Fanboys here have no clue of how extremely difficult it is to invade an fortified island country. Crossing the sea transporting heavy armored vehicles and millions of troops while anti ship missiles firing your direction, the beach being bombarded while trying to land, maintaining the supply line across the strait. And if the war doesn't end within a year typhoon season. Taiwan could call up 1.6 million troops. 1:3 rule states that an invasion force will need 4.8 million troops to be successful, this is not even considering an amphibious type invasion. Does China even have enough transportation ships? How many times do they have to go back and forth while being bombarded at the beach? The last time China tried invading another nation(Vietnam) at their border without a sea to cross cost them 7000 troop losses in a single month. What more trying to cross the Taiwan Strait? Logistic nightmare
The Chinese communist party has never controlled Taiwan, that is where millions of Chinese who didn't want to live under communism fled when the USSR helps Mao and his army conquer the mainland. The Taiwanese have every right to self determination under the principles the UN was created. And we in the free world have every right to aid the free people of Taiwan in remaining that way.
Taiwan has more than 100,000 missiles, both long range and short range, in their arsenals.And their developing more.All pointed towards major cities and infrastructure in China, including.Reservoir dams.An nuclear power stations.Etc etc.The island of Taiwan.Is a porcupine.The bigger they come, the harder they fall. Long leave Taiwan.
And all this doesn't determine a successful invasion. China's air defense systems are questionable, they are copies of Soviet era junks. China is not the only one with long range missiles. Taiwan have an arsenal of it's own that have the range to reach mainland China. Casualties and wide scale destruction, yes. But then again Taiwan could target Gorges dam to cause casualties and wide scale destruction too. Invasion? No chance.
Biden has no marbles for that. The next US leader might just do that since the cats out of the bag on the chip fab abilities of Taiwan. My two cents is they should.
They just did with having Pelosi there, why do you think XI was so against it and furthermore Potus said the US would fight with Taiwan so what more needs saying.
Visiting the island is a gesture of good will and support, however standing up an embassy is vastly different and much more provocative. I’m not conveying that it’s “right or wrong”, only that an embassy would be a very red line in the eyes of CCP China.
Taiwan, like Afghanistan, is primarily mountainous. Wise of Taiwan to take extensive advantage of its terrain. Btw, Taiwan has been studying how to take the Three Gorges dam down for decades. Wouldn't be surprised if the US has provided "help" to make that happen
All the mighty Chinese dragon can do is hot air I would'nt target that dam simply because that hurts the people more than it PLA but at the same time, if China did something along the lines of indiscriminately targeting civilians then all bets would be off
@@krap101 The dam is located in an earthquake zone. And even Chinese engineers have warned that it isn't structurally sound anyway. Those two factors give Taiwan reason to believe it could bring the dam down.
It was the KMT China (now living in the Country of Taiwan) that has a good experience when it comes to war. They fought the Japanese in WW 2 while PLA cowering in mountain caves waiting for an opportunistic strike on a weaken KMT due to war. PLA has no real experience when it comes to war.
China currently doesn't have sealift capabilities to transport hundreds thousands of troop needed to invade & occupy Taiwan (Yes they have more destroyer & aircraft carrier than their neighboring countries, but lack ship for transporting troops) China have to match up sealift capabilities of US Navy during WW2 for Operation Overlord. At that time Germans basically gave almost no resistance during landing beach, imagine doing that in this era with much better communication and deadlier weapon. That doesn't account for combined USN 7th Fleet, Japan and other countries willing to intervene.
Is Taiwan giving incentives to its local businesses to produce UAVs and its supporting parts manufacturing. This could make Taiwan into a new powerhouse for UAV.
Just read the Wikipedia of Taiwan's arms purchases and they have tens of thousands of patriots and harpoons and many other types of missiles. That sea crossing the Taiwan Strait is going to be very painful for the Chinese they're gonna lose tens of thousands and men before they even touch the beach. Now with high marbs adding to that list they're gonna have tons and missiles to throw At least giving time further allies to come in and help
The flapping ducks.Of the Chinese Air Force is no match for the F16 an F18 fighter jets of the Taiwanese Air Force.Who is well trained to operate?Those aircrafts.
The enemy will be from within. Sun Tzu: The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things
Taiwan will be a extremely tough opponent in a military confrontation and it’s a very difficult operation to invade that island - if Taiwan is supplied with advanced Western military equipment of all types China would seriously struggle to take Taiwan and that’s without US or Western intervention on the side of Taiwan.
it will be hard to invade Taiwan and it will also be hard for US or anyone to supply weapons to as Taiwan is located in the middle of the ocean and not connected to any other countries. CCP planes will be flying around Taiwan non-stop to try to spot incoming planes or ships from Taiwan's allies
@@murecerickman it will be hard to invade Taiwan and it will also be hard for US or anyone to supply weapons to as Taiwan is located in the middle of the ocean and not connected to any other countries. CCP planes will be flying around Taiwan non-stop to try to spot incoming planes or ships from Taiwan's allies
@@youwho6692 It won't be as easy to supply Taiwan, but it can be done on the east side. The US is king of logistics and the pacific ocean is the US backyard. As for China's fighter jets, they aren't even battle tested. F-16 have more than 10,000 battle tested sorties, J-20 has zero. China will struggle to achieve air dominance on the island as there will be home made air defense systems and Patriot air defense systems. Taiwan's F-16 will reload and refuel faster as they are flying above their own country while China has to fly back to mainland to reload and re-fuel. China has literally zero chance of a successful invasion.
Invading Taiwan has too many practical problems that China won't admit Taiwan has a lot of mobile air defense units and MANPADS that make using transports very tricky as well creates problems for air cover They have small number of IL-76s and even smaller number of Xian Y-20 for strategic air lift which limits what they can do from the air From the sea, the issue of naval mines and anti-ship missiles means that their landing ships will be under fire Secondly 155mm M109s would be dropping steel on landing ships The Type-99 MBT would be able to square off against Taiwanese Abrams but its weight is too much of a logistical challenge so China would have to use its lighter tanks like Type-15 which is no match for the Abrams So just a few problems
I do believe China might need to pay a lot bc Taiwan is a very strong country and what China need to pay are not only land based heavy weapons (like a war between Ukraine-Russia) but sea and air weapons which are more expensive and more time consuming than land based weapons.
Thinks... it is dumb that so many people should suffer to protect the sensitive ego of a hand full of people. China could simply be a desirable neighbor, instead of being an oppressive tyrant neighbor, ... it will cost China and Tawian deeply, for China to invade Taiwan. China is currently sustained by trade, and they know that they are. In any Nation, why should a few elders with an old grudge be allowed to cause so much unnecessary suffering and distress?! The episode from "man in America" Aug2 2022(today) covered the topic of China preparing to invade Taiwan quite well.
Many more countries should be spending more on defense, only Poland seems to be taking defense spending seriously, in raising it to %5 and modernizing their equipment. Even though there’s a war currently being fought in Europe, most European countries still haven’t increased their spending to %2. They just expect America and NATO to send their troops and equipment, so that they can continue to spend money frivolously. If they’re not serious right now, we shouldn’t ever expect them to be.
No it wouldnt The benefit of the F-16 is that it exists in large numbers which means that losses can be replaced very quickly The limited number of JAS-39 means that in a open conflict, they cant be easily replaced They are like the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo Very capable but also very limited in number
we in croatia have largest underground bunker in Europe....Object 505 which was build during 60s and cost 4B$...so kudos to Republic of China for building it and thinking in advance
Something the DoD should think about. What's the difference between an F-16V Viper (cost $60,000,000) and an F-35 A/B/C ($100,000,000-$135,000,000) The Viper is a great combat fighter that isn't a Hanger Queen unlike the F-35.
Why did we give China electricity? Should of let Japan take them.Now they own our chip production and we can't build them for some reason. ==I know the reason but its racist to describe.
Taiwan is Taiwan not ROCAF . Seems you are glorifying china... YOU should call them taiwan not rocaf. They do not want to be shadow by that china name. Stop mentioning that to taiwan.
Run up and get done. Oh no wait you pursued out! HAHAHA 😝 🙊 sorry was China meant to be a credible threat? By your claims of taiwans being yours you just got invaded by an 80 year old woman and didn’t do shit! HAHAHA
Blah blah blah indeed, all blahs from China saying they will shoot Pelosi but then didn’t! Bunch of pushy communists who know their military can’t do shit. Your knee rifle doesn’t even shoot straight!
What an incredible ally Taiwan is to the free world 🇹🇼❤️
@@murecerickman the Russian and Chinese worlds
Taiwan 🇹🇼 and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Lol..You guys think Usa will help you if China tries to save its rightful land??😄😄
@@TheLittleMaestro2911 yep
@@sneakyfeats2353 hm..lets see
Fanboys here have no clue of how extremely difficult it is to invade an fortified island country. Crossing the sea transporting heavy armored vehicles and millions of troops while anti ship missiles firing your direction, the beach being bombarded while trying to land, maintaining the supply line across the strait. And if the war doesn't end within a year typhoon season. Taiwan could call up 1.6 million troops. 1:3 rule states that an invasion force will need 4.8 million troops to be successful, this is not even considering an amphibious type invasion. Does China even have enough transportation ships? How many times do they have to go back and forth while being bombarded at the beach?
The last time China tried invading another nation(Vietnam) at their border without a sea to cross cost them 7000 troop losses in a single month. What more trying to cross the Taiwan Strait? Logistic nightmare
what if there digging under it....
There would be so many drowned chinese bodies washing up to the shores of Taiwan
@@kusanagi0 or suffer like Moskva
And the US can send just about anything, anywhere in the world, within a few days, which can seem like an eternity in the front lines.
@@gigacanno750 The US 7th fleet alone is enough to take the whole of China's air force and navy combined together.
Russia: Special Military Operations (target Ukraine)
China: Targeted military operations (military exercises firing missiles at their own targets) 😂
And still missing targets they know the exact location of 🤣🤣🤣
The Chinese communist party has never controlled Taiwan, that is where millions of Chinese who didn't want to live under communism fled when the USSR helps Mao and his army conquer the mainland.
The Taiwanese have every right to self determination under the principles the UN was created. And we in the free world have every right to aid the free people of Taiwan in remaining that way.
Taiwan has more than 100,000 missiles, both long range and short range, in their arsenals.And their developing more.All pointed towards major cities and infrastructure in China, including.Reservoir dams.An nuclear power stations.Etc etc.The island of Taiwan.Is a porcupine.The bigger they come, the harder they fall. Long leave Taiwan.
Unsure about that number of missiles, but consider that Taiwan claims to be able to attack Beijing and the Three Gorges Dam
And all this doesn't determine a successful invasion. China's air defense systems are questionable, they are copies of Soviet era junks. China is not the only one with long range missiles. Taiwan have an arsenal of it's own that have the range to reach mainland China. Casualties and wide scale destruction, yes. But then again Taiwan could target Gorges dam to cause casualties and wide scale destruction too. Invasion? No chance.
That’s a great analogy of Taiwan. It is a porcupine/armadillo
@@gigacanno750 of course they can
And China is China lol
US should recognize Taiwanese 🇹🇼 independence and open an embassy in Taipei.
Do you think Biden administration is capable of that?
Biden has no marbles for that. The next US leader might just do that since the cats out of the bag on the chip fab abilities of Taiwan.
My two cents is they should.
They just did with having Pelosi there, why do you think XI was so against it and furthermore Potus said the US would fight with Taiwan so what more needs saying.
Visiting the island is a gesture of good will and support, however standing up an embassy is vastly different and much more provocative. I’m not conveying that it’s “right or wrong”, only that an embassy would be a very red line in the eyes of CCP China.
then close the one for china lol
There is something to said about a government and military that is quietly professional.
It's usually the quiet ones who are prepared and motivated. That quietness is due to assuredness from constant preparation.
F16 is the real life A-Wing
Taiwan, like Afghanistan, is primarily mountainous.
Wise of Taiwan to take extensive advantage of its terrain.
Btw, Taiwan has been studying how to take the Three Gorges dam down for decades.
Wouldn't be surprised if the US has provided "help" to make that happen
They have missiles which can reach the damn from their island, they can even hit Beijing
All the mighty Chinese dragon can do is hot air
I would'nt target that dam simply because that hurts the people more than it PLA
but at the same time, if China did something along the lines of indiscriminately targeting civilians
then all bets would be off
Isn't it on the verge of falling without any outside assistance? Can't target something that's not there...
@@krap101 The dam is located in an earthquake zone. And even Chinese engineers have warned that it isn't structurally sound anyway.
Those two factors give Taiwan reason to believe it could bring the dam down.
@@Chuck_Hooks I was joking that China built a shitty dam so Taiwan couldn't use it as a target. Big brain moves
It was the KMT China (now living in the Country of Taiwan) that has a good experience when it comes to war. They fought the Japanese in WW 2 while PLA cowering in mountain caves waiting for an opportunistic strike on a weaken KMT due to war. PLA has no real experience when it comes to war.
Not So...PLA aided North Korea with Human Wave Attacks vs US & Allies in Korean War!
The World is with Taiwan
No we’re not. Speak for yourself. America’s influence is fading on the global stage.
I love how you call it a “self governing island”.
Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up
China currently doesn't have sealift capabilities to transport hundreds thousands of troop needed to invade & occupy Taiwan (Yes they have more destroyer & aircraft carrier than their neighboring countries, but lack ship for transporting troops) China have to match up sealift capabilities of US Navy during WW2 for Operation Overlord. At that time Germans basically gave almost no resistance during landing beach, imagine doing that in this era with much better communication and deadlier weapon. That doesn't account for combined USN 7th Fleet, Japan and other countries willing to intervene.
I give Japan a 90% chance of intervening and the United States a 50% chance of intervening.
Is Taiwan giving incentives to its local businesses to produce UAVs and its supporting parts manufacturing. This could make Taiwan into a new powerhouse for UAV.
good I hope they become a leader in uavs, military and commercial
Just read the Wikipedia of Taiwan's arms purchases and they have tens of thousands of patriots and harpoons and many other types of missiles. That sea crossing the Taiwan Strait is going to be very painful for the Chinese they're gonna lose tens of thousands and men before they even touch the beach. Now with high marbs adding to that list they're gonna have tons and missiles to throw At least giving time further allies to come in and help
Reminds me of all the old anime shows and movies it was always space or bunkers underground sometimes both lol 😝
Well curated videos. Well put! Taiwan needs to buy 1 or 2 “helicopter destroyers” from Japan.
Those aim-9 model is old, 10-15yr old Wouldn't get aim-9x ..?
The flapping ducks.Of the Chinese Air Force is no match for the F16 an F18 fighter jets of the Taiwanese Air Force.Who is well trained to operate?Those aircrafts.
They are flopping fish.
Taiwan stares down China!!
Damn wont be able stand for 2 days and staring down China😄😄😑😑
Taiwan's an highly successful economic and democratic country, which is why the CCPs out to "Hong Kong" them!
Taiwan needs ICBM nuclear armed missiles and needs to make clear that any invasion would result in the loss of West Taiwan's top 10 cities or so.
The enemy will be from within.
Sun Tzu: The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things
Taiwan will be a extremely tough opponent in a military confrontation and it’s a very difficult operation to invade that island - if Taiwan is supplied with advanced Western military equipment of all types China would seriously struggle to take Taiwan and that’s without US or Western intervention on the side of Taiwan.
Unlike Ukraine, which is mostly used to Warsaw Pact/Cold War-era tech, Taiwan’s getting relatively modern tech support
it will be hard to invade Taiwan and it will also be hard for US or anyone to supply weapons to as Taiwan is located in the middle of the ocean and not connected to any other countries. CCP planes will be flying around Taiwan non-stop to try to spot incoming planes or ships from Taiwan's allies
@@murecerickman it will be hard to invade Taiwan and it will also be hard for US or anyone to supply weapons to as Taiwan is located in the middle of the ocean and not connected to any other countries. CCP planes will be flying around Taiwan non-stop to try to spot incoming planes or ships from Taiwan's allies
@@youwho6692 It won't be as easy to supply Taiwan, but it can be done on the east side. The US is king of logistics and the pacific ocean is the US backyard. As for China's fighter jets, they aren't even battle tested. F-16 have more than 10,000 battle tested sorties, J-20 has zero. China will struggle to achieve air dominance on the island as there will be home made air defense systems and Patriot air defense systems. Taiwan's F-16 will reload and refuel faster as they are flying above their own country while China has to fly back to mainland to reload and re-fuel. China has literally zero chance of a successful invasion.
Invading Taiwan has too many practical problems that China won't admit
Taiwan has a lot of mobile air defense units and MANPADS that make using transports very tricky as well creates problems for air cover
They have small number of IL-76s and even smaller number of Xian Y-20 for strategic air lift which limits what they can do from the air
From the sea, the issue of naval mines and anti-ship missiles means that their landing ships will be under fire
Secondly 155mm M109s would be dropping steel on landing ships
The Type-99 MBT would be able to square off against Taiwanese Abrams but its weight is too much of a logistical challenge
so China would have to use its lighter tanks like Type-15 which is no match for the Abrams
So just a few problems
I do believe China might need to pay a lot bc Taiwan is a very strong country and what China need to pay are not only land based heavy weapons (like a war between Ukraine-Russia) but sea and air weapons which are more expensive and more time consuming than land based weapons.
Brilliant.🎹🇺🇸
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Chickadee china, the chinese chicken.
I am confused you keep using ROC in tandem with Taiwan 🇹🇼-
Republic Of China (ROC)
Yeah he misspoke and was talking about china having a bunker at the same time saying Taiwan lol thought I was the only one that caught that
F-16 block five, dudes
Long live the Viper!
why not show other locations where you have positioned your weapons and military also?
Thinks... it is dumb that so many people should suffer to protect the sensitive ego of a hand full of people. China could simply be a desirable neighbor, instead of being an oppressive tyrant neighbor, ... it will cost China and Tawian deeply, for China to invade Taiwan.
China is currently sustained by trade, and they know that they are.
In any Nation, why should a few elders with an old grudge be allowed to cause so much unnecessary suffering and distress?!
The episode from "man in America" Aug2 2022(today) covered the topic of China preparing to invade Taiwan quite well.
Vipers look so sexy when they have huge ASMs or AAMs lol.
The great film directors Kirosawa, Spielberg .... Kim Jong un
Give them b61 to drop on Beijing and Shanghai.
LGM-30G minute man 3's
Hi all early people hope that you are having a great day
That’s a mistake. Now the Chinese will develop bunker buster bombs or use tactical nukes on these bunkers.
Taiwan has not even spent 5% on defense, come on now they need to spend 10% minimum
Many more countries should be spending more on defense, only Poland seems to be taking defense spending seriously, in raising it to %5 and modernizing their equipment. Even though there’s a war currently being fought in Europe, most European countries still haven’t increased their spending to %2. They just expect America and NATO to send their troops and equipment, so that they can continue to spend money frivolously. If they’re not serious right now, we shouldn’t ever expect them to be.
Taiwan should call these bunkers viper pits.
Good luck china, a hundred plus f16 vipers are not something to take lightly!
? Why is the Taiwan Air Force not called the Taiwan Air Force? Seems a little odd to have its Air Force called The Republic of China Air Force!
"Let's get into the details" who is ? I don't like the intro change 😕😐
Why would they even release this when it's supposed to be an element of surprise?
Deterrance
Free Taiwan, where you can be fined thousands of dollars for leaving your Covid room for eight seconds.
Wow.
I came just in time
🗽🇺🇸🤝🇹🇼
*China, remember 1953,... from air*
I think Choo should be arrested and tried for treason his book would serve to convict him
Interesting , Thank You ...Agree damage the runways.
The jas 39E/F would be the perfect fighter for taiwan 🇹🇼 air force.
Fucking grippen fans are everywhere
No it wouldnt
The benefit of the F-16 is that it exists in large numbers which means that losses can be replaced very quickly
The limited number of JAS-39 means that in a open conflict, they cant be easily replaced
They are like the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo
Very capable but also very limited in number
we in croatia have largest underground bunker in Europe....Object 505 which was build during 60s and cost 4B$...so kudos to Republic of China for building it and thinking in advance
❤️🇹🇼❤️
China will need to use thousands of fishing boats to transport troop to Taiwan coasts to invade Taiwan.
Something the DoD should think about. What's the difference between an F-16V Viper (cost $60,000,000) and an F-35 A/B/C ($100,000,000-$135,000,000) The Viper is a great combat fighter that isn't a Hanger Queen unlike the F-35.
a pre-existing supply chain for F-16s.
There were issues with the F-16 and other 4th gen aircraft when they first deployed in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
Give A10s
Bring it on China...and stop babbling
why not buy f-35s?
It was only available in 2025 to sell to other countries.
Why does Taiwan still call their air force the Republic of china air force?
Because taiwan is the real china
I really like your channel, but am starting to get annoyed by the same horror film music, over and over.
I would put that F16 up against anything China has.
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Free taiwan 🇹🇼
West Taiwan better watch out.
War Thunder boycott didn’t last long.
Why did we give China electricity? Should of let Japan take them.Now they own our chip production and we can't build them for some reason. ==I know the reason but its racist to describe.
Let's get ready to RUMBLE!
This complex sounds like something out of the ace combat series.
Hahahihhoho
Taiwan is Taiwan not ROCAF . Seems you are glorifying china... YOU should call them taiwan not rocaf. They do not want to be shadow by that china name. Stop mentioning that to taiwan.
They were China first.
Underground very much blah blah blah!🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Run up and get done.
Oh no wait you pursued out!
HAHAHA 😝 🙊 sorry was China meant to be a credible threat? By your claims of taiwans being yours you just got invaded by an 80 year old woman and didn’t do shit!
HAHAHA
Blah blah blah indeed, all blahs from China saying they will shoot Pelosi but then didn’t!
Bunch of pushy communists who know their military can’t do shit.
Your knee rifle doesn’t even shoot straight!
Chinese Government: If Nancy visits Taiwan blah blah blah 😂
🇹🇼🇬🇧
Paper tiger will collapse from its own financial debt
@@Villain1874 👈
Can’t mess with the bear so let’s poke the dragon eh..😀😀😀🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
The bear was messed up by Ukrainian farmers, Cub would be a better term
Pelosi gave China the finger and went anyway and the all the mighty Chinese dragon did was blow more hot air
Your bear is getting his nuts chopped off, just like that one "Russian" asshl did to one of our Ukrainian pow...
the bear can't mess with the eagle or NATO so they mess with the non-nato Ukraine for easy (not) target..lol
Ever seen Revenant?
Just hold off until we get trump back plz