Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "What Do Military Simulations Show About Taiwan?" video.

  1. ​ @TheVvolfgang Someone responded to your point about a naval blockade but I also want to say something: Blockades do not work unless you intend to shoot the ships. There's simply no volume of ships large enough to actually plug in all of the holes. So it simply wouldn't work. So this entire idea simply falls flat on its face and it's why blockades are an act of war.
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  2. Worth mentioning that Taiwan would only need to defend 70 days because after that an amphibious invasion is impossible for another half year
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  3. ​@junyuanma4243 I'll say this: taking an island, and preventing it from being taken, are two very different things. Air and sea power could level any defenders, but wouldn't necessarily allow it to actually be taken or used as an effective supply hub
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  4. I think the modern consensus is that naval invasions are even harder now than before. Missiles make fire support much easier, satellites allow improved ISR to know exactly when the enemy is coming, and contested naval invasions are effectively impossible tasks. Normandy was a hard invasion that almost actually failed, and that was under the most optimal conditions of 1944 with no real ISR, a very long deception campaign, and second line units that no-one actually thought would end up fighting as they were already injured or deemed unfit for combat.
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  5. It was said from the beginning that they'd join in
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