It is 2029. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given the order for the People’s Liberation Army to forcibly take Taiwan. Hundreds of Chinese warships begin to cross the Taiwan strait, supported by fighter jets and protected by an umbrella of electronic jamming. 80 kilometers from Taiwan’s coast, the first blow comes from below. Autonomous underwater vehicles lurking on the seabed detonate against the hull of troop transports, scattering formations and forcing destroyers to divert to antisubmarine warfare. Moments later, hundreds of cheap kamikaze drones, interspersed with decoys and antiship cruise missiles, approach the flotilla in waves from every azimuth, forcing The post Hellscape Taiwan: A Porcupine Defense in the Drone Age appeared first on War on the Rocks .