At best we have military parity with China.
And you talk about nut's.. The chinks only supperiority is the numbers of soft targets in their army. They only have one air craft carrier, a paucity of nukes and/or a way to deliver them,,,, ahhh funkit, your to ignorant to even discuss it with. A bozo clown in every way, sheeeese.
Yeah.
Should the Navy Really Fear China's So-Called Aircraft Carrier-Killer Missiles?
Carriers are awesome. And really big targets. The Chinese aren’t competing head to head. Instead like the Russians going for the vulnerability of the targets. Our Carriers. Experts in Washington are saying that our Carrier Air Wings must have a range of 1,200 miles. That is to stay outside the range of those Chinese Missiles you are ignorant of.
The F/A 18 has a Ferry range, that is carrying nothing but fuel, of 1,800 miles. So the planes, even with tanking, could make an attack light, that is to say with few weapons to drop. Against an enemy that outnumbers them. Add in anti aircraft missiles and guns and you aren’t getting all your pilots back. So you dedicate half your planes to carrying fuel for the other half. Then those fuel planes have to land and refuel so they can refuel your planes for the return trip. So out of the 100 planes on a carrier, you can send maybe 40 to attack the enemy without risking the carrier.
But wait, the F-35 you say? The Air Force Version has about the same numbers as the F-18. That is the most efficient version. The Marine and Navy versions do not reach as far.
Interceptor missiles and the awesome CIWS you shout? Sure. But I said that China had followed the same path as the Russians. That means more incoming missiles than you have interceptors. They plan on swamping your defenses. The CIWS only has a few seconds. It can not hit many in that time.
Guess how many planes can hit the target if the Mighty Carrier is at the bottom of the sea.
Launch all your cruise missiles. And China has five times as many targets that aren’t hit. You get the electronic components for your Smart Bombs And Missiles from China. Do you think they are going to sell them if we are at War? A month, maybe two, and you are back to dumb bombs and V-1 missiles mate. Then the war becomes one of attrition. Now what are you going to do? You can’t invade China. If you go Nuclear then the retaliatory strikes hurt you as much as them, probably more. The US Government falls. Now what?