antiterror13
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and you don't need all expensive missiles, even an old obsolete cheap silkworm missile would do the job to deplete the inventory of CBG missile
Also remember that it takes minimum 2-3 missiles to shot down a missile
PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency
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and you don't need all expensive missiles, even an old obsolete cheap silkworm missile would do the job to deplete the inventory of CBG missile
Also remember that it takes minimum 2-3 missiles to shot down a missile
Chinese planners should be aware that the US is using the Ukraine war not just to get rid of old inventory but also planning how much munitions they would consume in the coming war against China, and tweaking data for their own platforms under EW attack by Russian systems
While they could use the experience to learn, just like China would do using Russian data, it is still not a planned move nor conductive to the eventual war performance of an American offensive vs China to participate in Ukraine. There is no 4D chess. "getting rid of old inventory" is just cope. In a war vs an economy that outstrips them by a fair bit, US would want everything that can shoot as quickly deployed as possible, to make it's gains a fait accompli before China mobilizes. Depleting missiles and artillery stocks ain't smart.
Ukraine is like 99% a Land war, do you see major clashes happening between U.S and Chinese ground forces ? How and where ?
One, resources need to be spent to replace the spent ammunition, resources that won't go to fighting a naval/aerial war. Two, you don't always get to fight on the ground that you choose. Some allies of the US who may consider participating in the war may be threatened with a ground war.
If this war has shown anything, its that the old "logistics win wars" saying is still as much valid as it was thousand of years ago.
All these fancy equipment and weaponry will be quickly consumed in a high intensity war. That's where industrial base matters
Imagine if China was in Russia's case. By year 2 of the war, China would be producing so much weaponry that it would make late WW2 America look like kindergarden.
We talk in these forums about military equipment a lot, but China's biggest strength is its industry. The world probably still cannot comprehend how vast China's industry is.
Just recall how quickly BYD adapted its production lines and then ramped up to produce masks during Covid and how by the end of it, it was one of the biggest mask producers... Compare that to Ford and you will understand what I am saying
The US is suicidal I see.
US is fully dependent on Chinese Anti-biotics and pharmaceutical. 5Mil American is gonna be dead by the end of the Year just from that.
I love this part.
If what Beijing did in Hong Kong is "draconian", what do they think is the "correct" response to mass rioting and a potential color revolution attempt?