Taiwan’s best bet is to use assymetric warfare because they’ll lose at conventional one for obvious reasons.
china has more muslims than syria so Taiwan’s best bet is to indoctrinate them somehow and the chinese government will be at war forever, especially as other muslim countries and organizations pick up their cause.
China’s Muslims are stuck in the northwest. They are also visible minorities and cannot easily infiltrate Han areas. Taiwanese forces cannot fight a guerilla warfare because the Chinese navy and air force and air defense would blockade Taiwan preventing foreign arms from reaching Taiwan. Once the Taiwanese Communist party gets installed it’s over.
Only 4% of Chinese are Muslims according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-American_relations
Also, Chinese Muslims would be easy prey for Chinese army WZ-10 attack helicopters which are superior to American AH-1Z if they do insurrection.
@thobbe
During peacetime, civilians are allowed to use lots of oil. During wartime, civilians are only allowed using their legs and bikes to conserve oil. China’s oil production is sufficient for military uses. Besides, plants can be turned into ethanol as a substitute of oil.
HQ-9 and HT-233 air defense combo has an engagement range of 200 km, that’s more than the Taiwan strait’s 180 km width, bringing much of Taiwan under SAM umbrella.
And anything that comes in via ship is SSN meat.
Frigates are natural killers of SSN. Chinese navy Type 054A frigates can hunt down US navy SSN. The US navy has 10 Virginia class and 3 Seawolf class. The Chinese navy has 16 Type 054A.
F-22 is one b@d boy. :applause: :eagerness: One of the baddest out there. No fighter pilot would love to tangle with a Raptor. Period.
America’s debt problem now nearly 17 trillion bucks means it can’t fight another war for a LONG time. Now nearly 50 million Americans in poverty and on food stamps. Actual unemployment now over 14%. China is over 9.5 million square kilometers. America has never fought a country the size of China, and most likely never will.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-American_relations
J-10B’s AESA radar. This is a beast that can detect and track F-22 stealthy war jet at long ranges.
F-22 versus J-10B. F-22 advantages in supercruise, TVC, inner weapons bays. J-10B advantages in DSI which hides engine blades, IRST, canards for better maneuverability. Overall, it’s a toss up which can best the other mano y mano. However, Chinese air force has KJ-2000 AWAC which has 3 AESA, whereas American air force has no AESA AWAC. Overall, it is likely Chinese air force would come on top, assuming the US air base in Guam doesn’t get neutralized by 2,500 km ranged Mach 2.5 Long Sword cruise missiles.
KJ-2000 AWAC
Long Sword cruise missile, killer of air bases
Like it or not, F-22 cannot beat J-10B. J-10B has everything F-22 has, namely reduced RCS, AESA, helmet sight, MAWS, holographic HUD etc. and has things F-22 does not have, namely DSI and IRST. J-10B is delivered later this year. Even in 2014 the US air force cannot fight the PLA air force in the Taiwan strait, let alone 2025. F-22 and B-2 cannot get near Chinese shores due to HQ-9 and HT-233 combo which has an engagement range of 200 km and J-10B. US naval vessels cannot get near Chinese shores due to Type 052D destroyer which is commissioned later this year and Type 054A frigate and Type 041 SSK. J-10B is superior to F-16E Block 60 and Type 052D is superior to Arleigh Burke. America cannot even do anything about Syria, let alone about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Congress would never give authorization which means the president only has 90 days to fight China. China, on the other hand, can wage a war as long as it wants to until Taiwan gets a regime change.
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