Ok, i’ll bite. What’s east of Ryukyu Islands that gives the Americans geographic advantages?
PLA strike strategies in westpac HIC
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Brainsuker is still working on the old Cold War assumptions such as US naval forces breaking a Soviet blockade of Great Britain for example, but in this situation Chinese firepower and industrial advantages would be something that would enable Chinese forces to directly engage a fully mobilized US naval force in the Pacific and win (a la modern Tsushima), which is why the question is not sound to begin with.
Only an unsound mind would so constantly be generating unsound questions built upon unfounded assumptions.
Ok, for one, it is easier for Japan, Philippine, Taiwan, and US to do "Houthi in Red Sea" than China in that area. The sea is closer to their land, compared to China. So any China ships and aircrafts that come to that area will have to face a web of Anti Air and Anti ship missiles.
Secondly, it is easier for US to plant sea detector / sonar in that area than China. Of course China can do it in peaceful time. But in war time, it is easier for the US to plant military buoy to detect Subs and ships than China. It is also easier for them to plant anti subs underwater sonar than China. Plus, it is also easier for US and her allies to deploy subs in that area than China.
Chinese ships are alot better defended against drones then Russians ones are, I’m sure China is already taken them into consideration but what I’m saying is sinking or hitting a PLAN ship will be alot harder than hitting/sinking a Russian ship
Have you look at the map lately? What is there east of the Ryukyu Islands?
Once the American and Jap forces on Ryukyu Islands neutralized, PLA can plant buoys east of the island chain just as easily.
MALE drones.
They would need more than 80 USV, as even for Ukraine they send muptile USV with some being destroyed but a minimum of 80 USV