China will be re-calibrating its plan to seize Taiwan to take into account lessons learned from Iran’s failed attack on Israel, defence experts say.
Beijing, which has a history of military cooperation with Tehran, will be looking at ways to break through the highly advanced technology and effective alliance that led to 99 per cent of Iranian drones and missiles being intercepted.
Rupert Hammond-Chambers, the president of the US-Taiwan business council, said: “They will be picking apart what transpired, not just in the way in which the Iranians attacked but also how we responded – the Israelis and the coalition that supported them.
“The kill rate for the drones and the missiles was extremely high, almost perfect. The walk-away for the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] will be that the Americans and their allies have the technology to significantly blunt an attack.”
A barrage of drone and missile strikes would be a critical part of any conventional attack on the island of 23.5 million.