More than a show: China’s exercises could help it practise an invasion

[TerrexLee]

A day after Ms Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan, celebrating it as a bulwark of democracy, China launched three days of military exercises around the island, during which its forces may press in closer than ever, honing their abilities to blockade it.


A barrage of Chinese propaganda said the drills, which started at midday Thursday (Aug 4), would serve as punishment for Ms Pelosi’s visit, and as a shock-and-awe deterrent against opponents of Beijing’s claims to the self-ruled island.


But more than that, the six exercise zones that the People’s Liberation Army has marked out in seas off Taiwan — one nudging less than 10 miles (16km) off its southern coast — could give Chinese forces valuable practise, should they one day be ordered to encircle and attack the island.


“Previously, the Chinese Communists carried out military exercises at a distance, now they’ve become close-up,” Mr Chang Yan-ting, a retired deputy commander of Taiwan’s air force, said in an interview.


“The Chinese military exercises around Taiwan will put our national military in a very dangerous position,” he said. “They’re already at our doorstep.”


China’s leader, Mr Xi Jinping, has said that he hopes to secure eventual unification with Taiwan through peaceful steps. But like his predecessors, he has not ruled out force, and China’s military buildup has reached a point where some military commanders and analysts think an invasion is an increasingly plausible, though still highly risky, scenario. The exercises could help Chinese forces test their readiness for that.

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[eatshitndie]

face saving sexcuse to say they’ll learn some lessons out of their cowardice.

 

[laksaboy]

Best is if all the military toys and equipment gather at one particular spot in the Hokkien province, then Uncle Sam destroys them all in one fell swoop.

 

[blackmondy]

Methink Winnie Xi will launch a surprise attack when Taipei suffers a major earthquake. Winnie will create a disruption in communication and begin his invasion.

 

[syed putra]

Methink Winnie Xi will launch a surprise attack when Taipei suffers a major earthquake. Winnie will create a disruption in communication and begin his invasion.

One missile to the three gorges dam and china will suffer a worse calamity.

 

[Sinkie]

Did she go to Japan? Many in Japan is her age group.

 

[syed putra]

Did she go to Japan? Many in Japan is her age group.

She is going to dmz first. Show the middle finger to kim look alike and the real leader, the sister.

 

[winners]

In my opinion, China is the most stupid with the exercises now. Why? You think the other nations (US, the UK, France, Japan, Korea, Australia, and even India, etc) are all sitting and doing nothing? Think again. These countries are definitely watching with their satellites, surveillance crafts and whatnots from afar to monitor and watch every movements that China is now showing off so that they can be better prepared in case of a real war happening.

 

[Sideswipe]

China is indeed practicing an invasion. closest Chinese forces just 20km away from Taiwan coast.

 

[congo9]

One missile to the three gorges dam and china will suffer a worse calamity.

I like this idea.
One missile or concentrate one of the missile group into the 3 gorges dam. You see how China is going to fight.

Concentrate your fire power to take over some province at sea. U see how China is going to take it.

But nowadays wars are not in fashion. But rather via diplomacy trade, mutual corporations is the way to go. People has changed essentially.

 

[congo9]

But is China wasting all their resources on such futile exercises?

 

[LordElrond]

I am completely against an invasion. Taiwan chicks are so yummy. Just regime change DPP and the problem is solved.

 

[LordElrond]

But is China wasting all their resources on such futile exercises?

It’s like shooting your sperm. Would you consider it a waste of resource?

 

[Eisenhut]

One missile to the three gorges dam and china will suffer a worse calamity.

Why suffer? Even if 2million die , 1.3bil ppl is still 1.3 bil ppl. U can count or not

 

[steffychun]

I am completely against an invasion. Taiwan chicks are so yummy. Just regime change DPP and the problem is solved.

Convert the Lesbian.

 

[borom]

China is the most stupid .....the other nations (US, the UK, France, Japan......,etc) are definitely watching with their satellites....and whatnots .. to monitor.. movements that China is now showing off so that they can be better prepared in case of a real war happening.

China forced to show its cards and her opponents gained valuable intelligence on military hardware/software, strategies ect2 .
Just to compare one example , the aircraftcarrier Liaoning (ex-Soviet Varyag) is reaching 40 years has zero combat experience and will be no match for the 21 years USS Ronald Regan with combat experience in Iraq, Afghanistan,ect2