China’s minelaying drones point to a new way of enforcing a Taiwan blockade, using stealthy, autonomous systems to disrupt maritime access and deny entry to contested waters. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported this month that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could deploy minelaying drones in a Taiwan conflict, targeting waters around Japan’s Ryukyu […] The post China’s drone-laid mines aim to trap US in a Taiwan war appeared first on Asia Times .