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Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Chinese Preparing to Attack Taiwan?

From Strategy Page (via Instapundit). I think the story needs to be significantly discounted since it cannot be verified, but interesting nevertheless.
China is apparently planning an “out-of-the-blue” (OOTB) attack on Taiwan, that will initially consist mainly of missiles, warplanes, paratroopers and troops out on "training exercises". What this means is that, during what appears to be peacetime maneuvers, the troops involved will suddenly move against a nearby nation and invade...The OOTB was most noticeably used, and successfully at that, when the Russian trained Egyptian army surprised the Israelis and recaptured the Suez canal in 1973.

Taiwanese commanders have responded with plans to keep warships at sea and some aircraft in the air at all times during Chinese exercises.

Maybe it's time to lighten up on those Chinese/Taiwanese investments...