The South China Sea's Gathering Storm

[West Coast]

Originally Posted by petit plateau

It might be wise to assume that Taiwan has the capability to become a nuclear weapons state extremely rapidly if circumstances were to require this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan...ss_destruction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan
https://www.nti.org/countries/taiwan...n%20the%20past.

Arguments could be simultaneously that Taiwan building/obtaining the bomb would either seal their fate or ensure their continued existence. They and Japan both have the technical wherewithal to make it happen.