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China, Asia, Taiwan

Protected: Target Taiwan: Prospects for a Chinese invasion

By Lyle Goldstein

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  1. Key Points
  2. A Chinese invasion of Taiwan: Points and assumptions
  3. China’s missile and air campaign clears the way for ground forces
  4. Helicopters and paratroopers enable the amphibious landing
  5. Large-scale amphibious landings: Chinese civilian ships augment the armada
  6. Naval firepower and multiple-launch rocket systems bombard landing sites
  7. Infantry and firepower, not armored vehicles, as the invasion’s first wave
  8. Conquest of Taiwan once forces land: high-intensity combat
  9. What Taiwan needs: self-reliance and diplomacy
  10. Endnotes
  11. Author

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