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Quemoy and Matsu! As it was over sixty years ago as it is now?

Think not a military invasion of Taiwan proper across the Taiwan Strait. Relics of the Cold War those islands very close to the Chinese mainland and occupied by Republic of China [ROC] military forces easy pickings and a much more tempting target for the Chinese People's Liberation Army [PLA].

From the Internet web site Zero Hedge and the article by TYLER DURDEN.

"'Poison Frogs': US Urged To Make Taiwan Islands Too 'Painful' For China To Seize In Response To War Game Results"

"The United States would have little recourse if China invaded one of the minor islands controlled by Taiwan, according to a new report by Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think tank."

"Ultimately, the report found that U.S. national security strategy focused too much on defending the island of Taiwan itself from a Chinese invasion, rather than seeking to mitigate more limited acts of coercion and aggression in the region."

Quemoy marked on map within the box. Very close to the Chinese mainland [about ten miles or sixteen kilometers due north]. Also about one-hundred twenty miles [one-hundred ninety kilometers] from Taichung City on Taiwan proper Click on image to see an enlarged view..

Close-up map image Quemoy island. Taiwanese territory. From the island to the Chinese mainland about ten miles [sixteen kilometers] due north. An invasion by the PLA of Quemoy MUCH easier than a crossing of the Taiwan strait. Quemoy and Matsu for that matter in the cross-hairs of the PLA for over a sixty year period!

Those "relics' of the Cold War Quemoy and Matsu objects of concern during the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crisis:

"The People's Liberation Army [PLA] extensively shelled the island during the First and Second Taiwan Strait crises in 1954–1955 and 1958 respectively. In 1954, the United States considered responding by using nuclear weapons against the PRC. Again in 1958, General Nathan Farragut Twining and the Joint Chiefs of Staff believed that the United States should not permit the loss of the islands to the communists and recommended to President Eisenhower the use of whatever force was necessary, including atomic weapons."

HARDLY DO I THINK AN ATTACK ON QUEMOY WOULD BE ANSWERED BY ATOMIC WEAPONS IN RESPONSE BY THE USA!!

See previous blog entries Quemoy and Matsu:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/09/240-mm-iii_14.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/01/quemoy_22.html

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