Heard the argument that Taiwan would have been better off buying 360 LAV-25s than 66 M1A1 Abrams (same cost). What think you, internet generals?
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Replying to @Scholars_Stage
Any country that wants true sovereignty needs a couple of ICBMs. Everything else is window dressing.
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Replying to @antoniogm @Scholars_Stage
Being under someone else’s fickle nuclear umbrella is becoming an increasingly risky proposition. NK built their own rather than stay under the Chinese umbrella. Taiwan may be watching Hong Kong and making a similar calculation.
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There’s an apocryphal story about a discussion between US and Japan midlevels: US: blah blah 90 days blah blah Japan: It would be inappropriate to speculate what Japanese industry could accomplish in 6 weeks blah blah US: Wait what. Japan: Translation error, whoops.
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