Atomics ROC.

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Taiwan = Republic of China [ROC].

Deter rather than fight? Atomics will do?

"Does Taiwan Need Nuclear Weapons To Deter China?"

"One nation depends on another for salvation at its peril. Wise statesmen welcome allies . . . without betting everything on them. Taiwan should found its diplomacy and military strategy on deterring Chinese aggression if possible—alone if need be—and on stymieing a cross-strait assault if forced to it. This is bleak advice to be sure, but who will stand by Taiwan if the United States fails to? Japan or Australia might intercede alongside America, but not without it. Nor can Taipei look for succor to the UN Security Council or any other international body where Beijing wields serious clout. These are feeble bulwarks against aggression."

"succor: noun - - 1. Assistance in time of distress; relief. 2. One that affords assistance or relief. 3. Aid; help; assistance."

It is not as if the ROC has totally in the past avoided or forswore weapons of mass destruction to include atomic munitions. Far from it.

Read from the wiki as reputedly existed the ROC atomic bomb project:

"Taiwan pursued a number of weapons of mass destruction programs from 1949 to the late 1980s. The final secret nuclear weapons program was shut down in the late 1980s under US pressure after completing all stages of weapons development besides final assembly and testing; they lacked an effective delivery mechanism and would have needed to further miniaturize any weapon before it could be effectively used in combat."

AN EFFECTIVE DELIVERY SYSTEM NOW EXISTS. THE CURRENTLY IN-THE-INVENTORY F-16 FIGHTING FALCON!!

Technically the a-bomb well within the capability of the ROC. Fissionable material a different matter? 

coolbert.