Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Taiwanese armed forces: Up to the task?" video.

In short Taiwan reserves are worth far less then that of North Korea. Maybe worthwhile in city defense only, static. Tank force is a museum. At least North Korea has some modern versions (as compared to Taiwan) of T-62. Again, both numbers and quality, NK dwarfs Taiwan. CM-32 is quite modern, but very few. CM-21 is ancient. Again, NK is better in numbers and at least even in tech. Artillery looks decent, a bit old in places but so far the best. Again, compared to NK, through its weak. Airforce look great compared to NK but problems as per video. Navy I would actually go with NK, due to huge sub fleet. Overall, its a good thing 100m separate China from ... China (Taiwan) if you want to rule Taiwan. For PRC its a water issue.
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@colinjohnson6454 Yes, mostly smaller patrol boats and lots of subs. Plus their two fleets cannot support each other. They do have two old frigates. However, their sub fleet is massive. A lot of it is small but relatively modern. Sure they cannot be much of a threat say few hundred miles from the shore - but they were not designed for power projection as much as for coastal defense. Main issue for these small subs is their sensor power - they make it up with their sheer numbers and the fact they are mostly hunting for surface ships in close proximity to home. This is vs. say Russian subs hunting US carrier groups in the ocean. Finally their larger subs, through almost as old in some cases as Taiwan were upgraded with missiles and can project power in a strange 50s meets modern times way. Since both NK and Taiwan would be totally taken over by enemy aircraft it reasons NK sub based fleet would survive quite longer and be a huge threat vs. that of Taiwan.
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Overall Taiwan should drag its feet on reunification. Any stomping its ground means PRC will take them over by force if not today then in 10 or 20 years. That is inevitable. But feet dragging could make it 50 years or more. Or maybe even never (!)
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