Taiwan is not important enough to US national interests to risk going to war there. — T Clark
Is China really willing to start a war with Taiwan in order to make it part of China? — dclements
Taiwan produces around 90% of the world's most advanced ICs. It is very much in the iinterest of the US and other countries that such manufacturing capabilities are not taken over by China. — wonderer1
I think the more germaine question is: Will the US abandon Ukraine (& Eastern Europe) to Russian aggression and thereby give the PRC a green light to invade Taiwan without starting a wider (or world) war? :brow: — 180 Proof
I think the most germane question is "What could possibly go wrong?" The US doesn't seem to have a good record of figuring that out in recent decades. Maybe no one has. — T Clark
And, like any guess, it could turn out to be wrong. And in fact it has, many times. — Arcane Sandwich
I find I am almost always wrong when I try to predict what will happen next in politics or foreign affairs. — T Clark
It's understandable, given the nature of incomplete information relative to a situation that involves us. — Arcane Sandwich
you have to have bought into your country's nationalistic ideology. — T Clark
I wonder opinions and thought people on this forum have in regards whether or not China is willing to invade Taiwan or not in order to make it part of China. — dclements
BVR fights. Basically a lot of aircraft firing beyond visual range missiles and hoping that they will hit. Just as in Ukraine, there both sides don't dare anymore to fly over territory held by the enemy. If you fly low, then MANPADS systems like SA-18 or the Stinger plus the traditional AAA can shot you down. If you fly high, you are a target to S-400 or Patriot systems.no dogfigts, but close call nonetheless. — jorndoe
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