Yes, Taiwan can and should get nuke, like, yesterday
This is a direct response to https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/1j1okiu/no_taiwan_cant_just_get_nukes/
I think the original comment would be better served in a dedicated post.
Original comment:
Things Taiwan already has:
A near complete design - even though no real warhead has been assembled, but that's the point: Prepare the material and knowhow, so when shit about to hit the fan, in a few weeks notice Taiwan will have a working fission bomb, this was the KMT's plan, and this should also be the plan in the event of Trump going rouge on Taiwan.
Methods to deliver the bomb - ROCAF & other military branches already operating locally made cruise missile, and mid range ballistic missile is also in the work, we don't need to hit Moscow or London, we only need to be able to hit Beijing, which is around 2000km away.
An industry base that can produce the required parts/machinary - Mind you, Taiwan made one of the best CNC machines in the world; even Russia's MIC has to smuggle Taiwanese CNC machine to produce their own weapon system. And Taiwan also supplies shit ton of space grade semiconductor & high precision machine parts to US MIC, which they used to make everything from advanced missile defense system to state of art deep strike missile.
Someone may ask: Where are we gonna get 20s or even 30s kilo of HEU?
The simple answer is: We don't. Modern nuclear weapon uses Neutron reflectors/Tamper to massively reduce critical mass & increase yield; with proper design, a warhead made of less than 10 kilograms of Pu-239 is totally possible. Remember, we are not threatening China with a nuclear holocaust, we are only threatening to cause a mass casualty event if they ever dare to touch us.
If the older generation can design & mass-produce long-range missiles despite the USA technology embargo, why can't we do it now? Or do we wait until CCP's missiles start landing on our heads and then start regretting we didn't build the bomb?
Taiwanese people, STOP BEING NAIVE. The rule-based world has already died; there won't be another reset unless WW3 were to happen. It will soon be a free-for-all if the USA continues down this "America First" path.
Time to wake up, time to arm yourself, time to stop being nice, that's the only way to survive this jungle law world. You are literally onboard the world's largest unsinkable aircraft carrier; use it to your advantage. Don't give in to any threat, from China or from USA, from the outside or from within.