“But crossing the Pacific?? Against the US Navy?? To land in the continental US??
But the article says it’s all concealed in cargo ships.
(I wonder if an armata of a thousand cargo ships from China would sound an alarm?)
Their ships would be stuck offshore with all the ports jammed up and all the troops would die from heat stroke and suffocation.
“But the article says it’s all concealed in cargo ships.”
We’d see them loading. We have eyes on the ground and eyes in the sky and eyes “way up there.” Once they got into the Pacific they’d all be sunk.
If China does this, there will be a surprise attack on the US Navy. One tactical nuclear weapon for every surface ship
in the pacific visible to sattellite. Those can come
in ship-to-ship, ICBM, space to ship, torpedo, merchant-ship to USN ship, and even commercial airliner to USN ship. How much of the USN could they take out that way? If they launched a nuclear missile from a sattellite, you would have only a few minutes travel time, and generally you are not looking straight up with radar - you are looking at the horizon. And the US Pacific fleet is only about 200 ships. The Chinese Navy is 355 ships and growing fast.
Suppose they take out 150 of USN in a surprise attack. 50 ships&submarines now have to deal with thousands of armed vessels in bound. With no ports to return to for replenishment, and all three air craft carriers hit with a nuclear missile. The other 100 USN ships are days to
weeks away. And facing sattellite attack?
The nuclear submarines would still be down there. But they would be waiting for orders from....Biden. Who will
not say “launch on the Chinese ports and bases supplying
this”.
As for land forces, if China nukes the west coast,
then opposing force have to cross the mountains. It
would be a race to who controls the passes.
Then what do you do? Bomb every container ship in the
Pacific? Every cargo ship inbound for USA? YOu’d
have to tell them all to turn around at sea or face
being bombed if they kept on in.
China could put thousands of merchant-marine vessels
int he water. It would all come down to how long
we spend being dazed and confused, and how long Biden
dithers. We can count on Biden dithering. Biden
will delay the response of the military.
They’ll tell us it’s all of the back ordered merchandise then spring the trap.
It sounds like a genius plan. They can just fill up containers, each holding a small squad of soldiers, some food and water, and a collection of magazines to read. Then after they cross the ocean locked in a hot steel box the containers will be sent all over America on trains and trucks.
When they get to urban areas they'll knock loudly and hope someone lets them out so they can launch their attack.