WOULD THE US INTERVENE IN THE EVENT OF A WAR BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN?WOULD IT USE MILITARY STRIKE ON CHINA?
2007-11-02 18:10:13 · 8 answers · asked by Pariah 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
its hard to say.
there are so many economic ties between the US and Taiwan, the US and China, that it really is hard to say.
Most likely if China invaded Taiwan it would be the end of all those ties for a good long time, so China better be prepared to lose WalMart as its number 1 trading partner.
2007-11-02 18:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by snarkysmug 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why do I keep seeing the same Taiwan imminent threat of invasion crap all the time?
Look people, use your heads.
That threat has been going on for almost 60 years. It's not going to happen.
Further:
Taiwan recently lost a bid to become a member of the UN. The UN sited that they had no legal standing.
Further:
China and Taiwan have historical ties. China claims it as a province (we call them states). They want it back under the one country, two governments policy that they currently have with Hong Kong.
Facts:
Taiwan and China enjoy normal trade, diplomacy, tourism, cultural, scientific, and technology exchanges.
My opinion
Every year or so, they both dust off their sabers and rattle them at each other. I suspect it is done to appease the haters and for Taiwan to get more military bucks from the USA.
China's military.
They are going through much needed modernization. China has stated to the world and its people she will not invade a sovereign nation and that they believe in a countries right to self determination. China reduced its military by 1 million active soldiers a year ago.
Therefore, there isn't a snowballs chance in hell that an invasion is going to happen. For several reasons, one of course would be taking a huge risk of the USA getting involved, the other is the world would condemn them, and finally, China's economy would go down the toilet because the world would sanction them to death. There is absolutely no advantage for China to invade Taiwan.
Peace
Jim
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2007-11-03 04:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Depends on what kind of missiles you are talking about. If they are conventional warheads it would probably take more than that to paralyze Taiwan. You also have to take into account how many nations in that region would not like it very much if China did happen to use nukes on the island nation.
Also, the number of nukes has been significantly reduced by the START treaties.
2007-11-02 18:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
china has light house keepers for its silos. and it would be about 25 minutes for china to decimate Taiwan. the united states would enter the war only if it had extremely greats odds of winning; and not being nuked at the same time. but china would not nuke Taiwan, it would conquer it. they have the whole one china thing.
p.s china has 10,000 nukes, but the us has 25,000 (roughly). all are capable of hitting each others mainland...bush is crazy, but not that crazy.
2007-11-02 18:23:28 · answer #4 · answered by lb-rans 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interestingly, we'll find that Taiwan themselves have split minds. Half of it wants Taiwan to be a part of China, whereas the other half protests.
2007-11-02 18:18:43 · answer #5 · answered by Lacieles 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, Taiwan is way to small to risk the destruction of the world with 2 superpowers who both have nuclear arms.
2007-11-02 18:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by Yhoshua 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Bush has listed a PRC attack on Taiwan as one of a few scenarios that would cause him to use nuclear weapons.
2007-11-02 18:21:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's a long time, i'd think it would be down to 10 minutes or less. Do China's ICBMs have governors on them?
2007-11-02 18:14:20 · answer #8 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋