Re: Satellite defense

On Jan 24, 7:52 pm, "Jonathan" <b...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It'd be China that has to protect a supply line
and invasion force. Taiwan and the US would
be defending a fortress island.

Don't count on it. The US doesn't have forces on Taiwan, it no longer
has a Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan, and it officially does not
support Taiwan independence.

China's mainland is about 100 miles from Taiwan. The U.S. is 6,000
miles away. The math on the supply line situation is obvious.

Corregidor was a "fortress" too, but only for a while.

- Ed Kyle

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