Taiwan tycoon to fund 3.3 million-strong army of ‘civilian warriors’ to defend against invasion

https://www.theguardian.com ^ | 2 Sep 2022 | Helen Davidson

[RomanSoldier19]

A Taiwanese tycoon has announced his plan to train 3.3 million “civilian warriors” and marksmen to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, using one billion Taiwan dollars ($32m) of his own money.

The announcement by Robert Tsao, a well-known Taiwanese businessman and founder of United Microelectronics Corp, a major microchip producer, comes amid increasing military activity between Taiwan and China. On Thursday Taiwan’s defence ministry announced its soldiers had shot down a Chinese drone over Taiwan’s Kinmen islands.

At a press conference on Thursday, Tsao, 75, said the Chinese Communist party (CCP) threat to Taiwan was growing. Wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet, he pledged funds to train “three million people in three years”. Working with the island’s civilian defence organisation, the Kuma Academy, 60% of the funds would go towards building an army of “warriors”, and 40% to training another 300,000 in how to shoot.

[RomanSoldier19]

[TreasonObserver]

Very cool. I wonder what he has in mind.

[RomanSoldier19]

[Jyotishi]

Will Trump ever require similar “citizen warriors”?

[TreasonObserver]

They have no choice. To be honest, we have no choice. It boils my blood to see us prepare so little. The Guam base is a total joke. They will nuke it first, and then we will be done.

[TreasonObserver]

Bait? Nice try.

[Travis McGee]

[Destroyer Sailor]

Then the Three Gorges Dam will be hit and China will be finished as well.

[TreasonObserver]

We need to think better than that.

PT boats. Thousands of them.

Heavy artillery, millions of mines.

Probably all in place.

[Erik Latranyi]

Then the Three Gorges Dam will be hit and China will be finished as well.

First, such a strike inside China will only increase the mainland's resolve.

Second, there is no water behind the dam right now, due to the current drought.

Shooting blanks.

[wannabegeek]

I assume communist China would already tried conquer the nationalists' Chinese islands which's not only Taiwan but also about hundred strategic islands around Taiwan with distributed Yun Feng 1,2000 miles range balistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads the communists know the Taiwanese have counterpunch.  Taiwan air force also have 66 latest F-16V's Taiwanese elite pilots were trained at USAF's Red Flag 414 combat training squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada, 60 plus AH-1W Super Cobra, and at least 30 AH-64E procured under Trump, if Taiwanese are afraid to fight the communists would already invaded Taiwan ten years ago.  Taiwan has nuclear weapons?  I think they have.  Back in 1964 they tested their nuke U.S. said to stop the nuclear program, Taiwan probably continued it, nobody monitor the nationalist Chinese of they really stopped their nuclear program.

[Jyotishi]

No, not bait. Concerned about various scenarios.

[Candor7]

Kuma Academy, which prepares Taiwanese civilians for war, launches its first training camp

https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2022904W05EA

[Candor7]

In Taiwan there soon will be a rifle behind every blade of grass.

[jdsteel]

Nice.

[vivenne]

Obama campaigned on creating a civilian army. He chose to use the Fed Gov agencies as his recruitment and training facilities.

[buwaya]

A landing will be very difficult. Taiwan has very limited viable beaches, and they have lots of artillery, with lots of fortifications. Every inch of every beach is covered.

Which is why I doubt the Chinese will risk that. A blockade is much more likely.

[foundedonpurpose]

Hope they’re ramping up on shells. War goes through them fast.

[servantboy777]

Taiwan doesn’t stand a chance.

[Alas Babylon!]

So first nuking Guam wouldn’t increase the USA’s resolve?

What about under Trump?