Bibliography: The importance of Japan and the Philippines in the defense of Taiwan Republic. Geostrategery and world history classrooms. The significance of the American military moves in the last two years with the Japanese and Philippines islands closest to Taiwan Republic is this: they close off the Chinese communist military’s paths to envelop Taiwan by air and by sea to Taiwan’s east — and in turn, funnel the invading Chinese communists into confined kill zones. The US Marines led the revolution in thinking with lighter, mobile, highly networked land-based surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile units. Land-based because they are far cheaper and more sustainable than aircraft carriers and warships. Taiwan is massed with thousands of land-based missiles/mobile units. And there are signs that the Taiwanese military, with American assistance, is moving to coordinate their own force structure and thinking with that of the US Marines. President Tsai has successfully nudged the Taiwan military upper leadership into the area of unmanned vehicles – air, sea, and subsurface. The US and allies’ deployment northeast and southeast of Taiwan allows the Taiwanese military to focus on the communist threats from the west. In basketball and American football terms, these land units are zone defense, whereas the American, Japanese, and Free World/AUKUS+ carrier battle groups, submarines, and strategic bombers are mobile strike units/man-to-man offense. Recent reports in Taiwanese online newspapers that the US has assisted Taiwan in securing access to LINK-22 would be an important step forward in coordinating Taiwanese, American, Japanese, AUKUS, NATO, and ASEAN forces.
距台不到200公里 美菲澳「肩並肩」演習再登巴丹島
https://def.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/4663565
美菲澳軍隊演練空降巴丹島 為台海或南海衝突做準備 https://www.taisounds.com/news/content/84/123755
American troops return to strategic islands near Taiwan for air-assault practice
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-05/balikatan-air-assault-taiwan-china-13759680.html
US Holds Drills With the Philippines at Tiny Island Near Taiwan
Filipino, US troops fire at ‘invasion’ force in war games
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/05/07/2003817488
史上最長漢光兵推 任務式指揮「去中心化」授權部隊獨立作戰
https://www.taisounds.com/news/content/71/123500
【強化制海資通】透過AI接戰系統整合 讓以岸制海打擊戰力發揮極大化
【博騰專案】美助攻獲北約同意 國軍規劃逾550億向美軍購LINK-22數據鏈系統
【博騰專案】建構第一島鏈情資互通網迫切 日方促賴清德及早完成LINK-22系統
【博騰專案】配合LINK-22系統建構 長程預警雷達性能升級費用由美方支應
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