[DIRTYSECRET]

Think Taiwan Strait. Should the Chicoms do a massive amphibious assault a trap could be set for them. The assault would only happen after a major air assault when all bets are off. The troop carrying ships would/could be sitting ducks.

[Zhang Fei]

[Think Taiwan Strait. Should the Chicoms do a massive amphibious assault a trap could be set for them. The assault would only happen after a major air assault when all bets are off. The troop carrying ships would/could be sitting ducks.]

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The risks to the invasion force are eye-watering. 7,000 naval vessels conducted D-Day, the fruits of an unprecedented mobilization of the US economy (40% of GDP vs 3% today). China is barely past 500.