fact if you followed neutral countries media in Asia such as SIngapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, instead of western media. It has been reported that more than 50% of Taiwanese age 30 and above does not care whether Taiwan is independent or not. In fact 62% of Taiwanese above the age of 40 prefer to be unified with China. For Taiwanese under age of 25, 43% prefer to be part of China so there will be no conflicts and they still can live comfortably.
This was a cool episode! I feel like China would pull a zerg and just push wave after wave of troops, humans are a renewable resource and it would take care of all those extra men who can't get married.
There’s no question they would turn Taijuan into a meat grinder and throw hundreds of thousands of their citizens into it. None of that means anything compared to the prestige would bring Chairman Xi
That's exactly what I'm thinking too, we all know China doesn't care about its people, it's a very real possibility they land somewhere that's less defended and just throw wave after wave after wave of people until they could get a foothold.
They will also use missiles/rockets, artillery, airstrikes, and drones to weaken National China or ROC of it's defenses. Before they launched an all out Zerg rush and many human wave attacks against the island of Taiwan.
The moment Taiwan sees China begin to stage amphibious resources, their best option would be to preemptively strike as hard as they possibly can. Make crossing that straight so unbelievably costly for China! Logistics wins (or looses) wars. Hit china's infrastructure and ships needed for resupply. A preemptive strike would be the one chance for Taiwan to choose when, where, and how they engage against an invasion.
'preemptive strike' means that China can spin it to the world that Taiwan fired the first shot while China can deny the buildup as merely conducting an exercise. The international support wouldn't be as unanimous like in the case of Ukraine if Taiwan were seen as the one instigating it by shooting first.
@@alvinite9164 I understand your point, but in the face of a truly existential threat - total annihilation, I think the math is fairly straight forward: Face a full-on Maoist takeover and purge or a very bad PR problem. Also, to reiterate what was pointed out in the video, preparations for an invasion will not happen suddenly. Everyone is going to see the build-up happening. In pondering the bad PR problem, it is my guess that while the international community might all jump up and down and send strongly worded letters, behind closed doors I think the support will be much stronger than one might think. The reality is, that no one wants to see the number one chip maker get destroyed and turned into a "Marxist Utopia".
@@randys2358 I'm sorry but I have to disagree regarding if Taiwan would still retain international support after that, that move will be the most unwise, short-sighted and reckless one can make and it can easily backfire horrifically. Now officially, and lets be real here, despite our wish for Taiwan being independent, Taiwan status as an independent country is still muddy at best; only a handful of countries recognized Taiwan as a country (and US strategic ambiguity may insinuate Taiwan being a country, depending on circumstances). However, a PR nightmare from Taiwan firing the first shot on Chinese troops in mainland soil will seal Taiwan's fate, And it'll be even worse if, lets say, Chinese civilians got caught in the crossfire. At that point the world would see Taiwan as the clear aggressor and condemns their preemptive strike, and that China can go on about having "every right to defend itself against rebel terrorism", also China will not be as isolated politically as Russia and the sanctions won't be as severe, not to mention the loss of face for the US and allies would be too much and they would either concede their support (or resorts to limited sanctions) or double-down and be forced into global conflict not everyone would be on board with, and it's started by the aggressive Taiwan, this time with the world having mediocre sympathy and a very polarized opinions about it. One of the reasons Ukraine gets many unanimous International support at the beginning of the war and survived the invasion is that they managed to maintain a relatively good PR, and that amount of support (and sanctions on Russia) helps a lot in the long term. This pattern can be repeated if China were the clear aggressor. The best course of action is to wait and prepare the defenses. Time is already on Taiwan's side after all. And if a buildup does happens, all they should do is to brace for impact and hold out until reinforcements arrives. We have Japan, Philippines, Australia, and the US Navy already on standby for a reason.
@@Moonknife the chinese diesel attack subs would be very difficult to deal with in the shallower waters of the Strait. You are not aware of actual naval strats. A Ohio is a Ballistic Missile sub and would be a sitting duck to them. We only have four of the SSGN variant that is equipped with Tomahawk missiles but those could fire from the eastern side of Taiwan at enemy vessels.
Strange as it sounds, I think China would invade the country of Russia before invading the country of Taiwan. If for no other reason than to lay claim to the part of disputed territory they are now making all newly made maps say has Chinese names and has been part of China "since ancient times" Also, I want someone to go up to the top of each Taiwan mountain over 9'000 feet and place a picture of Vegeta crushing a scouter as he says "The top of this mountain is over NINE THOUSAAAAND feet high!".
If that happened I wouldn't doubt Putin would use nuclear weapons against China. Russia's biggest enemy is China despite their so called "Unbreakable friendship".
No, it is not strange that China would do a special military operation to Russia. It is a real shame that the CCP China contesting with its neighbors for territories which they claim used to belong to China, WITHOUT contesting with Russia over the territories in Pacific Siberia and West Xinjiang. What is in the mind of Chairman Xi (Mao v.2.0)?
I highly doubt that's gonna happen, it would be equivalent to the CCP shooting themselves at the foot while enjoying a jar of honey. China currently has a small number of "allies", them attacking Russian territory would make a drastic turn on political stability in corrupt African and middle eastern countries that favor Russia. Russia has a strong political Influence, attacking them would create friction and further lost of possible allies, which china right now can't afford. What's most likely to happen is the Russian government might willingly give away some of it's territory in exchange for financial and military aid, while china take advantages Russia weakening soft power and fill the void they left in former Soviet states.
China backstabbing Russia? in this political climate? China NEEDS Russian energy to fuel the war effort and to keep the West distracted in Ukraine. Having Russia as an ally right now far benefits than taking over the Russian far east. Not only they'll shown themselves as untrustworthy in the geopolitical sense if they backstab Russia, furthermore it doesn't guarantee that doing so can earn brownie points for appeasing the West, if anything China would find themselves more isolated if they kneecap one of the major Western geopolitical rivals.
Living in China makes me extremely skeptical of the ability for the PLA to do anything. People here are totally and completely incompetent for the most part. It’s like living in a nation of middle schoolers
I, personally, am not to afraid of a military that will not even fight to end the suffering of its own people at the hands of the CCP. As a whole, that is cowardice.
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China seems to have forgotten Nankang
A bit off topic but what's with the Closed captions? it looks like it about the Chinese spy balloon.
two episodes in one? the captions were entirely different episode about the spy ballon..
@@Quasikiller the later balloon is jamming your signal up.. Sad!
Daily reminder that Taiwan is a free and independent country 🇹🇼 🇹🇼 🇹🇼
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Says who?
That dont matter
@@KrunoslavStifter every wumao who evades the question of when wasn't the Republic of China (known as Taiwan. Established 1912, 37 years before the secessionist PRC) independent.
Or what criteria for being an independent country it lacks (for the inevitable response, add refusing to say when membership in the UN became a prerequisite for being a country)
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Nice. This isn’t the first time I have learned about all the terrain advantages of Taiwan. Like Afghanistan being pretty much impossible to conquer, the terrain can make all the difference if the population is willing to defend themselves.
Well yes but only issue is the size difference. Taiwan can’t a defense in depth. Small island and all that but hopefully they have planned some incredible ways to use the limited space they have. Use the vantage or high points on the hills and mountains. I hope they paying attention to Ukraine. Small Drones will be another key weapon.
Problem is getting supplies to a blockaded island
@@fulcrum2168 Yes, that's why all three need to plan ahead. I mean Japan, US, and Taiwan need to plan supplies before but hopefully they are never needed. Better to be prepared.
Where to fight counts for a lot. Even one guy with a rifle can defend a mountain pass from the top down
@@BenHopkins1000 exactly
Daily reminder: Taiwan is an independent country.
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@@quang922 Yes Taiwan does consider itself independent. But you go ahead and laugh.
Republic of China is the real China.
Lol for how long?
@@quang922 thank you
basically Switzerland with water all around it like the British Isles with the dense tropical vegetation of Vietnam. All three of those nations mentioned has never been conquered by an aggressive (and mostly vastly superior) force. Taiwan will make Ukraine look like a tutorial mission for the invaders.
The Romans, Angles & Normans all conquered Britain.
Vietnam was conquered by an offshoot of the Mongols and the French.
Nobody's ever bothered to try Switzerland because before banking was a thing there literally wasn't anything there worth it. After banking, they bought enough guns to make it still not worth the effort
plus china has zero military credibility.
I really hope China doesn't do it... but if they must do it, we should definitely take advantage of it and destabilize the Chinese government through espionage and other covert actions.
So was Japan. It'll be difficult and costly but not impossible. With over 20 million incels on the mainland, a big political motivation to invade and a wealthy tech industry as a prize, I'd be shocked if the CCP didn't make an attempt on them.
@@wesleyhoward5599its not about Taiwan and the entirety of asia knows it.
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan is correctly viewed as china breaking out of international control and fully going rogue like russia or north Korea.
All the neighbors are extremely concerned, it would be the biggest rogue state in the history of the world and containing it will cost them millions of lives .
Take this issue seriously!!!
This is why the USA has long been ready to attack china directly should it ever break its promise and attack Taiwan
Taiwan needs to be defended. The Chinese would get denied with the combined might
Taiwan are Chinese people, they wont adopt Democracy, or western values, which up for freefall destruction through liberal values (infidelity, school shootings, divorce rate, suicides are rising everyday and example of democracy installed are Japan/S korea and India all 3 have one of all of the issues, which Chinese culture does not want.
Please send your sons, nephews and grandsons to travel thousands of miles to the other side of the globe to defend Taiwan. The Taiwanese Chinese need you to defend the freedom and prosperity of their children! They're not stupid enough to fight a great power, I guess it's up to you.
Taiwan, Vietnam & ASEAN countries should develop abundantly contagious and deadly biochemical weapons, suicide UAVs and long-range cruise missiles that can carry both biological and conventional weapons to go deeply inside China territory.. At that time, even there is no US or Russian intervention, China would not dare to attack Taiwan, Vietnam or any asean country.. The biochemical weapons could easily destroy the entire population of China which is around 1.4 billion people . .Bio-chemical weapons are easy to develop in large numbers in a very short time and it's not expensive to develop in a large quantities. It is an effective deterrent against China's superior military power and aggression. At that time, we can tell directly to China that if China dare to attack Taiwan, Vietnam or any asean country, any of these countries could easily wipe out the whole China population..
as if, most western countries are ok with genocide, forced organ harvesting, social credit scores. eliminating gun for populace. 3x biden promised to defend Taiwan, 3x white house retracted the statement. WHO is actually controlling the white house or current administration. not brandon for sure
@@demonslayer1196 well it's either that or send your sons, nephews and grandsons to fight on the grounds of your own country. And without abundant access to the weapons that rely on electronic components which are currently produced by Taiwan.
One MASSIVE issue is training.
The Ukrainians trained before this war and it paid off. Taiwanese forces train in highly scripted events that don’t allow for realistic training from the operational level to the squad level. Munitions used for training are also totally inadequate meaning soldiers aren’t proficient in their weapons. And while conscription time has been extended to a year, that’s still pitiful. It takes time to make a good soldier and Taiwan will need good soldiers to overcome Chinese numerical and material advantages.
The Roman’s had a saying. The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
Patton likewise said a pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood
It's kinda sad, I would hate to see Taiwan fall to the ccp, but knowing this threat, which has been looming for years, and to still have inadequate training/preparation.. is negligent at best and at worst is unforgivable.. You cant and shouldnt expect the world to come to your aid, because even if it does, it may not be enough or in time.
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war".
Great quote.
It paid off? They are getting their asses handed to them! You support Ukraine You support pedophiles!
Taiwan has no second amendment. Maybe the civilians can text bomb the Chinese invaders.
The fact that we live in a time where invasions are still used and seen by some as a viable international "policy" is saddening to the extreme.
Let me tell you about the fractional reserve central banking system. Our whole economy is a circular ponzi scheme where we're taxed to pay poor people to buy consumer goods from large multinational corporations. What's happening in China is only the start. We're all broke. Things are going to get a lot worse everywhere.
Lol
Low IQ take Mozoto.
It’s not some it’s communist countries that do it. This shows the inherent danger of socialism/communism to the world.
Just because we have the weak and fallen president in the WH. So China would take the opportunity to do that before 2024.
Taiwan is the 1 & true China & no one can possible change my mind!
Taiwan is a free and independent nation.
Meanwhile the government still calls itself Nationalist China or ROC (Republic of China) and speaks Chinese and writes in Chinese characters.
Thank you very much!
In my PhD program, I've done a ton of work on this subject. You nailed it! I honestly didnt find anything that I disagree with, which is really rare.
Your PHD doesn't tell you about the Chinese technological edge or the 5:1 aircraft ratio or that the weapons would not be supplied to Taiwan because it's an Island, it's easy to blockade it. He missed a lot of points on strategic level. Without doubt China will have the full numerical and technological superiority by 2030 to take it if it wanted to but in reality both sides prefer the peaceful reunification (unless the USA starts deploying the bases on it) because it would destroy both economies in the aftermath
@@baseddepartment285 ok wu mao. If you notice, I didn't say he didn't leave anything out, I said he didn't say anything I disagreed with. Hourlong presentations don't cover everything. This is a ten minute UA-cam video.
@@baseddepartment285 yeah but you're leaving out an important lesson we are learning from Russia invading Ukraine. Russia with all their military prowess and hypersonic capabilities still cannot justify their tens of thousands of dead young men after a year of war. When countries are invaded they tend to not like their inavders. Its not directly comparable to a Taiwan strait war but dont pretend having an advantage will translate to victory. It will just mean tens of thousands of lives lost for the imperial ambitions of a dictator and his party. A ruined Taiwan is a loss for the whole world.
Taiwan is a free independent country. I doubt their citizens would prefer to give away all their freedoms to become slaves to the ccp.
@@baseddepartment285, yeah, that's what Xi said 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
Fantastic tactical breakdown! Really shows why China has been sitting on this invasion for nearly a century now
China has not fought a war in decades. Competency will be a huge factor….😅
Taiwan has never been china, it has always been a safe independent space for mainland Chinese seeking freedom.
An attack on taiwan is an attack on freedom all around the world 🦅🦅
@@PopShoppekid true that. I guess the War on Terror is good for one thing 😅
As a seaman and a man who literally put mines in oceans ( i'm a finnish mine man) please do not put fire in the sea, just put mines instead. :)
China also has to reckon with the probability of Taiwanese counter-strikes on the mainland, including retaliatory missile strikes on roads, ports, factories and especially dams. The results could be catastrophic.
Three gorges will be returned to the flood gorge past.
@@ResortDog yep, this would be one of those things they make documenterys of in a 100 years.. the destruction of the 3 gorges dam....
china HEAVYLY uses railroad transport... rail bridges would be a huge target and hit to the chinese lodgistis train.
Last year, Taiwan has openly published the physical location/detail of all PLA barracks and military bases (from top Commanders down to the name of the chef). These data are fed into Taiwan's targeting system.
civilian installation？
Whoever wrote the subtitles needs an award. I could barely pay attention to the actual news segment.
Super distracting. Totally an inconvenience.
Yeah i changed it to auto subtitle.
I think it's there to confuse the censorship systems
@@xzerox2112 Heh, I didn't say it was bad. It felt like one of those ticker feeds under a real news reel. It was just more engaging than the actual news segment.
They're probably intended for another video, ig he just pasted them here by accident?
Looks like an absolute nightmare to not just take over but to keep under control, good video
everyone forgets that Taiwan to is stockpiling hundreds of long range cruisemissiles that will be used to take out critical infastructure on the mainland, the CCP will be dealing with riots from blackouts and fuel shortages while trying to wage a war
I wonder if you go hiking in the mountains how likely it is to encounter a random machine gun nest or artillery outpost.
Not to mention it would cripple Chinese manufacturing if Taiwan decided to destroy their semiconductor factories in the event of an invasion.
Yes! Like Switzerland or Yugoslavia. It will be a Chinese hell.
It would be a bloody nightmare but never underestimate the CCP’s willingness to destroy human lives. Russia was eventually able to grind down Chechnya and I’ve no doubt that China would be happy to grind Taiwan to dust it they got the chance.
Taiwan and Ukraine are independent countries!
It would be pretty cool if Taiwan also had a mega project designing a wave pool to also push the advancing boats away
That technology actually exists. Russia has it. Poseidon 2M39 torpedo
@@ThatGuyPotatoes not exactly the design I would brainstorm
@@ThatGuyPotatoes Yeah, I think the side effect of radiation wouldn't be a great thing.... for either side...
Or a Devine Wind
Tsunami bombs you mean.....??
IMO there is a reason why it hasn't happened yet: it's just hard, in addition to all the other factors. But given what's at the stake, and how Xi could be crazy enough to give it a go, Taiwan, the US & other allies such as Japan should make it even harder.
Thank you for your work Chris!
Even MacArthur during WW II called Taiwan the "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier" and avoided it due to how hard it was to invade without suffering heavy casualties.
You should not underestimate fighting spirit of indigenous tribes of old Taiwan (15-19C). They were pierce warriors fighting against Qing Dynasty and Imperial Japan in mountainous eastern part of the island. Any invader to Taiwan will have very hard time to conquer them and will pay bloody expensive cost to do so.
Just like how the RoC killed tens of thousands of indigenous Taiwanese during the period of martial law and the White Terror?
謝謝！
What a good analysis, well done and hope it will never happen.
Woah, Taiwan has gorgeous mountains.
Thanks!
I think the U.S. would respond to the PLA build up and deploy two or three strike carrier groups to... "dissuade" the PLA.
And just incase of worst scenario for the US, they still have the 7th fleet stationed in Yokosuka.
the new US bases on Japanese soil will likely house a few more CBG
Well pla can deploy near usa .
@@jacksmith-mu3ee How? They don't have a blue water presents. Their one useful carrier is still under going sea trials and fittings.
@@kenstr321 don't push it. China can push back. China is peaceful. Dont make them change
Thanks
What about the sharks in the Taiwan Strait?
Sharks? You say.
They're silent metallic sharks that eat/sink ships for breakfast.
And when you've hundreds/thousands of soldiers on board just a single ship, it becomes pretty horrific.
That made me think about what happened to the USS Indianapolis. I know you weren't talking about actual 🦈 but the horrors of what actual sharks did to the sailors after the USS Indianapolis was sunk is still something to think about. Oceanic white tip sharks are nothing to mess with, neither are great whites and bull sharks in particular that love estuaries around the river mouths.
Idk anything about what sharks may lurk around Taiwan but your comment just made me recall the horror those men faced in 1945, I believe it was. 😢
Now I'm going to have to look up what sharks live in the waters around Taiwan. I'm one of those curious folks who uses the world of information at my fingertips for more than cat videos and to insult others.
Have a good day. 🙂
They need sharks with freaking laser beams attached to the top of their heads.
that is why PRC has been building up quite a number of quiet diesel attack subs that are perfect for the shallow waters of the strait
@@metalmamasue3680 Hi Sue, and who can forget that event!
My reference to sharks is a euphemism for submarines.
No real sharks involved.
@@T0tenkampf The communist regime in China has *no* quiet submarines whatsoever!
And the West is gratefull for those noisy clattering excuses for a submarine.
Very good analysis on the defence of Taiwan. I visited Taiwan many years ago and even at that time their living standards much better than China. Do it is very unreasonable to have Taiwan people under the Chinese CCP government. Taiwan van stock up large quantities of long range weapons to eliminate any naval invasion forces before they land. Also Taiwan need to enhance internal communities security control to prevent airborne invasions and spy sabotage. It is defendable.
As usual the truth. Thank you for the detailed analysis of various potential Taiwanese stronghold areas that China might take advantage of during an invasion. This is information that I hear no place else and I can't emphasize that strongly enough. 👍👍👍
Taiwan's geography makes the island naturally quite easy to defend with only a few areas where a landing could be carried out with a chance of success. China could land paratroopers though (considering they'll probably have air superiority at the start of the war) but I'm sure the taiwanese armed forces have mapped out possible landing spots for enemy paratroopers.
You could say the chinese landing could be succesfull with a surprise attack but it's quite hard to not see a massive fleet approaching your shores from far away with modern technology.
Although China's armed forces are vastly larger than Taiwan's only a part of it could be transported with transport ships and even then the possible landing areas are too thin to get a large enough amount of soldiers on shore at once to establish a foothold on the island.
Always expect the unexpected!
Taiwan has one of the most dense airdefence networks with launchers hidden in bunkers in the jungle sending slow transport planes is basically suicide, Ukraine has rendered useless Russias more experienced navy with a few dozen longrange cold war era antiship missiles , Taiwan has over a thousand antship missiles , China knows fully well its airforce and navy will get wiped out
China can also smuggle in troops as civillians and weapon caches into taiwan.
Although that would be incredibly difficult to implement because Taiwan may be able to suspect China's nonsense from the start.
I mean, they could but as history has proven, unsupported airborne operations often end badly for the paratroopers. I mean look what happened at Market Garden or Crete...while yes Crete was a victory, the amount of losses is insane, in fact, the most modern example is the Russian VDV, yes they seized the airport but failed to hold it and took massive loses.
TBH paras would not be a great idea, at least as anything beyond a supporting element. There are not too many flat, unwooded spots on the island. Lotta broken ankles, to say nothing of the air defense issue. Sending a fatty troop carrier into contested airspace is bad news in this day in age.
Taiwan is a fortress with the right weapons
>2 countries that are natural fortresses, heavily defended & very difficult to invade:
-Switzerland, &
-Taiwan
Switzerland was invaded by Napoleon and later there was no need to invade since everyone kept their money there. In the end all you have to do is control the "money" which is the ultimate invasion. If you doubt that it’s been invaded despite its fortress, ask yourself why it is BIS, GAVI and Davos WEF meeting held there. Yeah Switzerland has been so surely conquered it’s not even funny.
As for Taiwan, there was invasion of Taiwan by Imperial Japan, than Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) and finally the USA. If you think that country can only be invaded and conquered by force of arms, you are mistaken.
A few other things to consider. The Chinese military is very new and its current configuration and equipment. I think many of them are still reading the owners manuals on their new planes and ships. Plus, they have no real world experience. Last time they were in a war was in 1979 with Vietnam and they lost. they march very pretty in Beijing, but marching is not a skill that wins modern wars.
Hey hey, you forgot that the Chinese army fought a war in Tiananmen Square and slaughtered extremely dangerous students. That's a win in the CCP's books.
The one child policy would work against the CCP when the casualties start piling up. I foresee a lot of angry parents seeing their only child and support slaughtered for political reasons.
@@alhazred3718 US have war experience indeed. Afterall they have killed hundred thousands of Muslims in the middle east.
To be fair said very “dangerous” protesters also didn’t have any really good weapons on hand
@@alhazred3718 they don't even win a war against lightly armed Vietnamese militia during the last time that they were at war in 1979 (The Vietnam military were in Cambodia when the Chinese invade Vietnam)
Taiwan is hard to land on but the main problem is that it is a small target and they can see EXACTLY where China is going via satellite. Taiwan can focus its ranged defenses long before China can land its men which means the Chinese troops will be learning to swim (or in the afterlife) long before they reach shore.
Taiwan is an independent nation regardless of what the CCP says
China can’t even win a rockfight against India on the Tibetan border,good luck with Taiwan Winnie
Agreed. 😂
Didn't they? Casualties were like 5 to 1 in favor of the PRC.
@@T0tenkampf
Yeah, according to the PRC/CCP, lol. 🤣
@@T0tenkampf
But according to TASS (Russia) and the Indians, the Chinese lost about 40-50 based on the amount of bodybags and Chinese helicopter flights to from the site that they observed. I guess that also explains why the Chinese closed up shop and retreated from the border after the incident, lol. 🤭
@@T0tenkampf I heard the PRC had to conduct a tactical retreat,the Indian Army staged a massive counterattack.
This channel is literally the only one on youtube that i make sure i watch all the ads. 🤘
I honestly can see India opening a South Western frontier for the Chinese on the Indo Tibetan border.
This was promised by Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao back in the 90s to hai Taiwanese counterpart , I'm not sure if it's true but the chances of it being true are highly probable.
Fortunately, you're an idiot and not in charge of anything.
China can't afford to try.
You know, the typhoon that protected Japan from the Mongol Invasion were the true origin of the name kamikaze (Divine Wind). I pray something similar will protect Taiwan too.
A typhoon that sinks the Chinese invasion fleet. That will be poetic and divine in nature.
Amen.
Take out The Three Gorges Dam if attacked
My guess is China wouldn’t go for the main island, but take a couple of small islands while setting up a blockade. That way they move towards their objectives with out the massive costs.
They cant step over a nuclear submarines waiting to trip them with torpedoes.
@@ResortDog how many nuke subs does Taiwan have?
They will also use missiles/rockets, artillery, airstrikes, and drones to weaken National China or ROC of it's defenses too. Before launching a naval assault and invasion against the island of Taiwan.
Good report Chris!
Bit missed out about battle plans with aligning forces from around the world, but huge respect and thanks for showing what can happen and the understood plans of defence, all the best to your show and the people faced with this choice of potential battle, stay safe and remember life’s only as fair as you make it, so make it something you care about for your future,
Hope that didn’t sound off, only
Best intentions for humanity’s survival and healthy living and free choice for all
Such a great episode!
If I was an evil despot I would go for Taipei purely because it likely would have the most amount of moral damage as to get a quick surrender as china will not want to deal with a long drawn out battle especially because the rest of the world will put sanctions on china but also because the idea of fighting back could start to resonate with the people in the mainland. however its likely that that would backfire and make the Taiwanese people more determined to push them out.
V excellent video. From a Taiwan supporter🎉
Thank you Chris for giving us a glimpse of twain!, it has impressive land barriers which i was unaware of. So it's not going to be such a cake walk for China after all!
Thanks for sharing.
A few missiles delivered upstream of the 3 gorges dam would divert the CCP's attention away from Taiwan.
or cause them to nuke Taipei
I like your subject today. Thanks.
That was a very thought-provoking video. Chinese forces in Taiwan could easily find themselves in the same kind of sausage grinder the Soviets, and the US, found themselves in in Afghanistan.
Also, Mark, great question, but just a word of caution, being smarter than John Kerry really isn't that difficult. ^_~
Great assessment report. 👏
The CCP watching this: ....we might not win! What can we steal and/or copy to gain the advantage?!
I’m not sure China realizes how difficult it will be to overcome our proper pronouns.
What is taking China so long? Now is the absolute best time, otherwise they are only going up against an even more fortified Taiwan.
Given that pretty much all of that which used to be known as the first world have sent everything short of their own armed forces to Ukraine’s defense, (whether or not the world could/would do the same for Taiwan, here’s hoping 🤞🏻), wouldn’t China be crazy to risk the kind of global response that Russia has experienced?
They have to rethink. The ukraine war has shown their gear and tactics aren't up to par.
@@batboy555 I’m sure Chinese think they are genetically better and more capable
@@johnlacey3857 if they believed they could do it, they'd have done it 2020 or 2021.
This is why dont be gullible and believe what western media says. China have never said they are invading Taiwan. Its western media trying to provoke tensions.
That's is why China is watching Russia - Ukraine war like a hawk. This is a new test ground for China. Did you noticed how quiet North Korea is lately?
Taiwan is the best!
China would be crazy to invade Taiwan,it would be total carnage,the uS and allies will never allow it,China should just focus on all its domestic problems
today is June 4 2023, I still remember that the same day (June 4) on 1989 in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, massacre, Key People: Deng XiaoPing and Li Peng. 海外個人觀點與貴台無關.
切記 阿富汗 一夜消失 的教訓. 靠自巳, 台灣致命傷是不清內鬼, 倚賴外鬼. Afghanistan 1-night-flee is a lesson not to rely on other untrustful source. Taiwan should worry about Penetration & Spy long time ago, but, my opinion, they are not. Invasion of Taiwan, yes, talk talk talk, On this day of June 4 , I hope CCP will do it so they learn how students suffered in Tiananmen Square and it will be CCP thugs' turn - crashed by Taiwan tanks. June 4, 2023
Source trust me bro
Great commentaries!
The situation doesn't look good for China because NATO is already on high alert due to Putin's war. NATO is actively constructing new weapons facilities, conducting daily training exercises, and bolstering its resilience and capabilities. The organization is rapidly expanding both in terms of capacity and capabilities.
Take out enemy number 1 from profits driven by enemy number 2.
Exactely what dictatorships around the world dont want, a stronger NATO 💪.
@@daymal2717 because they’ll lose their position and title.
France, Germany, Italy, UK can’t beat Russia because their military is weak they need USA help
@@RonsmooveTI
Russia hasn't had a military victory since WWII and that was the Ukrainians that drove the Nazis back to Germany.
smarter than a US Politician isn't saying much.
Very cool episode. has me feeling like if they did invade. they'd be on the losing side.
Excellent. Your best programme yet. It was good to see how very very difficult it would be for anyone to invade that island.
Well done please follow this with more such reports
Andrew D
If China were to do a ground assault they would have to mobilize such enormous forces and send them at the same time that it would be impossible to not know far in advance that it was coming as well
crossing 100 miles of the strait takes hours, now imagine doing that while harpoon antiship missiles launched from jungle bunkers are are coming your way at 800kph, 90% of Chinas navy will get sunk even before reaching halfway across the strait and Taiwan is continously stocking up on antiship missiles every year
Thank you for factual reporting and no holds bar commentary. I really do enjoy your sarcasm, i am better informored by your channel compared to corporate media. Your work is greatly appreciated.
Tawain could aim is ballistic missiles at the 3 gorges dam.
This nation is beautiful.
Best of luck to Taiwan ❤
🇹🇼 🇨🇳 ❤
Worry not, i have a feeling the CCP would deploy an excellent mixed Falun Gong/ Uyghur anti boobytrap unit, equipped with ancient chinese mine clearing technology: their feet!
I seem to recall hearing that there’s only one single beach on the main Taiwanese island that can accommodate naval landings.
Can anyone confirm or disprove that?
watch the video and it will answer this
Very smart and informative.
By hope and hope in the us military
Hope what ?? Americans can't even stop the invasion at the US border.
Taiwan cannot depend mostly on the US military alone. With training with the US, the Taiwanese can gain combat skills based from real world scenarios. And with US military support as well.
Great report
Taiwan is a country!
No, the Chinese to go take a lesson from the Taliban in Afghanistan
China doesn’t necessarily need a port.
They could just sail a port to Taiwan. This was done on D-Day 😉
Exactly, it would give them a port until they capture an actual port.
HUSH
Oh look. These mountains look like they generate foggy conditions. 9:55 & 3:54 It reminds me of San Fransicko.
may god bless Taiwan
God : ❤🇨🇳
@@jacksmith-mu3ee lol, CCP officially does not believe in God.
@@ShinkiroZero and ?
God believes in china.
The King of News Media 👑
What about the possibility that China might do a mass parachute drop on strategic airfields also. I know it did not work in Hostomel airport for the Russians but I feel like the possibility should not be ignored.
It will be raining with bullets. Some few who can make it to the ground will meet the same fate.
Their are to many surface to air missiles in Taiwan to reasonably get air supremacy much less get paratroopers close, the transport plans are to big a slow to avoid SAMs.
You should try playing the PC game called civilization. You will understand why landing is extremely hard. I played America, had 3 aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 15 destroyers, 10 transport ships. When I got close to another continent, all my units were destroyed by missiles. So no, you can't paratroop when there are surface to air missiles on the ground.
if you make it past the AA then you are left with lightly equipped troops that would be without armor or artillery support. its very tricky without air superiority
Great episode.
Can you guys do an episode on how we know that the taiwanese won't just capitulate when threatened? Polling on the taiwanese public regarding how willing they are to fight in combat are pretty fuzzy
If the CCP believed they would, they'd have done this by now.
In fact if you followed neutral countries media in Asia such as SIngapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, instead of western media. It has been reported that more than 50% of Taiwanese age 30 and above does not care whether Taiwan is independent or not. In fact 62% of Taiwanese above the age of 40 prefer to be unified with China. For Taiwanese under age of 25, 43% prefer to be part of China so there will be no conflicts and they still can live comfortably.
wuMao
@@DailyGPT365 You wumaos so desperate as to make up fantasies and numbers? Maybe do something productive in your life and stop being a pathetic loser.
-----@@DailyGPT365------- So glad you stooges have to lie so hard !
Add to this taiwan has had 70 years to prepare
This was a cool episode! I feel like China would pull a zerg and just push wave after wave of troops, humans are a renewable resource and it would take care of all those extra men who can't get married.
There’s no question they would turn Taijuan into a meat grinder and throw hundreds of thousands of their citizens into it. None of that means anything compared to the prestige would bring Chairman Xi
Agree fully 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
That's exactly what I'm thinking too, we all know China doesn't care about its people, it's a very real possibility they land somewhere that's less defended and just throw wave after wave after wave of people until they could get a foothold.
They will also use missiles/rockets, artillery, airstrikes, and drones to weaken National China or ROC of it's defenses. Before they launched an all out Zerg rush and many human wave attacks against the island of Taiwan.
Hey Chris, I think the english subtitle is a little bit wrong
The moment Taiwan sees China begin to stage amphibious resources, their best option would be to preemptively strike as hard as they possibly can. Make crossing that straight so unbelievably costly for China!
Logistics wins (or looses) wars. Hit china's infrastructure and ships needed for resupply.
A preemptive strike would be the one chance for Taiwan to choose when, where, and how they engage against an invasion.
If they strike too early, that means they could get nuked.
'preemptive strike' means that China can spin it to the world that Taiwan fired the first shot while China can deny the buildup as merely conducting an exercise. The international support wouldn't be as unanimous like in the case of Ukraine if Taiwan were seen as the one instigating it by shooting first.
@@alvinite9164 I understand your point, but in the face of a truly existential threat - total annihilation, I think the math is fairly straight forward: Face a full-on Maoist takeover and purge or a very bad PR problem. Also, to reiterate what was pointed out in the video, preparations for an invasion will not happen suddenly. Everyone is going to see the build-up happening.
In pondering the bad PR problem, it is my guess that while the international community might all jump up and down and send strongly worded letters, behind closed doors I think the support will be much stronger than one might think. The reality is, that no one wants to see the number one chip maker get destroyed and turned into a "Marxist Utopia".
@@randys2358 losing the international support by using a preemptive strike would doom Taiwan and both sides know it
@@randys2358 I'm sorry but I have to disagree regarding if Taiwan would still retain international support after that, that move will be the most unwise, short-sighted and reckless one can make and it can easily backfire horrifically. Now officially, and lets be real here, despite our wish for Taiwan being independent, Taiwan status as an independent country is still muddy at best; only a handful of countries recognized Taiwan as a country (and US strategic ambiguity may insinuate Taiwan being a country, depending on circumstances). However, a PR nightmare from Taiwan firing the first shot on Chinese troops in mainland soil will seal Taiwan's fate, And it'll be even worse if, lets say, Chinese civilians got caught in the crossfire. At that point the world would see Taiwan as the clear aggressor and condemns their preemptive strike, and that China can go on about having "every right to defend itself against rebel terrorism", also China will not be as isolated politically as Russia and the sanctions won't be as severe, not to mention the loss of face for the US and allies would be too much and they would either concede their support (or resorts to limited sanctions) or double-down and be forced into global conflict not everyone would be on board with, and it's started by the aggressive Taiwan, this time with the world having mediocre sympathy and a very polarized opinions about it.
One of the reasons Ukraine gets many unanimous International support at the beginning of the war and survived the invasion is that they managed to maintain a relatively good PR, and that amount of support (and sanctions on Russia) helps a lot in the long term. This pattern can be repeated if China were the clear aggressor.
The best course of action is to wait and prepare the defenses. Time is already on Taiwan's side after all. And if a buildup does happens, all they should do is to brace for impact and hold out until reinforcements arrives. We have Japan, Philippines, Australia, and the US Navy already on standby for a reason.
Very informative episode 😊
Taiwan needs a second amendment
Nah they like their children not getting blasted and while shopping
@@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842 sounds like children in America should exercise their second amendment rights while shopping.
@@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842 He said 2nd amendment, not ghettos full of fatherless criminals
God bless Taiwan, Ghana and the United States of America
God bless taiwan as part of China
@@jacksmith-mu3ee yh in your dreams
@@angohtv5732 my dream is coming true. Chinese don't dream. We create
China's Intel and military strategy is crap. They are probably watching this show for tips.
The Ohio class submarines could destroy any invasion force from under the sea.
Like China doesn't have subs?
@@rennkafer13 Tin cans in comparison.
@@Moonknife ah so you're a Chinese sub expert then?
@@Moonknife the chinese diesel attack subs would be very difficult to deal with in the shallower waters of the Strait. You are not aware of actual naval strats. A Ohio is a Ballistic Missile sub and would be a sitting duck to them. We only have four of the SSGN variant that is equipped with Tomahawk missiles but those could fire from the eastern side of Taiwan at enemy vessels.
8:42 but the Chinese have the numbers on there side
Which is probably the only thing they’ve got going for them
Higher numbers dosent equal higher troops if boats are limited in a naval conflict.
@eawproductions true true, I forgot about that
Strange as it sounds, I think China would invade the country of Russia before invading the country of Taiwan. If for no other reason than to lay claim to the part of disputed territory they are now making all newly made maps say has Chinese names and has been part of China "since ancient times" Also, I want someone to go up to the top of each Taiwan mountain over 9'000 feet and place a picture of Vegeta crushing a scouter as he says "The top of this mountain is over NINE THOUSAAAAND feet high!".
If that happened I wouldn't doubt Putin would use nuclear weapons against China. Russia's biggest enemy is China despite their so called "Unbreakable friendship".
No, it is not strange that China would do a special military operation to Russia. It is a real shame that the CCP China contesting with its neighbors for territories which they claim used to belong to China, WITHOUT contesting with Russia over the territories in Pacific Siberia and West Xinjiang. What is in the mind of Chairman Xi (Mao v.2.0)?
I highly doubt that's gonna happen, it would be equivalent to the CCP shooting themselves at the foot while enjoying a jar of honey.
China currently has a small number of "allies", them attacking Russian territory would make a drastic turn on political stability in corrupt African and middle eastern countries that favor Russia.
Russia has a strong political Influence, attacking them would create friction and further lost of possible allies, which china right now can't afford.
What's most likely to happen is the Russian government might willingly give away some of it's territory in exchange for financial and military aid, while china take advantages Russia weakening soft power and fill the void they left in former Soviet states.
You made a very valid point. Yes, China wants Vladivostok.
China backstabbing Russia? in this political climate? China NEEDS Russian energy to fuel the war effort and to keep the West distracted in Ukraine. Having Russia as an ally right now far benefits than taking over the Russian far east. Not only they'll shown themselves as untrustworthy in the geopolitical sense if they backstab Russia, furthermore it doesn't guarantee that doing so can earn brownie points for appeasing the West, if anything China would find themselves more isolated if they kneecap one of the major Western geopolitical rivals.
This is the best video I've ever seen from this channel.🏹♥️🎯
Living in China makes me extremely skeptical of the ability for the PLA to do anything. People here are totally and completely incompetent for the most part. It’s like living in a nation of middle schoolers
I, personally, am not to afraid of a military that will not even fight to end the suffering of its own people at the hands of the CCP. As a whole, that is cowardice.