Under what circumstances would the Taiwanese military dare to fire at the People's Liberation Army (PLA) military targets? This has been of great concern to the outside world. According to Taiwan military researcher Jie Zhong, from a purely military perspective, the most advantageous approach for Taiwan would be to launch an attack in advance when it clearly knows that the PLA is about to "use force" against Taiwan and large-scale troop and material concentrations have occurred, which is known as a "preemptive strike." However, this concept involves political and strategic considerations between Taiwan and the United States, so it must be the PLA that acts first, and Taiwan needs to first endure the first wave of PLA missiles landing before firing at PLA targets.
Jie Zhong pointed out that Taiwan indeed hopes that when it detects a large number of ballistic or cruise missiles "taking off" and confirms that the target is heading toward Taiwan, it can immediately take countermeasures, with the Hong-2E missiles or the HIMARS rocket system launching strikes on predetermined military targets, hoping to deploy combat power before the enemy's missiles cause substantial damage. However, according to him, the U.S. government has many doubts about this plan.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855255474210825/
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