Taiwan needs strategy to deal with PLA’s YJ-12 missile, island’s military says
- Seen as mainland China’s most dangerous anti-ship missile, the YJ-12 is a threat to Taiwan and has advantages over US ships’ air-defence systems, according to article
- With its warships unable to repel the missile, the island must ‘come up with innovative and asymmetric strategies’, active naval commanders write
Claimed to be Beijing’s most dangerous anti-ship missile because of its range and speed, the YJ-12 can be launched from land, air and sea, and has advantages over the ship-borne air-defence systems on American aircraft carriers, according to an article in December’s edition of the Taiwanese military’s bimonthly Navy Professional journal.
“The Taiwan Strait is no longer a natural barrier to deter a growing and powerful PLA from across the waterway, and none of the Taiwan warships is able to deal with the powerful YJ-12,” the article said.
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“In such a military disparity, the Taiwanese military has to carefully assess its position and try to come up with innovative and asymmetric strategies to hit the enemy’s weakness.”