China’s advanced anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses—comprising missile, tracking, and counter-space systems—create formidable challenges for U.S. forces, preventing effective naval and air deployment in contested areas.
Its also impractical and entirely opposite to the decades long Chinese naval strategy. China doesn’t have an effective blue water navy anywhere near the strength of the US’, and the PLAN would get sent to the ocean floor the second they attempted to break out towards the second island chain.
Almost because their naval strategy is focused around a green water navy centered on maintaining superiority of China’s coastline and everything within the first island chain. Leaving US naval assets unable to maintain supply lines to Taiwan and the Philippines, with any vessels they send getting swarmed my smaller craft and AShM’s.
I’ve read that China really is trying to develop a blue water navy, and is seriously challenging the U.S. more than was expected. I’m not saying that makes it equivalent to the U.S. though.
Then again, that argument could at least partially be fearmongering from the Amerikkkan imperialist rather than actual policy goals and actions.
Playing Devil’s Advocate, while China would and should obviously make it’s priority the first island chain, wouldn’t it be “better” to have a dedicated force or plan to also attack from and reinforce from the second island chain if the opportunity presents itself?
And I assume that the chance of the U.S. taking Taiwan are less than 1 percent?
Its also impractical and entirely opposite to the decades long Chinese naval strategy. China doesn’t have an effective blue water navy anywhere near the strength of the US’, and the PLAN would get sent to the ocean floor the second they attempted to break out towards the second island chain.
Almost because their naval strategy is focused around a green water navy centered on maintaining superiority of China’s coastline and everything within the first island chain. Leaving US naval assets unable to maintain supply lines to Taiwan and the Philippines, with any vessels they send getting swarmed my smaller craft and AShM’s.
I’ve read that China really is trying to develop a blue water navy, and is seriously challenging the U.S. more than was expected. I’m not saying that makes it equivalent to the U.S. though.
Then again, that argument could at least partially be fearmongering from the Amerikkkan imperialist rather than actual policy goals and actions.
Playing Devil’s Advocate, while China would and should obviously make it’s priority the first island chain, wouldn’t it be “better” to have a dedicated force or plan to also attack from and reinforce from the second island chain if the opportunity presents itself?
And I assume that the chance of the U.S. taking Taiwan are less than 1 percent?