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series_hybrid t1_ja96rg8 wrote

It would have to be a massive strike-force, and it would have to travel roughly 110 miles over water.

Logistically, they probably wouldn't depart from a Chinese beach and land on the nearest Taiwanese beach, so from launch to combat zone would be farther.

They would have to hide the buildup of the massive strike-force from satellites, drones, and spies.

Would they attack the military bases, or the capital city? Or both?

China can lose millions of soldiers, but they can't be swimming to Taiwan, they need boats, aircraft, and parachutes.

Every Chinese ship that goes up against Taiwan will be sunk on approach.

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Hot-Delay5608 t1_ja9rgnu wrote

I don't think "China can loose millions of soldiers". The Chinese people are much more vocal and willing to demonstrate against their own government than the Russian sheep. With the Chinese one child policy, the population wouldn't be too excited about the very real prospect of loosing their only child. There would be massive demonstrations against the government if there'd be massive losses of life in a war seen as uncle Pooh's vanity project.

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series_hybrid t1_ja9t8r1 wrote

I'm not saying China would win, I'm just saying that they have done some crazy stuff.

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Pudding_Hero t1_jaagscq wrote

Taiwan has a dead man’s switch. Their chip technology is a big deal and they have plans to sabotage and destroy all of it if an invasion occurs. A lot of Chinese missile technology relies on those chips

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