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marble falls

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5. If the US wants to put the 7th Fleet anywhere on China's coast ...

Reply to Ghost Dog (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 04:35 PM

Jan 2020

there's not a freaking thing effective thing they could do about it short of initiating nuclear war.

Its headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan; less than five hundred miles from North Korea or China.

My money is on the USN in any sort of naval confrontation with China.

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It's so expensive to have conflict Blues Heron Jan 2020 #2

China is larger in numbers but they certainly do not begin to match the USN in ability ... marble falls Jan 2020 #3

China only needs to protect the mainland, Ghost Dog Jan 2020 #4

If the US wants to put the 7th Fleet anywhere on China's coast ... marble falls Jan 2020 #5

Sure. But why would the US ever want Ghost Dog Jan 2020 #6

That wasn't the point of the OP, the OP suggested that the Chinese somehow ... marble falls Jan 2020 #7

This has been considered. The US Navy comes out poorly even without nuclear weapons used NickB79 Jan 2020 #8

Fortunately aircrafts carriers don't go anywhere and station alone. I'd rather be on the carrier ... marble falls Jan 2020 #9

The war games they modeled used full carrier battle groups NickB79 Jan 2020 #10