Five warplanes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) entered the aerial area southwest of Taiwan island on Sunday. One of the five planes is a refueling variant of the Y-20 large transport aircraft - the first time this type of plane has appeared in the aerial area near Taiwan island - in a combat exercise in which fighter jets cover refueling planes that can help them fly longer and further.
The southeast of Taiwan is one of the directions the US troops may come from if Washington decides to intervene in a war in the Taiwan Straits. This exercise is believed to be a wartime mission aimed at striking targets in the eastern part of the island and smashing US forces which may come to Taiwan's rescue.
It is generally considered an easy mission for the PLA to capture the island of Taiwan and realize the reunification. The presence of the Y-20 refueling variant confirms that the PLA has already started to get ready for comprehensive military preparedness around the Taiwan Straits. In other words, when the PLA wants to achieve reunification by force, it is ready to confront the forces of external intervention and drive them away or destroy them on the spot.
One of the Chinese military mottos is never fight an unprepared war. To gain an overwhelming advantage in a possible war in the future, the PLA has implemented training preparations for the worst-case scenario to ensure that it will win no matter how the situation evolves.
The logic of the situation in the Taiwan Straits is that the more overwhelming China's military capability to combat forces of external intervention is, the more the Chinese can force US forces and their allies to calm down and give up their military involvement if a war breaks out in the Taiwan Straits. The more real this deterrence is, the more the stubborn Taiwan authorities will show that they are weak inside. They will truly fear the deep red line drawn by the mainland. If there is hope for a peaceful solution to the Taiwan question, this will be the key pillar behind such a hope.
The Chinese mainland already has two aircraft carrier battle groups, a strong submarine force, and a complete medium-range ballistic missile system on land that can attack enemy targets at sea. A Y-20 variant that can carry 60 tons of fuel will greatly extend the loiter time and expand the flying range of PLA warplanes when the new Y-20 joins military preparations. All of this will make any potential force of military intervention gasp in horror when it thinks of getting involved in a war in the Taiwan Straits.
The Taiwan question will be resolved by both the will of the Chinese people to achieve reunification and China's national strength.
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OXFORD, Michigan: A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday (Nov 30), killing three teenagers and wounding eight other people before surrendering to police, authorities said, in what was the deadliest school shooting in the United States so far this year.
ReplyDeleteOne teacher was among those wounded in the attack, which took place shortly after noon while classes were in session at Oxford High School, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said.
President Joe Biden was informed of the shooting during a visit to Minnesota.
More violence in the land of violence. Hope this would keep them busy and not to start more violence and wars overseas. You spread violence, like you spread the virus, they will all come back to you. Your time is up and every evil thing you do will come back faster than before.
You have used up all the goodwill and blessing. Now it is pay back time, at home and overseas.
The warmongering Americans are upping the ante in their coming wars with Russia and China. But they did not forget their biggest enemies in the Middle East, Iran and Islamist groups. They would maintain enough soldiers to keep check on them. They always see Islam as a threat to them. How hypocritical to talk about fake genocide of Muslims in Xinjiang! They are against Muslims, hostile to Muslims.
ReplyDeleteThe southern tip of Taiwan is wear the Taiwanese secret nuclear weapon silos are. It has been there for the last 20 years already.
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ReplyDeleteUS Department of Defense released on Tuesday an unclassified version of the 2021 Global Posture Review (GPR) revealing plans to improve airfields construction in Guam and Australia, including adding more facilities to store fuel and ammunition, which could provide reinforcements of warplanes and military personnel in a short time to "counter China's military buildup and more assertive use of power."
If a war breaks out between China and the US, it is unlikely to end with a few warships of both countries fighting each other at sea. The strengthening of US strongpoints in the second island chain shows how big the potential range is if there is a military conflict between China and the US in the Taiwan Straits or the South China Sea.
The past two years has seen the US mentioning less about the construction of strongpoints in the first island chain. This is not only because the first island chain is already well built but also because the US likely no longer counts on the first island chain.
As US preparations now have already included the capacity of military mobilization outside the region, China's military preparedness now needs to build a credible conventional capability to strike those strategic points in the second island chain of the US.
US allies in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Australia, are taking the initiative to strengthen their ties with the US. They have also shown an eagerness to support US forces in their operations against the PLA some day in the future.
Those strategic points should know that the moment they are involved in supporting US deterrence against China, they will become targets of China's counter-deterrence. If they ever become the fulcrum of US attacks on Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) around China, they will become part of an expanded battlefield.
The US has many allies and many overseas military bases, so its military buildup against China can be all-around. Meanwhile, China faces many obstacles to establishing new military positions. Such a situation can hardly be changed in a short period of time. Therefore, China must have a strong capability to make the US military positions within the second island chain harmless in times of war to achieve a balance between China and the US. In other words, to make them harmless, the Chinese military should either deter those strongpoints from going against China, or destroy them in one fell swoop.
Australia is extremely reckless and arrogant in terms of strategy against China. This is typical of the racist politicians in Canberra. As Australia is ready to follow the US and get involved in a war in the Taiwan Straits, as well as to use US bases in Australia as a springboard for their involvement in the war, then it is putting its own national security at stake.
As China lacks overseas military bases, it is vital to greatly develop and stockpile a significant number of missiles that can strike targets in the second island chain. Those missiles are not costly and can strike from a distance, so they are quite cost-effective. It can be said that in whatever positions the US and its allies are preparing for attacks against China, Chinese missiles should be ready to target those points.
There is no first island chain to talk about today. From Japan to the Philippines are all under the control of China. All the bases in South Korea, Japan and Guam would be taken out in the first sign of a war. Period.
ReplyDeleteThe stupid and arrogant white Australians are behaving like sore prick asking to be cut down. If they stay clear of the US China contest, they mean nothing to China, just like India but thinking they are something and wanting to be counted, and did not put nuclear weapons in Australian soil, they would be spared the first strike from China. But once nuclear weapons are in Australia, they would be included in the first hit targets like Japan, South Korea and Guam. They would be evaporated immediately.
The Australians are asking for it.
Taiwan may have many things under the mountains. One thing is for sure, many of the Chinese in Taiwan, especially those in the military, are pro unification and in the first sign of a force unification, many would seize control of the military bases and put on PLA uniforms and raise the PRC flags.
ReplyDeleteThey knew that a war with China is a nightmare, a non starter. They would not invite the total destruction of the island of Taiwan and deaths to millions of Chinese in the island.
Tsai Ing Wen and the minority of separatist politicians, especially the Japanese and half Japanese are just bluffing the Taiwanese that they could go independence. The stark reality is that no one would dare to get involved, not even the Americans when China decides to take over Taiwan.
The atomic bombs that USA exploded in Japan had killed 100,000 Japanese each instantly. Currently, 1 hydrogen bomb made by China are more than 100 times more powerful than the war2s' atomic bomb. Each bomb can killed 10 million peoples. 10 hydrogen bombs would wiped out most Japanese. USA got 350 millions peoples leaving in 51 States. 300 hydrogen bombs would also wipe out USA. This is reality, no point to have a blinkered mind. Blinken ha ha.
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