Re: China enhances fleet of modern submarines;

In article <65s8dpF2g39hbU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ocean@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...
tankfixer wrote:
In article <65qib6F2h3hlhU4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ocean@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...
tankfixer wrote:
In article <46a01c1f-3062-4717-b6fe-4377b22e1019@
24g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, d12s34f56@xxxxxxxxx says...


submarines aren't too useful for capturing land masses.
Submarines are really really useful for blockade, especially against a
tiny island whose lifeline depends on trade. Also as the article
mentioned, submarines are useful in term of making America thinking
twice between intervening and making any intervening forces much more
cautious than normally would be. With its foreign trade cut off and
much less hope of getting help from America, how long do you think
Taiwan can stand on her own feet even if we assumes no direct military
assault from China takes place?
How long would the government in China last without any trade ?
Or oil...
Blockades can work both ways
That would require open warfare.. We blockaded Japan in 1940 and
recieved Pearl Harbor in return.. Nice..Huh?

The US did not blockade Japan in 1940 or 1941...

That was a typo.. The word was to be *Embargo* And it was oil
specifically. Perhaps you should read the transcripts of the
Japanese/American negotiations that broke down on December 5th 1941.

It was oil and steel.
And I have read them, a number of times.

Japan was not going to give up her dreams of an empire in Asia.



But you are correct, if China blockaded Taiwan that would be an act of
war.
Taiwan would be justified if her response were to make it hard to ship
oil into China or good out..

Taiwan is in Range of hundreds of 19 " Krupp Naval cannon in fixed
positions. The only thing that has kept Taiwan intact is the fact that
China considers them wayward and will eventually return to the fold ...
And the American Fleet that has patrolled those straights for as long as
I can remember. Taiwan is a string of Islands... Some are only inhabited
by Sentry posts. The military might of Taiwan is extremely limited.

19inch Krup Naval Cannon ?

Did we wander into alt.history.whatif ?

Taiwan is a large island well offshore with a few smaller associated
islands very near the mainland.
Get thee a map




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