Taiwan should adopt a “broken nest” policy and destroy TSMC in wake of any Chinese invasion, suggests US military paper-(Destroy Semi Cond. Factories)

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/ ^ | January 06, 2022 | By Dan Swinhoe

[RomanSoldier19]

Destroying the world’s major semiconductor market might be more of an invasion deterrent than actual open conflict, military paper suggests;

Taiwan should adopt a ‘scorched earth policy’ and wipe out its own semiconductor foundries in the wake of any Chinese invasion as a deterrent, US military academics have suggested.

First spotted by Nikkei, a paper in the US Army War College’s quarterly academic journal Parameters suggests the US and Taiwan can detour Chinese invasion of the island by creating a ‘deterrence by punishment approach via a legitimate and credible threat' to destroy the country’s own chip fabs if invaded.

The authors argue that in the face of China’s growing military power & sophistication, threats or demonstrations from US military are unlikely to work, and any actual conflict on the island may actually be won by the People’s Republic of China.

Instead, the paper, Broken Nest: Deterring China from Invading Taiwan, suggests a “broken nest” approach wherein Taiwan destroys its own semiconductor industry – including global chip powerhouse TSMC – upon the news of any invasion from China to make it a less attractive target and scupper China’s own technology ambitions.

[higgmeister]

You beat me by that much.

[higgmeister]

Exactly right and it would not be that difficult to Trump one massive political target with another.

In retaliation China could use a neutron bomb but in close proximity to Mainland China and Japan it wouldn't be very practical to start WWIII.

[Fido969]

It’s more about competition.

[MSF BU]

Another idea might be to resume the draft in Taiwan and to operate like they really believed there was a threat? Maybe take a look at South Korea, Israel, Finland or Switzerland as examples of nations that take their national defense seriously? Just saying.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

I’ve been saying this since day 1. Give the commies nothing. You are going to be destroyed and enslaved anyways. So destroy all semi conductor factory’s and building by controlled implosions and then ballistic missed attack Shanghai, Wuhan and 3 Gorge dam. Follow the Spartan way; Give them nothing, but take everything from them!

[Dick Vomer]

why not target 3 gorges support structures, block the spillways and let gravity and water take care of the rest. EMP the major cities and just give the Vietnamese, Taiwan, Korea, Phillipines and India as much ammo, equipment that they can handle.