Taiwan military expert: The key tools of the PLA's "anti-access/area denial" are not aircraft carriers, but two other crucial weapons!
Will the US military send troops to defend Taiwan? Former head of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense and veteran military media personality Lu Deyun pointed out that the PLA has powerful "anti-access/area denial" (A2/AD) capabilities, making the US hesitate to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait.
Lu Deyun pointed out that "anti-access/area denial" does not mean completely dominating the "air supremacy" or "sea supremacy" in a specific airspace or sea area, but refers to having the ability to prevent or obstruct the enemy from entering that area. In the surrounding seas of Taiwan, mainland China, with its powerful military strength and firepower coverage, especially the anti-ship ballistic missiles of the Rocket Force and advanced hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV, hypersonic missiles), has already possessed the capability to deny access, effectively threatening foreign forces attempting to intervene in the Taiwan Strait conflict.
Outsiders often mistakenly believe that mainland China's aircraft carriers are the main tool for executing A2/AD, but Lu Deyun believes that anti-ship ballistic missiles and HGVs are the key. Former US Secretary of Defense once frankly admitted that multiple wargames have shown that US aircraft carriers are highly vulnerable to precise strikes by the PLA's HGVs. This makes the US military inclined to keep their warships away from the Chinese mainland coast for their own safety during a potential clash over the Taiwan Strait, deploying them toward the second island chain and Guam instead.
Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829478564056075/
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