Military intelligence expert Philip Ingram MBE has detailed how Taiwan will use a unique strategy to as all-out between Taipei and China is looming.
The Chinese President Xi Jingping wants Taiwan to be back under the full control of Beijing as it is a major player in the global trade markets and is a strong ally of the US.
Ingram is warning the world is teetering on the edge of World War Three as China has built up their armies and navy.
Speaking to The Sun Ingram warned, “While the world’s attention is fixed on Ukraine another flashpoint could ignite an even greater conflict.
Just 112 miles from China’s coast lies Taiwan, an island of 23 million people facing 1.4 billion people and the world’s largest army.
“For Beijing, it’s not just territory, it’s destiny. For Washington, it’s a red line.”
Ingram continued, “Taiwan’s military posture is built around a core strategic principle known as the porcupine strategy or asymmetric defence.
“The goal is not to defeat the numerically superior PLA of China in a conventional war, but to make an invasion so difficult, so costly and so bloody that Beijing is deterred from ever attempting it.”
Taiwan will use their Air Force, Navy and weaponry to deploy a “Porcupine Strategy” which will be almost unbreakable even for the Chinese.
Ingram told The Sun, “The Air Force is the first line of defence tasked with contesting air superiority over the Taiwan Strait, and against initial waves of missile strikes,” Ingram says.
The backbone of the fighter fleet is the recently upgraded F-16 Vipers, one of the most advanced fourth generation fleets in the world.
This is supplemented by domestically produced jets and the French made Mirage 2000 jets.
He added to the paper, “The Navy’s role is to challenge the People’s Liberation Army Navy in the strait, prevent a naval blockade, and to deploy sea mines to make the invasion routes treacherous.”
Taiwan will use destroyers, frigates and submarines which have been designed for stealth missions and would prove to be lethal.
Taiwan insists that they are an independent country after splitting from China during the civil war in 1949.
However, China claims Taiwan is still part of their territory and Beijing has not rules out the use of military force to take back their island.
