Ekranoplan/Ground Effect Vehicle Strike Drones In A Cross-Strait Conflict
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In a recent post, I discussed a Turkish ekranoplan/ground-effect vehicle strike drone that its manufacturer claims can be used to deliver a 30-kilogram warhead over a distance of 200 kilometers.
Turkish Company Develops An Ekranoplan Strike Drone
Minimal comment-themed posts are use to introduce data points for use in other posts going forward. Posts of this theme will typically feature mimimal analysis and commentary.Relevant to both china nad taiwan
In several recent posts, I have discussed how technological change increasingly affords both China and Taiwan new opportunities to attack targets across the Taiwan Strait, which is some 130-180 kilometers wide at its narrowest points. Ekranoplan/ground-effect vehicle strike drones may become one of the many approaches that both China and Taiwan will pursue to attack coastal targets in a cross-strait conflict.
