One Ohio SSBN would run out of fruitful targets in China. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nuclear weapons are essentially obsolete, except as a last resort. Too much "Blow back."
China's immense manufacturing capacity is the worry, as well as U.S. actual preparedness against the most modern weapons, and against an enemy who has studied all our potential weaknesses, and who is prepared to accept losses in human lives. (In fact, they have a huge surplus of military-aged males because of their recent decades of female infanticide.)
The future battlefield includes biological, cyber, electromagnetic, robotic/drone, hypersonic and space warfare.
Then, as I mentioned before, there is the rot inside our government and possibly the Pentagon too which we will have to contend with. Congress will try and tie President Trump's hands.
I have been following the progress of a new program called "Skyborg" which, while an important step in the right direction, indicates we are behind the power curve on many of the relevant new technologies.
China's immense manufacturing capacity is the worry When they have no markets after hosing the third world with predatory debt and giving the Covid as a bonus? China has to buy coal, where are they going to get it?
Nuclear weapons are essentially obsolete, except as a last resort.
Which is why everyone who doesn't have them are actively working to change that. New high tech weapons, great. What do you think they're gonna be used on first?
