華府保守派智庫企業研究所(AEI)三日公布的台灣防禦策略報告中建議,為因應兩岸萬一交戰,進入台灣地面作戰的最壞狀況,台灣可考慮在縣市訓練民兵,使用輕型武器打游擊戰。
這份題為「嚇阻、防禦、驅離與結成夥伴」的台灣防禦策略報告,由包括薛瑞福、卜大年與石明凱等多位曾任美國處理兩岸事務重要官員共同執筆。
報告表示,中國已舉行過多次兩棲登陸演習,和過去的入侵能力相較,中國入侵台灣已成為一種十分可能的威脅。而台灣軍隊應能嚇阻脅迫、對抗多種脅迫狀況、驅離入侵行為並打地面戰,最後應與民間和外國部隊結成夥伴。
報告提到,兩岸接戰最壞的情況,就是中國軍隊已打上台灣陸地,因此台灣應準備好持久的陸地對抗,但為了戰略上台灣能持久,報告建議台灣可考慮在縣市層級訓練民兵,能使用輕型武器並有打游擊戰的技術。
不過,應邀評論這項報告,曾建議台灣可採「刺蝟戰術」,以小博大的美國海軍戰院專家莫瑞態度保留。莫瑞認為,台灣要嚇阻入侵,先要能擊潰任何渡過台海的人物。莫瑞也對台灣戰機起降的跑道,可能在戰爭一開始就被中國飛彈全數破壞表達憂心,「F十六沒有跑道,就飛不起來。」
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