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6th Mar 2024, 20:08
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Posted By West Coast

A follow on report from ORAC’s post above. ...

A follow on report from ORAC’s post above.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/03/06/south-china-sea-dispute-philippines-china-coast-guard-watson-lkl-ovn-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn
12th Dec 2023, 00:57
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Posted By West Coast

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/taiwanese-pi...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/taiwanese-pilot-planned-ch-47-defection-to-china-reports?fbclid=IwAR2eymb18G_wqFkhH1NTxcbqs2fMrX08gYB4eN6A_SDl-c4OfgEjjrl_Ocg

A defection and a ton of money.
28th Nov 2023, 06:08
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Posted By West Coast

Sounds like a cracking good time vacation.

Sounds like a cracking good time vacation.
4th Sep 2023, 19:05
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Posted By West Coast

Perhaps, but not enough to push them over the...

Perhaps, but not enough to push them over the edge.
3rd Sep 2023, 22:28
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Posted By West Coast

https://unherd.com/2023/08/has-xi-jinping-bankrupt...

https://unherd.com/2023/08/has-xi-jinping-bankrupted-china/?fbclid=IwAR36NTHTHKznhyhTuk-70BDAd5-z4NHux7k4wdfzGpAJdpUxS9OmM6Ur72g

An opinion that Chinese spending (in part) on infrastructure will...
25th Aug 2023, 16:30
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Posted By West Coast

Once the need is obvious, someone other than the...

Once the need is obvious, someone other than the Chinese will fill the vacuum. Takes awhile.
11th May 2023, 05:11
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Posted By West Coast

Yet somehow NATO encompasses a largely Muslim...

Yet somehow NATO encompasses a largely Muslim nation and a number of secular ones and many in between. Not harmoniously of course but the working relationship exists, in theory at least. Also, don’t...
11th May 2023, 02:07
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Posted By West Coast

Is being in the North Atlantic a requirement to...

Is being in the North Atlantic a requirement to be a member of NATO?
11th Apr 2023, 15:43
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Posted By West Coast

With the links you posted, are you now of the...

With the links you posted, are you now of the belief that an invasion of Taiwan could be a protracted event and not a weekend event?
10th Apr 2023, 22:38
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Posted By West Coast

Yes, of course, quiz an anonymous bb because...

Yes, of course, quiz an anonymous bb because that’s where knowledge of how the run up will play out, then the war followed by picking out winners and losers.

Some of the gaming made public...
10th Apr 2023, 16:56
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Posted By West Coast

Wars, require a lot of POL. A blockade of China...

Wars, require a lot of POL. A blockade of China is part of the planning in the gaming that have made it to the public realm. Ask yourself why.
10th Apr 2023, 16:00
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Posted By West Coast

That’s a double edged sword. China would be...

That’s a double edged sword. China would be susceptible to an oil blockade. You can point to Russia, but the Chinese get a lot of oil elsewhere as well.
10th Apr 2023, 04:07
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Posted By West Coast

That’s scary especially given France was saved by...

That’s scary especially given France was saved by nations who intervened in a crisis that wasn’t their own.
10th Apr 2023, 02:56
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Posted By West Coast

The real threat China should fear from France and...

The real threat China should fear from France and Europe is messaging of the level of isolation/loss of trade to expect should they invade. While French and other Euros military participation would...
10th Apr 2023, 00:41
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Posted By West Coast

Just what militarily could France do to oppose...

Just what militarily could France do to oppose Chinese aggression? “Stop or I’ll yell stop again”. The only thing Macron can do (and it’s now) is reinforce the level of isolation China will suffer...
9th Apr 2023, 23:01
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Posted By West Coast

The US position is Taiwan’s independence must be...

The US position is Taiwan’s independence must be respected. Is Macron’s position different?
9th Apr 2023, 20:41
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Posted By West Coast

Let’s apply that to your nation first.

Let’s apply that to your nation first.
9th Apr 2023, 18:44
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Posted By West Coast

Sorry but Europe and EU are not interchangeable...

Sorry but Europe and EU are not interchangeable terms.
9th Apr 2023, 18:27
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Posted By West Coast

As is Russia. Hungary is a part, as are the...

As is Russia. Hungary is a part, as are the Balkans, etc…
9th Apr 2023, 18:13
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Posted By West Coast

You make it sound as if Europe is a monolithic...

You make it sound as if Europe is a monolithic block.
8th Apr 2023, 23:41
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Posted By West Coast

I’ll remove myself from the “we” as depending on...

I’ll remove myself from the “we” as depending on who you are, China poses a serious threat imo.
7th Mar 2023, 19:10
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Posted By West Coast

By all mean, let’s continue the present path with...

By all mean, let’s continue the present path with containing the Norks as it’s been so successful.
9th Jan 2023, 08:00
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Posted By West Coast

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/taiwan-inv...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/taiwan-invasion-war-game-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

Let’s hope this remains theoretical only.
12th Nov 2022, 04:24
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Posted By West Coast

Article on the build up to an invasion of Taiwan....

Article on the build up to an invasion of Taiwan.

https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/10/03/how-we-would-know-when-china-is-preparing-to-invade-taiwan-pub-88053
2nd Sep 2022, 16:54
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Posted By West Coast

Thanks ORAC, a good read. I’m left a bit more...

Thanks ORAC, a good read. I’m left a bit more pessimistic. That said, what’s not mentioned (nor should it have been, a strictly capabilities and planning document) is the sudden backlash and...
17th Jun 2022, 05:18
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Posted By West Coast

The B1 no longer has a nuclear role, the Chinese...

The B1 no longer has a nuclear role, the Chinese know that. Now the B52 on the other hand does, the Chinese know that as well. Lose a couple of buildings vs lose a city is the difference in aircraft...
8th Jun 2022, 21:22
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Posted By West Coast

Just the opposite. There’s a difference between...

Just the opposite. There’s a difference between the military and the defense contractors.
7th Jun 2022, 04:50
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Posted By West Coast

That’s the advice given to them by the US...

That’s the advice given to them by the US military.
27th Apr 2022, 19:47
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Posted By West Coast

Hopefully a cautionary tale as well, militarily,...

Hopefully a cautionary tale as well, militarily, economically and geo-politically. Can’t imagine Xi wanting China to be marginalized the way Russia has become.
30th Mar 2022, 04:55
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Posted By West Coast

I don’t know as I agree. The difference between...

I don’t know as I agree. The difference between remaining to some degree sovereign or subject to Beijing is the too far apart to translate into a minor, negotiable difference. As the folks in Taiwan...
7th Nov 2021, 15:03
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Posted By West Coast

Your question shouldn’t be if it’s fair, rather...

Your question shouldn’t be if it’s fair, rather if it’s in compliance of law, treaties, etc to which the answer is yes.

The Chinese don’t have to like it, no more than the Germans would in your...
6th Nov 2021, 17:58
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Posted By West Coast

And an engine of British design in MiG-15s. ...

And an engine of British design in MiG-15s.

Khrushchev’s boast of where he’d get the rope to hang us has some validity.
23rd Oct 2021, 16:17
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Posted By West Coast

Taiwan’s window of opportunity to acquire the...

Taiwan’s window of opportunity to acquire the bomb is closing. From what’s available in the public realm, it seems a Chinese invasion wouldn’t be successful for about another five years or so. Some...
23rd Oct 2021, 15:41
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Views: 609,440
Posted By West Coast

Arguments could be simultaneously that Taiwan...

Arguments could be simultaneously that Taiwan building/obtaining the bomb would either seal their fate or ensure their continued existence. They and Japan both have the technical wherewithal to make...
23rd Oct 2021, 07:03
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Views: 609,440
Posted By West Coast

I believe if/when the Chinese decide to invade,...

I believe if/when the Chinese decide to invade, there’s no stopping them short of using of buckets of sunshine which no one will.
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