Ping post #8.
I did not see your post when I posted #8.
We are correct. The choppers offer no deterent when the Chicoms are rapidly building up for tactical nuclear war.
Yep, some cruise missles, a few deep-penitration MOBILE land-based nukes, and about 3 subs with medium-range ballistic/cruise potential.
Maybes some old 737s retrofitted so that they can hang some cruise missles off of 'em and leave one loitering 24-7, 365. (Why buy a B-52? Any old airframe would work!)
The red chinese, unlike the muslims, love their -ONE- child, so MAD will work.
Indeed, the ONE child issue in China will probably do more to stop their human-wave attacks than anything.