Can America Defeat China in a War in the 2020s?

https://genzconservative.com/can-america-defeat-china-in-a-war/ ^

[snoringbear]

Ok, bro 🥴

[BroJoeK]

rbmillerjr: "Right now, the Navy would have te rely on long range strategic strike and standoff bombers to deliver the shots..."

Do I take you to mean the US Navy will have to rely on the US Air Force?
Oh, horrors, no! A fate worse than death, the US Navy will need help from our Air Force to win its war?
Say it ain't so! ;-)

Otherwise, all joking aside, I agree with your post.

rbmillerjr: "The navy is just now getting online with the stealthy fuel tankers which will fill the gap and get our F18E/Fs and F35Cs within range."

Cool! Stealthy fuel tankers sounds neat to me.
Maybe the non-stealthy F18s can hide behind the stealthy tankers as they fly into battle?

Sorry... I'm sure they've thought all this out... ;-)

[BroJoeK]

"My counterpoint is that if there is a war between the US and China it is not likely that India, japan, Australia, the U.K. and other powers would sit it out."

All depends... on exactly what sort the war was, where and about what?
Naked aggression by China against its neighbors would be met by unified coordinated opposition.
A Chinese peace-offensive in one area, plus hullabaloo elsewhere to hide aggression in a third area (i.e., Taiwan) might work, especially if our own leadership is under the thumb of zombies who can't think beyond where their own extra paychecks are coming from.

[rbmillerjr]

LOL...

F18E/Fs can use standoff weapons and also be alerted to threats by F35s.