Many of the US ships, submarines, fighter jets, bomber aircraft, additional munitions, and other systems that are needed to fight would not be near the war when it started but would be thousands of miles away in the United States. They would come under immediate attack once they began their multiweek mobilization across the planet.
Cyberattacks would grind down the logistical movement of US forces into combat. The defenseless cargo ships and aircraft that would ferry much of that force across the Pacific would be attacked every step of the way. Satellites on which US forces depend for intelligence, communications, and global positioning would be blinded by lasers, shut down by high-energy jammers, or shot out of orbit altogether by antisatellite missiles. The command and control networks that manage the flow of critical information to US forces in combat would be broken apart and shattered by electronic attacks, cyberattacks, and missiles. Many US forces would be rendered deaf, dumb, and blind.
While these attacks were under way, America’s forward bases in places like Japan and Guam would be inundated with waves of precise ballistic and cruise missiles. The few defenses those bases have would quickly be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of weapons coming at them, with many leaking through.
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Those bases would have no defense against China’s hypersonic weapons, which can maneuver unpredictably, fly at five times the speed of sound, and strike their targets within minutes of being launched. As all of these missiles slammed into US bases, they would destroy fighter jets and other aircraft on the ground before US pilots could even get them airborne.
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Older, non-stealthy fighter jets, such as F-15s and F-16s, would not play an offensive role, because they could not survive against China’s advanced fighters and surface-to-air missile systems.
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The limited numbers of stealthy, fifth-generation fighter jets that could be brought to bear, such as F-22s and F-35s, can fly only several hundred miles on a single tank of fuel, so they would depend heavily on aerial refueling tankers to be able to reach their targets. But because those tankers are neither stealthy nor equipped with any self-defense capabilities, they would be shot down in large numbers.
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Once the war started, US aircraft carriers in the region would immediately turn east and sail away from China, intent on getting more than a thousand miles away from the opponent’s long-range anti-ship missiles. But from that far away, none of the aircraft on the flight deck would be capable of reaching their targets without aerial refueling, so the Navy would find itself on the horns of the same dilemma the Air Force faced.
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All the while, Chinese satellites and radars would be hunting for those aircraft carriers as well as additional carriers meant to provide reinforcement that would begin their long journey across the Pacific Ocean from wherever they were in the continental United States.
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The Marine Corps would struggle even more than the Navy but for the same reasons. Billions of dollars’ worth of amphibious assault capability, built to deliver US troops onto enemy beaches as they had done for the D-Day landings in 1944 or the forced entry at Inchon at the start of the Korean War, would play no such role.
It’s much worse than this. All the military has been vaxed. We don’t know how many will die from that. All. 50%. 30%. We don’t know. Many of the capabilities are passed on in the organization. It would be likely that maintaining even the simplest of equipment would be impossible.
If it’s a high number in the Navy then all advanced ships will be inoperative.
It is foolish to imagine that a woke de-industrialized nation of 300 Million people with a horribly incompetent Political Class could go half-way around the planet to take on the non-woke Workshop of the World with 1,400 Million people with a highly focused Political Class.
The US was able to act as the Arsenal of Democracy in World War II. Today, the US cannot build a weapon without Chinese computer chips and Russian titanium.
It is time for the US Political Class to get realistic. The world has changed. We should focus on repairing the damage the Political Class has done to this country, and let the rest of the world look after itself.
“We should focus on repairing the damage the Political Class has done to this country.”
The wrecking is ongoing, so I suppose we are safe from outside military attack while our enemies watch and marvel at how far we can fall without a martial shot fired against us.
Bomag says, “our enemies watch and marvel at how far we can fall without a martial shot fired against us.”
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2016/11/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-collapse-of-united-states/
The Political Class is not just incompetent, they are also deeply corrupt. They feel no guilt and are only interested in where to extract the next dollar.
Sam J: LOL, excellent.
There’s a train of thought out there that if we destroy something, we get to “build back better.” But too often destruction is just destruction.
The political class is a class. That’s what’s wrong with it. Every class looks out for its own, and tries to establish itself as a ruling caste.
If legislators were chosen by lottery, we would have true representatives.
Harry Jones says, “If legislators were chosen by lottery, we would have true representatives.”
Another one of these hair brained ideas that are foisted upon us so that we will not pay attention to the real culprits. It’s not an accident that they stopped Federal Senators being selected by the Senates of the States. It’s not an accident that the courts ruled against regional Based Senators in the State Senates, but didn’t do the same to the Federal government. Why it’s unconstitutional for one but not the other, they didn’t explain.
We didn’t wander into this. The country was murdered.
This is another one of these bright, blinding lights to attract people to nonsense. Much like Moldbugs absolute absurdity that we need a King.
This is the equivalent of blowing up the mall and the sewer plant to attract all the cops while the bank is robbed.
Explanations in the link below, and I can obviously give more with voluminous detail if required with maps, statistics, etc.
https://www.isegoria.net/2022/01/popular-support-for-authorities-who-gut-liberalism-when-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-3490942
So true, Sam. Free republics don’t die, they’re killed. And America was killed, first with woman suffrage, then with alcohol and aliens and everything else.
I wonder who could be behind this…
Jim says, “I wonder who could be behind this.”
No, in fact I don’t blame the Jews for all of it (don’t tell anyone, it will ruin my reputation). A lot, but not all of it. A good bit was, what was that quote, “there’s a great deal of ruin in a country”, something like that. People get complacent. Bored, they need the new thing. Things run down.
Sam: “No, in fact I don’t blame the Jews for all of it.”
The Jews? Who said anything about the Jews? Nobody said anything about the Jews until you said something about the Jews. As for myself, I love the Jews. They’re good people, very smart and productive, rich, successful. Are you insinuating something about the Jews? Why are you bad-mouthing the Jews? Well let me tell you, mister, I love the Jews like I love my own flesh and blood. They’re great, just like family. Whoa, whoa. We’re just good with money, okay? No need to get so upset. Chill out, bro, you know what happens when you people get hostile. Never forget the six million. Bush did 9/11.
What is this Christian Brose selling?
And yes he is…
“The Kill Chain”
The Money Train.