One lesson from the war game was the value of anti-ship missiles, Cancian said. In the next couple of years, “I think the most effective thing you could do is to give Taiwan 500 Harpoon missiles,” he said. “The other lesson is that once the fighting begins, it’s impossible to get any forces or reinforcements onto Taiwan,” Cancian said. Since Chinese forces would surround Taiwan, the US would not be able to get an airlift or sealift to the nation “at least for the first three or four weeks,” he said. “Taiwan would have to fight at least the first month, and maybe the first two months, with whatever it starts out with,” he added.

Source: Taipei Times November 22, 2024 03:44 UTC