Taiwan shuts highways off for 1st time in 26 years.....

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

There are 6 so called "Zhan Bei Pau Dau" (Combat Preparation Runway) in Taiwan's highway system, all specifically designed for aircraft. I'm not sure about what they're made of, but the length designed is 2.3 Km.

And I think these roadways aren't a secret. I knew this stuff at elementary school on my first school trip. The Air Force already did such a thing with F-104s about 25 years ago.

[phongn]

Who knows? Maybe the idea is that they'd just get off a quick ballistic bombardment with their SRBMs and hope Taiwan surrenders real quick.

They'd better do something like that relatively soon before Taiwan begins mass-deployment of PAC3 batteries (they might try and upgrade their Kidds for ABM work as well).

[Kazuaki Shimazaki]

They'd better do something like that relatively soon before Taiwan begins mass-deployment of PAC3 batteries (they might try and upgrade their Kidds for ABM work as well).

How many of those are they buying? There are a lot of missiles to shoot down.

[RedImperator]

<China>
Adds highways to targeting matrix
Sends thank you card to media
</China>

You realize that just adding something to the target list isn't the end of the story, right? Every suitable strip of highway in Taiwan will now require a sortie or a missile strike (multiple ones, most likely), and if the Taiwanese were smart, they put these reinforced stretches of highway AWAY from critical nodes that were already targets. Every extra target dilutes the forces China can bring to bear.

Taiwan may never have intended to use these highways for airplane landings at all, for all we know. They may just be a red-herring bomb sponge.

[phongn]

How many of those are they buying? There are a lot of missiles to shoot down.

I'll have to dig it up, but they're buying a lot of PAC3s, possibly enough to do enough virtual attrition to make a PRC SRBM strike untenable.

[LadyTevar]

Remind me again how the world is better without the Empire.

We don't have to play your silly games and drop everything to drink tea in the middle of the afternoon.

Yes, but I asked how things are better, Red, not how you're sliding into barbarism! YOU'RE NOT DRINKING TEA IN THE AFTERNOON! IT'LL STUNT YOUR GROWTH!

..... This from the man who hates tea?

[Dartzap]

Hes being the essentiel brit, a very Importent task

[Kazuaki Shimazaki]

Taiwan may never have intended to use these highways for airplane landings at all, for all we know. They may just be a red-herring bomb sponge.

When their main airfields have been hit beyond rapid repair, guess where they'd try to go with any planes that can leave their airfields or are in the air. The airfields would still be hit first if there aren't enough missiles for everything, for a dispersal strip is a secondary choice at best.

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

Taiwan may never have intended to use these highways for airplane landings at all, for all we know. They may just be a red-herring bomb sponge.

This might be true. According to what I've read there has been some constant critism that there isn't efficient logistic facilities or something like that near the runways.

I always thought that the real deals were on the East Coast. (How real? dunno..)

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

This might be true. According to what I've read there has been some constant critism that there isn't efficient logistic facilities or something like that near the runways.

Oops I didn't say the thing clear, there has been constant critism but NO ONE CARED.

(Though, again, from my experience, no one knows what the superiors are thinking, either. )