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Biden Expected to Announce Billions in Chip Subsidies, WSJ Says (www.bloomberg.com)

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Biden Expected to Announce Billions in Chip Subsidies, WSJ Says::The Biden administration is expected to soon announce billions of dollars in new subsidies to chipmakers including Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing as part efforts to reshore production, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Taiwan doesn't have the defensive depth Ukraine has. Ukraine took days to respond in any organized way and the world took weeks to respond with additional aid. An invasion of Taiwan can be decided in a single day if China manages to land large quantities of troops and push into the island.

While the beach landing part makes their job tough, if China merely thinks they can overcome that singular hurdle, there is a very, very real possibility they will take a shot at it.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

Take a look at Taiwan's inventory of anti-ship missiles and coastal defenses and get back to me. Last I checked Taiwan has roughly 1 harpoon for every Chinese combat ship, assuming China wants to commit their entire navy to the invasion.

If China doesn't commit every ship to the invasion, now you have more than 1 harpoon per Chinese ship.

Nevermind other types of anti-ship defenses and domestically produced missiles.

And again, Taiwan has had these weapons for DECADES. They train on them, then know how to deploy them. It will not take days to respond, because they are ready. They will simply launch and the missiles will sink some ships.

If China decides to invade it will be at the cost of a significant portion of their navy and army before they even reach land. Then China has to face significant risk of retaliation from Taiwan's cruise missile fleet, some of which can hit as far as Beijing.

Then at this point China will risk their various border disputes being contested.

And all this for what? Some destroyed chip factories and the CCP flag over Taipei?

China can certainly invade Taiwan, but my point is the cost is too high for it to be a logical move.