Don’t forget Quemoy as a missile launching base, or even Matsu, to the west of the main island of Taiwan. They could take out Red Chinese shipping/naval fleets with nuke-armed cruise missiles, thus clearing a path for Taiwan’s longer range missiles.
In a surprise attack, both Quemoy and Matsu would be taken out first but with a fire on command missile system, even a deadman’s hand system would get them off.
Don’t forget Quemoy as a missile launching base, or even Matsu, to the west of the main island of Taiwan. They could take out Red Chinese shipping/naval fleets with nuke-armed cruise missiles, thus clearing a path for Taiwan’s longer range missiles.
In a surprise attack, both Quemoy and Matsu would be taken out first but with a fire on command missile system, even a deadman’s hand system would get them off.