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Taiwan Arms for War—If Deterrence Fails

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Taiwan Arms for War—If Deterrence Fails
Air Force soldiers prepare to load U.S. made Harpoon AGM-84 anti ship missiles in front of an F-16V fighter jet during a drill at Hualien Air Force base, in Hualien County, Taiwan, on Aug. 17, 2022. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Austin Bay
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The year is 2002. I’m on a quick trip through Taiwan en route to Singapore to investigate Singapore’s responses to 9/11-style Islamist terror. The Straits of Malacca are an international choke point. Osama bin Laden loves icon targets with economic pop and Singapore is a world trade center.

Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
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