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Originally Posted by Lune
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Belief that you are infallible has never ended poorly for anybody. American military acquisitions are almost entirely determined by Congressmen who want jobs in their districts; they aren't even asking for more carriers but they are getting them and they're going to like it. The navy is asking for subs, and the other branches are asking for more numerous, cheaper, and cost-effective hardware.
They followed through our assholes in Korea. Though tbf Americans just wanted to enjoy the 50's and not fight a horde of chinamen
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you're right, but like if we stopped buying new stuff today, RAND has wargames that put the US vs. Earth and everytime its a draw or the US wins. that's without outside resources, no new stuff. We have entirely too many weapons, just 1 carrier group is a better military than like 180 other countries. and there are theoretically 11 carrier strike groups.
so take that gear, knowledge and will power and put it up against a fighter like china whos only advantage is numbers, and prevent them from sailing across the taiwan straight and prevent their airborne landings then all you have to worry about is missiles and bombs which we're pretty good at shooting down.
the US didn't have the wherewithal to apply the required force to the korean war, nor did they understand the conflict they were fighting, just like vietnam.
but then they fixed it diplomatically more or less, south korea is a strong military ally cranking out modern war machines that rival our own like they're toyota corollas off an assembly line, and vietnam became such a big business partner immediately after the war that the chinese felt betrayed and invaded in 1979 where they got their ass whooped
which brings us to chinese military experience, which is slim to none. Theres the korean war with zerg tactics and their '79 vietnam incursion with zerg tactics.
its not unreasonable to suspect that the chinese don't know how to fight with, or against, modern military hardware because they never, ever have even tried.