Posted on 04/13/2022 11:21:08 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Taiwan's military issued a civil defense handbook on Tuesday with information for citizens on how to respond to emergencies including a military attack as concerns over China remain heightened in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The 28-page handbook features QR codes that can be scanned to find bomb shelter locations and offers safety instructions for air raids, fires, building collapses and major power outages.
The illustrated guide also includes mobilization information for military reservists in case a war breaks out.
Liu Tai-yi, an official with Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, told a press briefing Tuesday that the manual would "improve the public's awareness and safety preparations when faced with military or other possible crises and disasters."
Taiwan's military has been working on the handbook since last year, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February brought a renewed focus on the danger posed by China, which views the self-governing island as a breakaway province.
The crisis in Ukraine has also given an added sense of urgency to ongoing military reforms, such as an enhanced training scheme for reservists introduced late last year.
The Taiwanese defense manual was based on similar guides from Japan and Sweden, Liu said, and would continue to be updated with localized information from city and municipal governments.
Washington has signaled its support for Taipei since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the Biden administration sending a delegation of former defense officials to Taiwan in March and the State Department approving a $95 million arms sale last week.
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They ought to be handing out rifles and ammunition to every able bodied individual willing to carry one.
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Wonder if they recommend a neighborhood overwatch?
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Unlikely. A business acquaintance’s son in Taiwan just finished his 4-month (!) mandatory military service after University.
He did not fire a rifle one time.
If you had a scale of military readiness and awareness, form 1 to 100, with 1 being Sparta, and 100 being Ireland. Taiwan is a 125.
I’m a big fan of the Swiss Model for national defense. Mind your own business and stay armed to the teeth.
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They can also mass-produce inert trainers for distro across the island, along with video training etc.
But I think that Taiwan's billionaires will cut a deal with the CCP. They won't fight.
I agree. They could, but won’t fight.
The world is getting scary because America has a controlled doddering old fool in the WH. Aside from Trump making some bad personnel decisions, I believe he would not have let things get so out of hand.
“But I think that Taiwan’s billionaires will cut a deal with the CCP.”
Or maybe they’ve learned that deals with the CCP aren’t worth a beer fart in a whirlwind. The ChiComs made deals with Hong Kong, too.
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See #5. Taiwan has raised a generation of skinny-jeans soy-boy gamers. They won’t fight. The billionaires will cut a deal, and the soy-boys will sigh with relief.
Too bad, because the island would be 100X harder than Okinawa to subdue, given modern armed drones, ATGMs, manpads etc....but only if the Taiwanese had the fighting spirit.
Sadly you’re probably right. Which is not good because, unlike Ukraine, America has vital strategic interests in Taiwan.
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Agree. We have had people here from Taiwan that want to shoot a weapon. DANGEROUS. Don’t want training. Just want to pull a trigger and then they jump and sometimes drop the weapon.
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