After Taiwanese netizens propose using missiles to destroy Three Gorges Dam, expert says would only make ‘dents’
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/06
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In response to a suggestion by Taiwanese netizens that
Hsiung Feng III (ncsist.org.tw) Three Gorges Dam (Fickr user Marshall Segal)
Taiwan’s missiles could be used to destroy the Three Gorges Dam in response to an attack by China, a military expert says they would only cause tiny dents and described those who proposed the idea online as “military idiots would will continue to be mocked by China,” reported Setn.
In response to a report by the Washington Free Beacon claiming that the author of “The Chinese Invasion Threat,” Ian Easton, said in the new book that China has finalized a plan to invade Taiwan by 2020, netizens speculated cruise missiles such as the Hsiung Feng IIE or missiles from F-16 fighter jets could be trained on China’s massive Three Gorges Dam to cause it to burst. If the Three Gorges Dam were to collapse, it would cause massive flooding, earthquakes, thousands to hundreds of thousands dead, and devastating destruction to infrastructure.
Though Easton later told Liberty Times that he never actually stated in the book China would invade Taiwan in 2020, many in Taiwan started to speculate on what actions the country’s military could take in retaliation of such an imminent attack.
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