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by mullingitover 1017 days ago
This seems like China and the US are both engaging in a welfare program for their militaries by running this perpetual "will China invade?!" sideshow.

Quietly give Taiwan some ground-based ICBMs and a couple fully-stocked Ohio-class subs, and this all goes away for a very low price.

I realize this proposal is total madness, but so is a hot war between China and the US, and this is a pretty good way to guarantee that that scenario stays off the table.

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ground-based ICBMs and a couple fully-stocked Ohio-class subs

(as in medium to long range nukes, and nuclear-powered subs) ?

Yes that's the implication