PLA Strike Strategies in Westpac HIC

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antiterror13

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Wrought said:
You are indeed wrong. You've confused the total government budget with the military budget.

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The military budget is an order of magnitude smaller, at $70 billion.

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Japan's defense budget for 2026 is 9.04 trillion yen (≈ $58 billion USD). Up 3.8% from FY2025
 
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tokenanalyst

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Gloire_bb said:
It's a ground base. Even if thoroughly attacked (and frankly there's limit to how much China can strike at this range), it will not sink into the Ocean.
With sufficient reinforcement and ABM, well built base can soak a lot of stand off strikes, and be still quite recoverable.

No need to look for "haha" explanations, like everything is pointless and predetermined. It's a fluid state, and building fortified bases (like this one) moves the needle.

At some point, this will need a stand in solution.
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Unless they have some underground facilities, pretty much anything in the surface is gone and give that has taken years built I don't think is replaceable that easy, everything is packed is such small space that strategic or tactical value is pretty diminished. The base is pretty much at the range of mid range missiles and cruise missiles.

For sake, the missiles don't even need to have high precision or even complex navigation systems just a lot of explosive power. Still don't see the strategy value except to deflect fire power from population centers, which is a good thing.
 
Wrought

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antiterror13 said:
Japan's defense budget for 2026 is 9.04 trillion yen (≈ $58 billion USD). Up 3.8% from FY2025
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Yes, but as noted in the source I provided, they are also proposing a supplemental of 1.1 trillion yen.

“Combined with the initial budget of approximately 9.9 trillion yen, the total amount will be approximately 11 trillion yen. As a result, it can be said that in FY2025, we have already achieved the 2 percent of GDP level set out in the National Security Strategy,” Japan Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday during a press conference.
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I have a question, and maybe it’s not really appropriate for this thread, but I honestly don’t know where else to ask:

Under what conditions do you think a conflict in the Western Pacific might come to an end?

I’m not asking who would win.

My thinking is along these lines: the war would only become an option for China to end if the U.S. military force were weakened to the point where it could no longer constrain China’s economic and technological development, otherwise, continuing the conflict might be preferable.

For the US , the goal of a preventive war would be to weaken China until it is no longer strong enough to challenge American dominance.
 
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DeltaGreen said:
I have a question, and maybe it’s not really appropriate for this thread, but I honestly don’t know where else to ask:

Under what conditions do you think a conflict in the Western Pacific might come to an end?

I’m not asking who would win.

My thinking is along these lines: the war would only become an option for China to end if the U.S. military force were weakened to the point where it could no longer constrain China’s economic and technological development, otherwise, continuing the conflict might be preferable.

For the US , the goal of a preventive war would be to weaken China until it is no longer strong enough to challenge American dominance.
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Ends when either China establishes tributary states in West PAC or the whole nation is conquered and subjugated.
 
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