How Taiwan Could Depend on Sea Mines to Stop Chinese Invasion
Naval mines, a cheap and easy to employ naval tactic, could be key to deterring China from invading Taiwan, experts argue.
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Naval mines, a cheap and easy to employ naval tactic, could be key to deterring China from invading Taiwan, experts argue.
Naval mines, a cheap and easy to employ naval tactic, could be key to deterring China from invading Taiwan, experts argue.
Naval mines, a cheap and easy to employ naval tactic, could be key to deterring China from invading Taiwan, experts argue.
Such technologies are part of a strategy to deter any possible invasion from China, with its huge army and vast weaponry.
Taiwan on Friday commissioned new navy minelayers to add to its defenses against giant rival China. President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a commissioning ceremony for the navy’s First and Second Mining Operations Squadrons, which will operate ships able to automatically sow large numbers of small but powerful mines at high speed without the need for…