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The US had and still has contingency plans for Taiwan to covertly 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
	attack the Three Gorges Dam in the event of a Chinese amphibious invasion of the island. Taiwanese F-16s flying low laden with what was called a few years back the "Dragon's Claw" bomb would be aided by US air assets and Intelligence on the dam. Simultaneously, covert US forces would disrupt the air defenses around the dam while the F-16s dropped their special depth strikers, designed to be launched near the dam and to plow under to a certain depth before exploding causing a series of massive shock waves that would crack the foundations of the dam. The F-16s would fire and turn away being refuelled by US tankers for the return trip home. This is old news... but it was never disclosed what exactly a depth striker was. I don't think you need the old bouncing bombs of WW2 (of which Germany also had a rocket version of their own- Kurt). But a missile-launched heavyweight torpedo with modified warhead might do the job well (similar to the WW2 German L-10 or L-11 torpedo gliders). Rob  | 
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