Taiwan should ‘hide’ military assets for protection: expertBy Wu Su-wei and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan would likely be targeted by Chinese precision missile strikes in the event of a war and should disperse its military assets to prevent their destruction, Institute for National Policy Research senior consultant Chen Wen-jia (陳文甲) said yesterday. Military units could be “hidden” among the public during peacetime and deployed to the field in the event of a conflict, Chen said. The military could use mountainous areas, bridges, culverts, factories and underground facilities to hide its assets. It said that China’s Dong-Feng 15C ballistic missile is capable of striking reinforced underground targets such as command centers, and fuel and munitions reserves. The article suggested that missile defense systems should go hand-in-hand with passive defense systems, such as reinforced concrete, to mitigate threats posed by penetrating weapons.
