Daryl Hunt
Your Worst Nightmare
- Banned
- #141
Ok. Simple "raise the bet" scenario. China&Russia alliance decided to retake Taiwan. Russia said, that any (nuclear or conventional) attack against China's forces will be equal to attack against Russia, and means immediate nuclear retaliation.
Should the USA try to fight them?
First, China has to make sure the US is busy somewhere else. Who knows, they might trigger a US V NK war to get the US assets committed away from Taiwan. But if they don't, there are enough US resources to reduce the coastline of China back before the industrial age. And since that is where China's resources are, they will always think twice, 3 times and more doing it. And it won't be Nuclear Weapons unless the Chinese uses them first. The US has the Air power and Naval power to cripple China for many, many years in a matter of a few days. Add to the fact, that it's going to take many days or weeks for the Chinese to amass an invasion force. China lacks the type of boats that would be used so they would impress civilian boats into service. The Germans had the same problem invading England. During the buildup, expect the US Navy to preposition their ships and for the AF to keep their assets in the air 24/7.
And it won't matter if the Chinese attack Guam. The relocation plan is to disperse the bombers and tankers to make it much more difficult to take them out. And then there are the large number of Bombers and Tankers that launch stateside which they can nothing about.
Just not going to happen.