not really i play for a while only 1 golder

Of course all most all mobile games are. The few exceptions are usually the ones which started off as browser games. Pay to win and grind to win.

Learn to Hack/Mod it. Problem solved😉

Not if your active 😂

Real life war is literally pay to win too

Agreed

As an American I fully support your independence, and if push comes to shove and they invade I plan on joining my marines to help defend your country

Failure to reinforce you is failure of other nations to defend their rights too......

Whatever happens you can thank Xi Jinping and the Peoples Liberation Army for that

The issue is the Taiwanese people themselves. A well trained 2 million man reserve forces can easily repel any PLA landing force. The key is a well trained reserve force with plenty of man portable guided missiles and access to drones. The ultimate key is for the Taiwanese people to believe in themselves and to be active in their defense. They need to make gun clubs and gun ownership a priority like the Swiss. They need to take active part in the defense of their own country. It's easy to do if they only believe in themselves.

If anything, its Taiwan's own fault for not keeping up their trainning and equipment. Yes, conscription is so called "slave labour". I've also been a concription, Singapore. The thing is, it's like Israel and Palestine situation. Yes, Palestine is morally right but they are wrong in a sense their own failure to defend themselves in times of crisis. The world is grey.

Yes they do

Kinmen really ? Thats must be like the worst assignment lol

@@Kaxcer I volunteered for it actually. Both my dad and grandad served there, so I thought I should be a part of the heritage. Plus, I also went to my Dad's old barracks; turned out it's being used by cost guard now. It's a shame but the thought itself is worth-cherishing already :>

@@nelsoncheng2674 nice, but must be dangerous being so close to mainland. So in your opinion will taiwanese fight if needed ?

Better to work on your career in other field. If war breaks out the PRC will conquer Taiwan within weeks and your death would be in vain, leaving many people hurt.

@@m3c4nyku43 god, please just leave. You can cash in on your 50 cents elsewhere.

Actually he said, "Which _hopefully_ may not be unavoidable" Which is worse. And I'm going to assume it's lost in translation, because he's not a psychopath.

@@MostlyPennyCat Fair, I did miss the 'hopefully'... But I'm betting it was one of those "probably, kinda, sorta, possibly' type rambling structures that English really needs a name for.

It is probably hard because most of Taiwan concript soldier have very short mandatory training (only 3 month). So the morale are not pretty high

If an invasion is attempted, there is no turning back for the CCP. It’s a matter of political legitimacy and show of strength, to such a high degree that abandoning the operation would mean political suicide. If you’re going to reply to this, please keep the discussion at a respectful and conducted level. I’m pretty sure neither of us wants this comment section to be a shitshow.

@@elsauce4873 its a military video they always have shitshow comment sections I just turn off my brain and laugh from the backrow seats.

@@NineSeptims Well, your name is comment section expert

That's right my friend and the NATO allies are that

You are assuming that China will attempt an contested landing. Considering the vast gap between the PLAAF, PLARF and ROC military, China will most likely attempt landing only after they have degraded Taiwan's defences to a degree that landings would not be resisted in great strenghth. And also PLAN warships have world-class missile defence capability as well. What makes you think that Taiwan has the capacity to wipe out the PLA landing fleet? The ROC military is lacking in both quanity and quality compared to the PLA, it can't defend Taiwan without American help. The only way Taiwan can defend itself is with the direct help of the US or Japaneses military. Otherwise China will win.

@@CrasusC and you believe Taiwan has not prepared for that eventuality?

@@CrasusC yes but the goal is to make it as costly as possible for china to invade so that they would be forced to sabre rattling only but not to the point of invasion

taiwan only have 40 mobile anti ship launcher. while china can fire 160000 370mm rockets in a week

@@exurgemars preparation as limits when you are facing a superior foe.

The US will stand by Taiwan just as it stood by the puppet Afghan regime, and now the Ukrainians. They are abandoning Ukraine as we speak and evacuating their own embassy staff and citizens while preventing Ukrainians from leaving to the US for safety, locking them into killzones and sacrificed in the hopes it can contain the Russians.. The US too hopes to see the Chinese on Taiwan (Republic of China 中华民国） kill each other - aiding their goals of eradicating all Chinese threats. The Taiwanese are also viewed as racially inferior in the US and in reality no different from the Chinese with the same eyes, faces, hair color, culture, history and language and surnames.)

@@slslbbn4096 tell that to the chinese senators we r electing doofus

@@rbsingh7906 you make laugh

@@slslbbn4096 what r u on about

@@slslbbn4096 this aged so poorly, my god

As a American I stand behind you! Respects

We all stand behind you guys, you have a Ton of Friends.

@@markmilam3152 I stand behind you too Take my gun and defend Taiwan while I sip my tea

Leaks from you side were saying they won't take arms against the PLA, and would surrender as soon as the PLA show up. Or are you guys ready for a Stalingrad / Grozny style street fight?

中華民國萬歲！

😂

Indeed

It's how prussia worked too, and prussia is famous for its military eliteness

Doesnt mean anything. We saw it here in europe. When we atacked russia, they just spammed tanks and aircraft until our army want capable to cope it anymore. This will happen again with China and taiwan and china will outproduce the USSR by a large margin due to their insane economy.

@@semiramisubw4864 When we attacked Russia????? Talking about Nazi Germany?

I believe Lee and Huang (another former Chief of Defence Staff, ROC) have very different understanding on what "asymmetrical" stands for. While both are admirals the latter is a submariner who later became the master mind behind ROC Navy Indigenous Defence Submarine (IDS) project. Huang sees a stealthy, lithium (or AIP) battery equipped submarine the trump card against the PLAN landing ships and logistic train, while Lee seemed very much focused on (relatively) low-tech missile-boat swarms, something IMO would become very vulnerable against the rapidly modernising PLA naval aviation.

Lee would be one of the first officiers who surrendered to CCP, since we know that KMT had a long tradition of surrendering without fight, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8ljna91yarZdGQ.html

@Drew Peacock That is what Lee Hsi-min is trying to convey.

@@llamaalpaca5563 yes he talks about unmanned attack boat swarms but that is only a fraction of his ideas.

@@Emilechen Can you be anymore transparent? But let me point out the UBER OBVIOUS, o.k? If the KMT had such a long tradition of surrender, why hasn't the CCP been occupying the island of Taiwan for the last 70 years? The Chinese communists aren't just the worst communists, (sorry Venezuela, you are second.) but they are the most obtuse communists as well.

We British do but only in the context of those responsible for a ship talking about the souls onboard. I've never given much thought as to where that came from.

@@eps200well, Taiwan is like a large, stationary aircraft carrier

You outside opoin is sure noticed

weak men create hard times...

It will turn out like m*cau in the short term. After that, impossible to tell.

Didn't work out for Napoleon or France though did it now?

​@@adammartin2846 Yep, ironically Napoleon's army was at its greatest strength after 5 years of peace time. His new Grande Armée was reorganized into corps, deadwood generals were replaced and the army was intensely drilled for years. Then after 10 years of warfare the Grande Armée was a shadow of its former self.

we are fucked

Emma and her two moms will be wiped out immediately, but luckily there are replacements. Every active duty member that is discharged from the US Armed Forces, is required to be on inactive reserves for another 4 years or so.

@@Vod_MacDuff China: Lets w8 4 more yrs till everyone have two moms

Taiwan is pretty modern and liberal and sadly that comes with a false sense of security and an unwillingness to commit to warfare. Let's hope they get to their senses.

@Marou S The Russians are going to have one hell of an insurgency on their hands. What Finland & Ukraine historically have in common is, their respective partisans love nothing more than to kill invaders, especially Ruskies. The country has been invaded by everyone and their grandmothers since the 12th century when the Kyven Russ Nation disintegrated. The only reason the Soviets managed to quell uprisings is, Stalin starved an estimated 3 to 8 million something Putin can't do. That is the one thing that would force 'Western Powers' to intervene.

Being surrounded by water and with limited accessible coastline will do a lot for you though. It takes less people to effectively defend an island than a place like Ukraine.

I love your comment. I hope it comes out this way.

Not true

sad, Taiwan is just a small section of chips which is a small part of semi-conductor. Taiwan is not irreplaceable

92% of cutting-edge (below 10 nm)chips are manufactured in Taiwan, 63% of all foundry chips are made in Taiwan from several chipmakers. So when Taiwan stops producing them, China will go to hell first, as SMIC produces mostly low-end 65 nm shown on their financial report.

No, Táiwān's chip production prowess relies on its human capital: the ability to get its most specialized engineers experienced and quickly redeployed to the fab station that needs the most attention as they start deviating from their subatomically tight tolerances -- this is why their biggest competitor is South Korea and not a more spread-out Mainland China, Japan, or US. A PRC seizure would see the irreplaceable loss of these critical Taiwanese brains, not to mention those fab stations that were knocked completely out of alignment in the process. Even if China manages to redevelop a native production level equal to that of today's Táiwān, it would already have been surpassed by the nimbler South Korea, maybe Japan, and probably even Singapore.

@@genuinennessbefitting4734 BS, Korea and America also make chips under 10nm. Chip production will be affected in short term but soon there will be other firms from other countries take Taiwans' place, Samsung for one, will be very happy to do that.

Occupation is another problem for PRC. Since they are of same ethnicity underground movements will be difficult to quashed.

如果大陆老百姓有了伤亡。台湾只会变成废墟。本身大陆的老百姓对台湾武统的声浪很高。而且对于台湾动不动就造谣抹黑大陆怨念特别深。

@@user-dr8vh2gz8d Nice Korea flag Mr. China

@@user-dr8vh2gz8d 你的中文好奇妙。好Kaiwaii.

@@81Earthangel 他犯了國安法,不夠愛國。要做前線兵做弟一個去死先。

not only that, but the amount of ground troops and vehicles for the landing, the ships for said landing and the entire supplies and logistics chain would mean a massive buildup on the chinese coasts near Taiwan that would be difficult to hide, so unless the chinese do a masterful cover up and deception plan they would be noticed way before the invasion began

Who knew that Taiwan is as powerful as Nazi Germany? Get real, Taiwan is a extremely small country in terms of Geography with a weak military. The war will be over in a week.

@@thetruthhurts9750 Germany had to cover thousands of miles of shore line...From the artic to Italy and Greece. It was fighting 6+ million Soviets in the east and the allies in Italy. When D-day occurred Not to mention all its anti partisan operations throughout Europe. So, as you say Taiwan is small, so they can cover the landing areas much easier than Germany could. When you look at amphibious invasions through out history what you realize is that they are rare and difficult in the extreme. Overwhelming force and Logistics are the keys. If China got 50,000(Not enough) troops on the shore(I don't see how) they would have to supply them. And. Logistics is what separates arm chair warriors from real military leaders. How are they going to supply them? By sea or air... Not easy if Japan, Australia, the USA and their allies help defend Taiwan. Maybe Taiwan rolls over and gives up. But if they hang tough they will win. My guess is China is talking tough for domestic consumption(get people's minds off of problems) and for diplomatic (weak US leadership)reasons. I also think if they want to take Taiwan, it will be through subversive measures. An invasion is not likely.......more likely now than 3 years ago or 10 years ago but still unlikely. I will also add that I hope it doesn't happen. I hate the idea of war between nuclear powers. Rumor has it Taiwan might be a nuclear power and China and the USA definitely are.

@@elrond3737 On January 12, 1988, Zhang Xianyi of the Taiwan Institute of Nuclear Energy carried classified information on Taiwan's nuclear weapons research and development, and his family fled to the United States under the arrangement of the United States. He was a spy set up by the US Central Intelligence Agency. On January 13, 1988, Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo died of illness in Taipei. After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Lee Teng-hui took over. Lee Teng-hui proposed Taiwan independence during his tenure in 1990 and 1996, which led to the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996. The United States sent an aircraft carrier to the Taiwan Strait to interfere in China's internal affairs. On January 15, 1988, the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency conducted a surprise inspection of the Taiwan Nuclear Research Institute, dismantling equipment and taking away a large number of instruments and equipment. Under the control of the United States, Taiwan has no nuclear weapons. Chiang Ching-kuo was the son of Chiang Kai-shek. From 1948 to 1949, Chiang Kai-shek felt that his defeat in the civil war between the Chinese mainland and the Communist Party had been decided, and he was ready to evacuate to Taiwan Island, which was blocked by the strait. Before the evacuation, he took the central bank's dollar reserves, transported 2.775 million taels of gold and 15.2 million yuan of silver dollars. , as well as transporting various precious resources and cultural relics from mainland China to Taiwan, the banknotes and gold-yuan coupons left in the hands of 541.67 million people in mainland China are worthless, Chiang Kai-shek failed in the civil war, and Chiang Kai-shek did not take away his more than 500 million citizens, Everything else of value has been brought to Taiwan, so the people who stay on the mainland are not human? The civil war between Taiwan and China across the Taiwan Strait has continued to this day due to the obstruction of the United States and the fact that China is an agricultural country without its own industry.

Military with actual experience vs civilians with firearms.. wow, what a recipe for disaster. For the civilians. Sure, more military will die but waaaay more civilians than military. It actually is a recipe for genocide. Why keep the civilians alive at all if all they are is trouble? You should not forget what china did at tinanmen square.

@@reinerheiner1148 I'm not saying it would be pretty, but it does tend to be effective in the long run. Look at Afghanistan.

Obtaining an illegal firearm is fairly easy in Taiwan btw, and not too expensive at all……

Oh God no, we need to contain the school shootings within the US, not spread it

@@HenryElfin Allowing concealed carry as a deterrent and/or stationing armed guards would significantly reduce the amount of school shootings in the US as well as stricter entrance checks, akin to airport security. Schools being gun free is what makes them so widely targetable by people. The only people who can stop illegals with guns without high risk of losing their own lives are other armed people.

Even if China takes the chip fabs they can't use them.

Haha

Nnneeeeeeerrrddd

I m not sure about taiwanese's will to fight

@@hominemundus Just look the Ukraine, you have to defend your country till kingdom come, look at the geology. US Will come, Japan is there, and if there's a spoiler, India with bad blood might try to pressure China. Look at it, Russian army isn't really that strong except for nuclear provocations. Who's to help China, N Korea also Nuclear bullshit. This is going to be interesting. With just a Button, we're all going to be Kentucky fried chicken, my friend

those mountain are useless because it isn't protect the big city, Most of taiwan big city are in the western side of formosa island and at the coast. Make it easy to conquer once china is land their troop

Maybe that's why they're building all those subs

That's why they are banking so heavily on the Belt and Road Initiative, so that they reduce dependence on shipping for commerce.

@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 B&R I has a great many applications for China and is really a brilliant policy to transition them into a post industrial economy. However it depends on underdeveloped nations being 1) stable enough to maintain the infrastructure and 2) their ability to enforce their ownership/repossession of assets which is unlikely if they’re penned into the South China Sea

@@justinokraski3796 Haven't they been leasing ports through debt traps/promises of investment throughout the indian ocean? Sri Lanka is the most prominent one that comes to mind, as does Pakistan (albeit this is Arabian Sea, mind you).

Hahhahah , if that so was the case (which it isnt) china would have never provoked half the world at this point , idk china knows something we dont , maybe china hosts a monopoly due to its huge size of market or maybe other factors, but there is definitely something ,otherwise they wouldnt have provoked india and us the 2 worlds largest market

@@t69shabir20 Belt and road initiative.. look it up. China has huge plans.

@@t69shabir20 "idk china knows something we dont" Sometimes leaders and bureaucrats really are just that incompetent. China having a coal shortage for insulting Australia is proof that the CCP isn't playing 4D-chess.

Once the BRI really takes off, I think they could weather the storm...perhaps growth would take a beating in the short-term but it would still be sufficient enough.

@@MK_ULTRA420 that's not the main reason why there was a power outage because Australian coal wasn't taken off yet. The power companies in the northern provinces decided to "idle" their power generation for factories because the global energy prices were so high at the time and they didn't want to operate at a loss. Now they went on a transition to more natural gas, as well as coal from the US, rather than Australia, essentially making allies eat each other's lunches

China is very self-sufficient and in control of world supply chain. It is YOU, not Chinese, should worry about the economic cost of a war with China.

@@aburetik4866 really, you think china can keep its economy running when the world stops buying their crap? I dont think so, sounds more like you're a bot.

@@RYTG You can't stop buying from China, bcz you don't have a choice. Only China has the capacity to supply the whole world. Without China, your money will be worth less than toilet paper and many of u will have to clean *ss by hand.

@@aburetik4866 what china sells is mostly copied junk anyway :p you should try not to get angry so easily over youtubecomments, have a good one

@@RYTG Whatever you call it, you are buying it and using it all the time. Your ppl's action speaks louder than your words. And you have no choice but pay money to the Chinese everday. It's you that is angry, bcz you hate it but can do nothing about it. 😂

literally not the title

Ukraine has been preparing since 2014 training is the most important part besides actual suppljes

Ukraine has had extensive militisation and sweeping improvements to its military since 2014 including training by nato countries extending not just to its active military but to the training of large numbers of high readiness reservists. Add to this military experience gained in loss of the Crimea and the following endless skrimishs in the donbass region, and you have a realitively well trained and experienced fighting force going into the current conflict.

Huh? Proper training is the main reason why Ukraine's military has been performing well against Russia.

@@deathtdow Exactly. if Russia had launched the current invasion in 2014, Ukraine would have lost. Going in piecemeal trying to make a new Munich Agreement with the Minsk Accords was Russia's failure.

@B J yeah I'm not talking exclusively about military chips.

Lmao same thing happens on basically any other similair content, Ukraine-Russia, Turkey-Greece, Israel-any arab nation etc.

true XD

Chinese bots

@Drew Peacock The problem is that it would greatly harm Australia. Unfortunately, Australia is highly reliant on China for both resources exports, and imports, which is why China's bullying and economic warfare is so dangerous.

taiwan would win easy, when china tries that landing and 70 percent of its forces are dead on the first day at what point do you think the generals will just give up. On top of that you have some attacks from outside countries on the china mainland and huge sanctions. that 70 percent figure only gets bigger with more reinforcements. The only way china can win is land 1 million plus in one hit and thats impossible. All those so called fishing boats will be wiped out very quickly. you underestimate what a home advantage can do. The US had a similiar fight once in the 70s i think with Cebu, if the enermy knows your coming the beach invasion just doesnt work

@Drew Peacock Fortunately, the Australian government has seen the light, and has been trying to decouple for the last few years. There are some recalcitrants (e.g. the Victorian Labor government, which still wants a Belt and Road deal with China), and business voices who'd rather see us appease China, but most Australians seem to understand that China is not a friend, but an aggressor. Even New Zealand is finally changing its fence-sitting routine. Mostly, this all comes down to how badly Xi and is minions have handled relations. They sought to kill the chicken (Australia) to scare the monkeys, but it hasn't worked.

@Drew Peacock Yes, really. Exports only tell one part of the story. There's gross sales of ore to China, but then there's Australia's defence posture and relationships with neighbours. Look at the re-emergence of the QUAD as an alliance against China. The CCP is super-pissed about it. And then improving ties with South Korea. And getting (maybe, one day) nuclear subs. And the crackdown on CCP influencers in Australia.

@Drew Peacock Sorry, I'm not interested in dumbing down the conversation to make it easier for you to understand. You'll have to do your own thinking.

На Украине: не проводится мобилизация населения, украинских войск на всей границе с РФ и РБ, готовых к войне - тоже нет, госпитали/пожарные к войне не готовятся, президент Украины именно сейчас покинул страну и в столь трудное время, делает это регулярно )) ВОЙНЫ НЕ БУДЕТ, Россия не собирается оккупировать никчёмную Укр!

Ожидается празднование Нового Года и Рождества Хр. - ранее февраля 2022, война исключена!

Agreed. Or not just an equipment, force unit breakdown but a terrain understanding for that will be key. Is it all beach? Are weapons hidden in hill caves, etc?

@@seandelaney1700 Maybe factor in too that China has the infrastructure to rebuild replicas of key locations or equipment for training such as the Taiwanese capital building and American carriers

@@thelieutenant7732 Yes, I've seen video of those in Mongolia. They can train excessively for years for a blitzkrieg like shock attack, which is a significant strength, surprise and being well trained.

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” ~ Abraham Lincoln

@@hashtagunderscore3173 “Don’t write fake quotes.” ~ me

@@yulp1 I don't know what you're taking about. I saw that Abraham Lincoln said that in an announcement in a secret area of GTA V.

Yes Taiwan will fight🇹🇼💪🏻

Historically, Chinese wars typically feature 10's of millions of casualties

@@appa609 historically they haven't often had a population collapse looming

@@mowgli2071 If you consider China's demographics as a "looming collapse" I wonder what you think about Taiwan's.

@@m3c4nyku43 that's an example of goalpost moving. Also, with a much smaller population you don't have such a crash. And body bags aren't the concern in Taiwan when you have Chinese invasion coming. Completely different effect.

@@mowgli2071 Nope, it's an example of you overexaggerating a situation and ignoring a worse situation. Taiwan fertility rate is 1.16 (even lower than Japan's 1.36), China fertility rate is 1.70. So if China is in "looming collapse", then what is Taiwan in?

What benefit would any Asian country get by supporting Taiwanese independence? Taiwanese seeking independence would result in a war between Taiwan, China, and seems like the US and all of its Allies as well. Would Asian counties enjoy the radiation clouds possibly flying into your own country? And would they enjoy losing a major economic trade partner as well, that is if they survive the nuclear fallout? Asian people need to think things through.

@@npc2480 maybe we will rethink when Chna stopped picking fight with every country it borders

@@MrRazer94 the only ones picking fights are all the western countries against one country and that is China but somehow China is the aggressor.

@@npc2480 china claims senkaku islands, claims bhutan, have border disputes with India, have border disputes with at least 5 SEA countries over south china seas. How are they "western"?

sayang sekali anda hanya warga biasa yasallam

"Allies" would be able to obliterate China without even setting foot near it shores, in same way Chinese can do with Taiwan. One big difference between China and Russia is that first one is not self sustainable in matters of energy or food, which makes it very, very weak against any kind of sanctions, especially that places from where they import food are offshore. And for sanctions you don't need to mobilize a thing beside chair in parliament.

I feel like if Russia properly invades Ukraine, China would want to wait to see 1. What the West would do and 2. If they did react, let them get intangled with the Russians first. N

Very unlikely, the west wouldn't even be able to react quickly enough to prevent the invasion of Taiwan, nevermind a coordinated attack.

No, the big question is: What outside help could China possibly expect? They're a petulent bully and the whole world dislikes them.

The American troops in Japan, Japan itself and a Super Carrier Strike group could easily handle together with Taiwan a Chinese invasion until they can send reinforcement. The US could send about 10-20% of its troop as a reinforcement to Europe + the UK could help the EU if Russia would try to invade an European country. But tbh no one would defend the Ukraine if a Russian invasion would occur. They'd make some sanctions but nothing more.

Sounds like a LOT of civilian casualties if practically every taiwanese is an enemy.

US fucked up a lot of landings during ww2, but they were able to figure they best way to take an island. But they still to weeks and months to take okinawa and iwo jima.

Operation Torch, but true

@jim If that were true then the US would still be in Afghanistan and the Taliban would be living in caves.

@@CedarHunt You're confusing war with occupation.

Newday If that was true I couldve easily killed everone in this planet

Nuclear war. That is all.

Yes ? How many countries is that against 2 ?

If the other countries accept to do big sacrifices to defend Ukraine and Taiwan, yes they could defend both. The real question is: "NATO, Japan ecc. really want to sacrifice many of their soldiers to defend Taiwan and Ukraine?". The war can be fought but you need to want to fight, and in my opinion this is the big problem. Why US should help Taiwan? They really want protect it or simply they want to create a problem to China? Is US ready to suffer for Taiwan?

@@row7820 The population of the west is at a small disadvantage, the military expenditure of the west is at a great advantage. Geographical location in Europe about the same, in the Asian part somewhat disadvantageous for the west. I don't think it's as black and white as you say. But the only way "the west" stands a chance if it isnt divided.

Nothing probably, the only offensive country in NATO is the usa which would probably become paralyzed. Meanwhile European countries don't want a all out war.

They have done a lot of that already. Lots of airbases are dug into mountains etc. Their command centers are deep underground as well. But you still have to fight on the surface and against air superiority

You think this is WW2?

@@brodiethebuilder8496 honestly it's pretty much guaranteed that if China invaded Taiwan the USA will join the war on Taiwan's side this has been basically guaranteed so China won't just be fighting the small island but the whole USA and most of NATO

@@michaelf.2449 .

@@brodiethebuilder8496 the Russians r getting stomp for such big military

The US won't fight for Taiwan. Sleepy Joe will back down when the Communists attack.

mate, it's fine, that´s around the same time that we have an official estimate of how long Finland could withstand against Russia. that's just how small vs. big always is. at least you have not banned mines, strategically gimping yourself, as we did in 2011. as per the Ottawa treaty. even when opposed by the ministry of defense. just for short-term international brownie points. the will to defend is the most critical, however. Afghanistan eventually got rid of the USA. Taiwan and China are not comparable to Russia and Finland in this regard. Taiwan and China have the same culture, people, language. everything about Russia and its people and its customs is alien to us, the Finns. in polls willingness to fight for our country has been steady 70-75% for all the decades it has been recorded. in comparison, in Germany, it's 18%. that´s average in eu. maybe regarding the training, you might want to copy our model? even when it's 6months for normal conscripts and 12months for conscript officers, people still like it. It's full of activity and people go home every weekend, mostly. the well-being of conscripts is quite high in priority. our system has very few professional officers, its kids leading kids, essentially. 90% of the time you are led by the last batch´s conscripts. high in personal responsibility and independence, but also higher in service satisfaction.

Yeah today it's gotta be 3 days tops given how the Chinese economy has exploded in the past 10 years and became the largest domestic economy in the world. In 5 years I doubt Taiwan would resist more than a day. Sucks for Taiwan such an awesome country, being played by superpower rivalries.

​@@kjrom Looking at recent events a 3 day estimate is laughable. It would take months at the very least. If the Taiwanese are highly motivated it will be impossible for the CCP to win.

I think some of you severely underestimate the difficulty of a full scale invasion across the sea. The only way of that happening is if Taiwan surrender before even trying.

@@PintheElfKingdom 1 The Chinese Navy is the second largest in the world. 2 The equipment level of the Chinese military is basically a full generation ahead of the Taiwanese. 3 The Taiwan Strait is 160 kilometers wide, while the Chinese army's long-range precision-guided rockets have a range of 400 kilometers.

It will be urban warfare ☠️

There was no drone in WW2. In modern days, if you lose air control, you get swarmed by drones.

Not even close nor similar, Poland and Germany were similar sizes, and Poland being taken frightened similar countries like France or Britain, nobody will be frightened if China took Taiwan

@@Superpowerendia2020, it was about countering Germany's aggressive expansionism.

@@biblehistoryscience3530 which is what it'll be when the conscripts hit the Taiwanese beaches.

@Kenneth Tham 我不想和一个被中国文化同化的高棉人交谈

@Kenneth Tham Who said racism didnt exist? The cpc probably stupidly did but Chinese imperial do and it's good

Tankies are as delusional as facists in my book

@@alexsitaras6508 I couldn´t agre more. And to be clear there are much more similar than they might think.

They're far more intelligent than Americans who think their country wages war for freedom/defense.

@@yaz2928 Oh here we go!

Oh, the Germans certainly had the capability, you forgot though that Australia and NZ sent heaps of reinforcement to "Mother England", suffering huge casualties so that the English could hold their line.

@@crs9796 not so fast, by deploying man-portable anti air systems, truck anti air and well concealed stationary systems taiwan could stiffle chinas air superiority. Also keep in mind they have underground airstrips buried in the mountains. You also need to keep in mind the monsoon seasons, China can't afford to get bogged down in a quagmire or else the weather will cut off their forces for most of the year. Given the limited beach heads available for an amphibious assault making even getting a beach head a big if, not to mention the mountainous easy to defend terrain. Basically odds are unless taiwan surrender and don't have the will to fight China will be stuck in a quagmire with limited windows of time to keep their massive force supplied adequately.

@@joebloggs830 ??? The uk was there main trading partner and the uk had been help them alot

you really so idealist to think Taiwan strawberry soldiers will fight to the end by guerrilla warfare, lol?

@Drew Peacock like trucks with an anti air cannon on the back???

Look whatever you think about Taiwanese is they're no Taliban who living in and out of their caves by jihad. They're modern liberal urbanite who wants nothing but keeping themselves comfortable. They'll tolerate changes of government and some stricter laws as long as they can keep their livelihood mostly unchanged.

​@Drew Peacock The neologism "technical" describing such a vehicle is believed to have originated in Somalia during the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s. Barred from bringing in private security, non-governmental organizations hired local gunmen to protect their personnel, using money defined as "technical assistance grants". Eventually the term broadened to include any vehicle carrying armed men. However, an alternative account is given by Michael Maren, who says the term was first used in Somalia in the 1980s, after engineers from Soviet arms manufacturer Tekniko mounted weapons on vehicles for the Somali National Movement during the Somaliland War of Independence. "Technicals" have also been referred to as "battlewagons" and "guntrucks".

@Drew Peacock I don't see how this is a difficult concept to grasp. If the vehicle was made from the ground up with military intentions and weapons, it's one of many military vehicles. If the vehicle was made from the ground up with civilian intentions and no innate weapon features, but then later has a machinegun bolted to it, it's a Technical. What is this argument? Is a go-cart with a mortar strapped to it, a tank to you? What's your definition of a dump truck with a 105mm Recoilless Rifle attached to it?