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Old 06-16-2011, 08:30 PM
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American could stop China from invading Taiwan without even bothering to attack the Chinese mainland outside of a few strikes on targets that might be considered dangerous to American forces operating in and around Taiwan, and would seriously maul Chinese naval and air forces in the process of doing so.
That's predicated on the assumption that American sea and air power was already on station. Last I checked we don't have a CBG on permanent station at Taiwan. So any theater AD would have to rely solely on Taiwanese assets until US assets got to the AO.
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