@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world • 2 years agoChinese air force incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone week of September 11-18, 2023pbs.twimg.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1152cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mltaiwan@lemmy.world
arrow-up1152external-linkChinese air force incursions into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone week of September 11-18, 2023pbs.twimg.com@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mltaiwan@lemmy.world
minus-square@CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI mean just shoot rockets from ground, way faster and easier.
minus-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoBut those aren’t reusable, so would cost even more
minus-square@Its_not_Dave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoNeither are the enemy planes you take down
minus-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoOh, your advocating just full on shooting them down rather than turning the missile off when the other plane turns around? That’ll escalate things super quick. Tiwan doesn’t want to go to war, which it why China can do this.
I mean just shoot rockets from ground, way faster and easier.
But those aren’t reusable, so would cost even more
Neither are the enemy planes you take down
Oh, your advocating just full on shooting them down rather than turning the missile off when the other plane turns around? That’ll escalate things super quick. Tiwan doesn’t want to go to war, which it why China can do this.