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Taiwan Turning Itself into a Fortress

Chinese attackers to put up with much nastier things than porcupine spines

Jan 23, 2022
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By: Jens Kastner

Nearly 25 years after the “Porcupine Strategy” was first disseminated by US Naval War College professor William Murray, Taiwan has been making remarkable under-the-radar progress in turning itself into a fortress as the Chinese military gets ever closer to Taiwanese waters and airspace.

Although China’s psywar machinery has belittled the …

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