"Unlkely to be used in initial assault" indeed. Fixed position assets which need grounding and anchoring would take hours, if not days to assemble. And like the mulberries are at risk of storms.

But good engineering. Great for emergency use. Would work in Gaza for instance.

They're better prepared for what's coming than I have felt before this. I still think a red tide of dead will be unpalatable to the homeland, but this demands Taiwan defend robustly.