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

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

[WTanner1776]

We are still the world’s largest economy. We spend more on our military than the next ten nations combined, and that money buys some terrific weapons. Additionally, our soldiers are better motivated and far better trained than any in the PLA, a force of terror and intimidation.

But, they will take heavy losses, both in terms of personnel and equipment. So, if we want the answer to be “can America defeat China in a war?” to remain “yes,” then we need to make further investments in our military. We cannot be like the British Empire in World War I or II, where they had a small expeditionary force at first, and losing many troops would be disastrous.

America needs to invest in its shipyards to it can repair vessels quickly and build far more of them, both for cargo transportation and for fighting. We need to train more troops and expand both the Navy and Air Force; buying more submarines, destroyers, bombers, and fighter jets. We need to sell the best and most dollar-efficient equipment possible to Taiwan, Japan, India, Australia, and South Korea so that they can fight China too. Missile defense against both cruise and ballistic weapons must be expanded. And, of course, we need to improve our cyber-security and cyber weapons so that we can defeat China in the cyber realm.

[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.