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Originally Posted by Raellus
While it's true that Taiwan has purchased more weapons from the west since the Rand report was written, it's possible that they're not the weapons that Taiwan would need to repel a PRC invasion.
A couple of weeks ago, 60 Minutes did a piece on a potential PRC invasion of Taiwan and how the Taiwanese may or may not be learning valuable lessons from the war in Ukraine. In the piece, a former top Taiwanese military official complains that Taiwan has spent the last 20 years buying the wrong kinds of weapons from the US, and that now, due to demand from Ukraine, the Taiwanese might not be able to get the weapons that they need before mainland China makes a move.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-c...es-2022-10-09/
It appears that in this web version, the piece has been chopped up a bit, and salient bits might be missing.
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The PLAN has been very vocal and open about becoming a blue water naval power with large numbers of new hulls and amphibious forces, no doubt about it. However, as with Putin's Russia, how effective would they really be in a conflict? Hopefully we'll never find out.