The Mongolian Thrust would be one scenario.
Posted on 08/25/2025 11:07:42 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
Taiwan can afford to buy a lot of F-35s.
Nukes baby. Make it clear we will use them if we need to.
The US withdrew from the treaty formally (and unilaterally) in 1980 (Carter, of course).
Under the conditions of the current Taiwan Relations Act, the decision about the nature and quantity of defense services that America will provide to Taiwan is to be determined by the President and Congress.
However we have left open the option of intervention. I suppose the level of involvement there would be determined by what PRC does in terms of military action directly involving US assets.
Boeing f-47. Price per plane current estimation of $300m.
Instead imagine building 1,000 low tech drone and some manned aircraft of many kinds, with a *price tag limit* of $300,000 each.
Same cost. Who is going to win the fight? 1,000 to 1.
War has long been a balance between high quality and large numbers for a long time. If a military becomes too imbalanced in either direction, it becomes vulnerable.
And with some very unforgiving flight characteristics that kept people constantly on their toes even when things were going well. Bad combo.
As a little kid with a dad who had been in the Korean War-era USAF, I was fascinated by the B-47, which for some reason I thought was the best looking airplane yet.
The F-47 reminds me of some arrowheads I used to find along the river... and not pretty arrowheads, either.
As if China can materially threaten mainland US.
The Mongolian Thrust would be one scenario.
The B-47 had classic good looks — and a tendency to crash. About ten percent of them were lost, some 203 aircraft crashes. As for the F-47, only an aviation engineer could think it good looking. I have no doubt though that its performance will be exceptional.
A cheaper solution would to give Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea intermediate range missiles under joint control armed with our most advanced nuclear warhead the W87. Below is from Wiki.
“The original yield of the W87 was 300 kilotons, but it has the announced ability to be upgraded to a yield of 475 kilotons, presumably by using more highly enriched uranium (HEU) in the fusion secondary stage tamper. It is not known if that upgrade was completely tested and ready to implement, or merely designed.[4]”
China could defeat Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in war. If these nations were armed with nukes the price would be unbearable to China. War would not happen.
Again, can we afford it?
“No bucks, No Buck Rogers”....
Raytheon, Boeing, the Pentagon.... one big buddy system composed of corrupt politicians and even worse contractors. F*** the bs National Security Journal.
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