There are only so many ways for China to invade Taiwan. The east coast of the main island is mountainous and rocky. The good beaches are on the west coast. But there’s one big obstacle to landing forces there: a fortified island that looms like a jagged speed-bump in the middle of the Taiwan Strait.
Invasion routes are clearly marked on the maps. One of the maps shows Chinese forces landing in southern Taiwan, but only after seizing Penghu, a Taiwanese archipelago of 90 islets that lies 30 miles from the main island.China has little choice but to capture or suppress Penghu before invading Taiwan proper. Taiwanese forces on the archipelago operate a long-range radar plusand Sky Bow III surface-to-air missiles.
It’s not for no reason that Paul Huang, a researcher with the Taipei-sponsored Institute for National Defense and Security Research, early this yearIf China failed to suppress or capture Penghu, the main invasion force “might be obliged to abort the operation, making an assault on Taiwan one of history’s nonevents—like Hitler’s invasion of England,” analysts Piers Wood and Charles FergusonBut taking the islands could be hard for China.
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