[RightWhale]

Such a missile would do Taiwan no good militarily, and it wouldn't do much at all unless it had a nuke warhead or if there were 100,000 of them ready to launch any moment.

[old patriot]

Such a missile would do Taiwan no good militarily, and it wouldn't do much at all unless it had a nuke warhead or if there were 100,000 of them ready to launch any moment.

You miss the whole point of this action. Back in 1948 and 1949 the ChiNats were bombing Shanghai almost nightly, with Beijing not being able to stop them. This was a clear challenge to their authority and their ability to control the rebels on Formosa. It was only with the additional help of Russian MiG-15s and a whole lot of MiG-9s that the ChiNats had to rethink their nightly bombing of the mainland with their B-25s and B-24s. The existance of a single missile capable of striking the mainland is a threat in Beijing's eyes.

Good for them. I hope that we sell them a bunch of the old Pershing IIs to help them in the interim, as if that would happen with our current administration.

Old Patriot