North Vietnam never had the ability to strick America mainland either.What makes me so sure, lol. Because China doesn’t want to start WWIII. Because this war will mostly be fought in Asia, around the first island chain. Because with the exception of nukes and ballistic missiles, China lacks the ability to strike America mainland.
Successful or not is a different convo. But yea I can guarantee destruction of Chinese war industries is part of the Pentagon war games. Chinese industries can rebuild faster than America. There is no victory for America if China can replenish faster.