台灣備戰需要雙重加速: 爭取短期內購入軍備與強化軍員實戰能力.

"U.S. officials, former Taiwanese military leaders and security experts say they believe that means Taiwan needs to do more to ensure it can inflict enough damage to discourage an invading force or hold it off until the arrival of help—possibly from the U.S. After years of increases in military spending, China now has around 100 times as many ground force personnel as Taiwan and a military budget 25 times as large, according to Pentagon data."

wsj.com/articles/u-s-concerns-

中國武裝攻擊前,致力打擊台灣自衛信心的動機: PLA逾卌年無實戰經驗,且有印太鄰國的包圍壓力。

"Launching a full-scale amphibious incursion 130 kilometers from the mainland would be a daunting exercise, and the PLA has not had major combat experience since 1979. Beijing would risk major resistance from Taipei as well as a devastating military response from Washington. In addition, it would do grave, if not, irreparable damage to its ties with the United States and the European Union, not to mention the four militarily and economically formidable democracies it counts as neighbors: Australia, India, Japan, and South Korea. Indeed, it is hard to think of an action that would do more to jeopardize China’s long-term strategic prospects. It would be far less risky for Beijing to continue its present lines of efforts: increasing its bilateral military advantage across the Taiwan Strait, working to undermine Taipei’s self-confidence, and persuading Taiwan that it will eventually have to acquiesce to resolving cross-strait tensions on China’s terms."

thediplomat.com/2021/05/taiwan

回顧過去的美台中三方交戰:

「在金門823砲戰爆發後,美軍太平洋空軍司令庫特納(Laurence S. Kutner)曾主張,一旦兩岸爆發武裝衝突,美方就應率先朝中國大陸投擲原子彈,但僅限空軍基地,認為如此便不會引起美國政府中疑戰者的反對。與此同時,當時的美國官員不否認,此舉極有可能導致中國盟邦蘇聯進行核武反擊,但美軍官員寧可如此,也不願冒險輸掉金門。

時任美國參謀首長聯席會議主席垂寧(Nathan Twining)還曾表示,若攻擊中國空軍基地無法遏阻中方軍事行動,美方就不得不增加核武攻擊選項,最北應將上海納入轟炸目標。他坦承,這麼做勢必會讓台灣、甚至沖繩淪為核武攻擊的目標,但若美國國家政策是捍衛(台灣)離島,就必須接受這個後果。

時任美國國務卿杜勒斯(John Foster Dulles)當時亦向參謀首長聯席會議坦言,離島淪陷就代表中共更進一步。

最終,時任總統艾森豪駁回諸位將領的建議,仍決定先採用傳統武器。不過,由於當時的美國政府已不想再打一場類似韓戰的傳統戰爭,美方官員一致相信,除非中共停止奪取金門的行動,否則美軍下一步就會動用核武反擊。」

news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/bre

金門砲戰作為檢驗台敵友的定位點:

“吳崇涵、翁履中、陳冠吾三位學者的投書文章〈抗中不等於保台 川普賣槍不賣命〉,認為美國主流民意向來反對美軍涉入海外爭端,更別提是與美國沒有直接利益的台灣;對中國抱持反感與支持出兵協防台灣,沒有一定的相關性;川普面臨連任壓力,打抗中牌是在轉移防疫不力的批評;美國歷任總統基本上都是透過出售武器來挺台,避免給予台灣太過明確的軍事安全承諾。

這種論述背後,有著不可言明的預設:美國不可信任;川普政府的政策起心動念是選情或出於政治動機;美國「賣槍不賣命」,不會動用武力履行對台安全承諾,干犯中國,因為中國太過強大。可是三位學者卻沒有仔細分析,美國近年來對於台灣安全的看法,是否已經大幅改變?預設「美國不會出兵挺台」,但如何解釋歷史上美國於1958年金門炮戰中協防台灣及金門、1996年台海危機中派遣航母戰鬥群駛往台海巡弋、近來以軍艦通過台灣海峽與戰機偵蒐等實際行動對應中國軍事活動的增加?”

voicettank.org/single-post/202

共機騷擾作用力與敵視中國反作用力:

"A poll by Taiwan’s state-funded research institute Academia Sinica, conducted in May, found that roughly 45% of local respondents see the Chinese government as an enemy of Taiwan, up from 25% in 2018."

wsj.com/articles/chinese-warpl

趙君朔剖析路透社那篇解放軍犯台六套劇本,將重點放在馬祖攻防效應:

youtu.be/lVA5eBYSoRM

光聽封鎖台灣海峽這一段就夠劍拔弩張了,等聽到台灣中國雙方飛彈互射對幹,直覺是:只要中國一對金馬動手,我們就該準備吊統派路燈了,省得中國共產黨在封鎖階段喊雙方政府談判避戰時,統派在輿論扯後腿。

路透社假設解放軍會在彈襲台灣的同時,偷襲美日的關島及沖繩等各處基地。

這段聽起來太像日本帝國偷襲珍珠港的放大版了。東亞大戰直接爆發對全世界而言應該算第三次世界大戰吧。🤔

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總覺得岸田這段發言帶著不太妙的預言感...

"「過去曾是我們敵國,一起戰鬥過的日美兩國,在戰後也成為擁有共同價值觀的同盟國,讓日美的和解價值觀有了重新的認識,這是不要二度重演戰爭惨禍,下定決心的新重要契機」。

「日美同盟,現今是印度太平洋地區,更是世界全體的和平與安定的基礎,我國在採取的安全保障環境嚴峻情形目前持續增加中,也再次顯示出了這個重要性愈來愈高」。"

nippon.com/hk/news/fnn20211207

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