Euclid_Interloper t1_j1x2np3 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 1:08 AM

Reply to comment by --Arete in China carries out military exercises near Taiwan and Japan, sending 47 aircraft across Taiwan Strait in 'strike drill' | CNN by NeverEndingDClock

This is so painfully unrealistic. Neither the US nor Japan would accept a Chinese blockade of Taiwan, it would be a strategic disaster. Both would send ships and aircraft to resupply the country, thereby calling China’s bluff. China would then have a choice, either get out the way of allied ships or fire on them and start WWIII.

aaden08 t1_j1x4cho wrote on December 28, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Pretty accurate scenario.

--Arete t1_j1y51gm wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:42 AM

I don't think you are very well informed. China already has an equal strength navy compared to the US. The US won't have much of a choice than to stand down. Do you really think they are going to fight China over Taiwan?

sg3niner t1_j1y5nno wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:50 AM

China's navy isn't anywhere CLOSE to being as capable as the US Navy. You're either a CCP troll, or just ridiculously ignorant.

--Arete t1_j1y7u4u wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:17 AM

Why is that? (What makes the US navy better)

passtheGUAK t1_j1yfex8 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 9:00 AM

Air craft carrier diff is huge China has a ton of small ships and civilian ships they can repurpose. Really good on defense, on offense not so much. I don’t think either side could win this war tbh, I think the reason why the status quo is what it is is largely because any fighting wouldn’t change the status quo. It’s hard to blockade an island when your opponent has so many damn aircraft carriers, hard to pressure the mainland when you don’t have the ammunition to fight all those ships

What do I know tho