[kabar]

Seriously. Five carriers are vaporized in a BOOB attack one day in 2017, followed by a massed amphibious assault on Taiwan. Wargame it for me.

WWIII follows. Our forces throughout the world would be mobilized including in the region inplaces like Guam and Japan. The nuclear triad of land based missiles, submarine launched nuclear weapons, and aircraft and cruise missiles armed with nuclear weapons would retaliate.

Taiwan would be an afterthought. You don't wipe out five carriers without the subsequent Armageddon. The Japanese learned that after Pearl Harbor.

[Jim Noble]

The nuclear triad of land based missiles, submarine launched nuclear weapons, and aircraft and cruise missiles armed with nuclear weapons would retaliate

Meaning what, exactly?

What is the path to victory after my hypothetical? War Plan Orange was in existence (more or less) for 20 years prior to 1941, and it was followed (more or less).