Israel's Iron Dome for Taiwan?

Iron Dome: Rafael Advanced Defense System  (Google image)

 

Without a global navy, China has to contend with the nightmare of a US-led blockade. Understandably, therefore, Beijing is striving to impose its version of the Monroe Doctrine on the South China Sea and beyond. This, however, unavoidably deepens and widens the existing geopolitical fault lines in the Pacific region. Consequently, the Taiwan Strait is looking more and more like the sum of all dire straits. In dire straits, to paraphrase Machiavelli, people can't help but start worrying about the calm before the storm. The storm might well be a nightmare come true.


Taipei, indeed, has to be prepared for the worst. After all, history is full of tough stories, one of which tells us that, at the stroke of a pen, Britain signed away Czechoslovakia in the Munich Agreement of 1938. In theory at least, the US could do the same to Taiwan. It's little wonder that Taiwan spares no effort to cultivate an enduring friendship with the Czech Republic -- as a reminder of conscience to the free world.


In the meantime, Taiwan openly keeps dozens of US military advisors while incessantly asking Washington to upgrade the island nation's defense system. Speaking of which, China's possible infiltration in the Taipei government may keep the US on its toes, so much so that Washington is dragging its feet over the Iron Dome for Taiwan's air defense. Quite frankly, the Iron Dome would not be adequate to fend off China's hyper-sonic missiles (if indeed they're the real deal). That being said, whoever lets hyper-sonic missiles fly to Taiwan could be boomeranged. It won't be a pretty sight at the end of the day.


Sharing Taiwan's angst, Ukraine, having lost Crimea to Russia, is impressed by and interested in Israel's Iron Dome. Taiwan must be no less impressed or interested. As a matter of fact, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel are all constantly under threat, if not also under siege. Fortunately one of them happens to be a US arms dealer.

Author: renqiulan


英國《每日電訊報》2021年5月12日視頻：以色列“鐵穹”成功阻擊敵方哈馬斯的火箭星雨

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• 同意，否則世界有被毀滅的風險。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:42:20

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• mortal world. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:51:56

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• Evils are evils. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/13/2023 postreply 05:21:42

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• That's what a global superpower does. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/13/2023 postreply 05:23:53

• 以色列死亡人員絕大多數死於哈馬斯的地麵武裝人員，而不是空中的火箭彈 -永遠老李- ♂ (204 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:12:51

• 今次是，下一次呢？鐵穹也可調較防衛機能的。視頻裏，兩年前哈馬斯就用火箭空襲，鐵穹擋住了。兩年後就 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:40:09

• 調整恐襲方式，但是這並不意味哈馬斯不會再用火箭攻勢。事實上，昨今兩天他們又用火箭攻擊以方了。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:44:26

• We have to put our arsenals on the hair-trigger alert. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:58:32

• "Israel's Iron Dome for Taiwan? " Sounds very reasonable. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 19:20:48

• 秋蘭的文章所關切的問題和目前以色列的戰火息息相關啊，很好的聯想和思考，讚！ -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 19:27:49

• This is a burning issue, literally. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 21:16:06

• Yes, it's! Also your posts are always burning :) 文城的大熱帖，祝賀！ -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/13/2023 postreply 07:39:54

• Hi, 小西！Taiwan is like Israel, size-wise. So, the Iron Dome -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 19:44:06

• makes sense. Don't you think so? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 19:45:03

• Yes, makes great sense to me! -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 19:47:31

• So I am not alone. Haha! Seriously, if hyper-sonic missilles -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:02:30

• rain down on Taiwan, the Iron Dome won't matter much. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:07:25

• That being said, are China's hyper-sonic missiles -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:09:29

• the real deal? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:09:58

• Very likely, I think. -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:12:21

• Color me skeptical. Let's check with the CIA. I'm kidding. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:14:35

• If China's hyper-sonic missiles are the real deal, then -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:15:42

• all bets are off. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:16:30

• Just my guess. I'm not a detective anyway :) -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:24:06

• I bet that everyone is asking my question. For one thing, if -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:28:36

• China's hyper-sonic missiles come from Russia, then... -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:30:10

• The "Balloon Incident" was a bit too comical, BTW. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 21:17:28

• 台灣缺的不是什麽武器係統，台灣缺的是敢不敢殊死一戰的膽量 -永遠老李- ♂ (252 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:16:04

• 謝謝永遠老李來評！好奇問一下，論證呢？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:20:53

• 比如2.28 -永遠老李- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:36:06

• 願聞其詳，方便交流。謝謝！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 20:47:22

• I am open to corrections, BTW. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 21:19:27

• 台灣2.28事件 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/13/2023 postreply 04:48:43

• 電影“悲情城市”的曆史背景。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/13/2023 postreply 05:27:16

• 大家晚安！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 21:27:12

• +1 晚安，美壇 ：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2023 postreply 21:38:38