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In reply to the discussion: Just curious, is ANYONE here in favor of US Military Intervention if China invades Taiwan? [View all]Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)19. They did have a weapons program decades ago. But...
https://www.nti.org/learn/countries/taiwan/
Taiwan possesses much of the technological expertise necessary to develop nuclear weapons, but would face significant obstacles in doing sonamely, U.S. opposition, international pressure, and the threat of a pre-emptive strike by China. Recent assessments indicate that it would take Taiwan between one and eight years to develop a complete nuclear warhead, and most likely much longer to design one light enough to be carried by any of Taiwan's current land-attack missiles. Regardless, most analysts agree that under the current political situation, Taiwan is very unlikely to pursue a nuclear weapons capability.
Taiwan possesses much of the technological expertise necessary to develop nuclear weapons, but would face significant obstacles in doing sonamely, U.S. opposition, international pressure, and the threat of a pre-emptive strike by China. Recent assessments indicate that it would take Taiwan between one and eight years to develop a complete nuclear warhead, and most likely much longer to design one light enough to be carried by any of Taiwan's current land-attack missiles. Regardless, most analysts agree that under the current political situation, Taiwan is very unlikely to pursue a nuclear weapons capability.
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Just curious, is ANYONE here in favor of US Military Intervention if China invades Taiwan? [View all]
WarGamer
Aug 2021
OP
If Taiwan can clandestinely become a nuclear power they would be wise to do so.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2021
#1
Are you going to figt on the front lines? Cause, I'm not and I'll disown any my kids who do.
marble falls
Aug 2021
#2
I don't think the People's Army will have a picnic trying it. Taiwan is not a joke army held ...
marble falls
Aug 2021
#13
I read China has a logistical problem of crossing the Taiwan Strait to get a beachhead.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2021
#9
China is already beating the crap out of the US economically with all the debt they hold. Why would
joetheman
Aug 2021
#20
non sequitur, Taiwan is not in NATO or the UN, and Japan & South Korea are almost universally
Celerity
Aug 2021
#49
yes, the US should honour the collective defence (Article 5) NATO agreements, Poland included
Celerity
Aug 2021
#52
The problem I have with NATO is that it is supposed to be an alliance of democracies.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2021
#54
Many here in Europe said the same of the US under Trump and the Rethugs, or at least the path was
Celerity
Aug 2021
#57
That is why it is imperative that Joe is successful. We can't lose in 2024.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2021
#65
When I was in the eighth grade in Honolulu, about 1963, I had to write about Formosa,
panader0
Aug 2021
#30
I doubt we can sit idly by while a thriving democracy of 24 million people is wiped out.
BlueCheeseAgain
Aug 2021
#33
The surest way to convince the PRC to attack is to convince them we won't do anything.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2021
#48