To: DarthVader
I believe they will use the ship as a political tool...and in any intital exchanges, as a method of drawing our own forces (sub surface and air) in to to get her, hoping to inflict as many losses on our forces as possible in the exchange.
We shall see. It is clear, that even if peace holds, that it will be years before the PLAN is proficient in her use in any case.
102 posted on
10/10/2005 12:30:18 PM PDT by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
If they want to do that, we can set our own trap using our new converted Ohio class SSGNs which have absolutely enormous firepower. Our navy always trains to these cold war cat and mouse games. Its the nature of modern naval warfare.
119 posted on
10/10/2005 12:53:10 PM PDT by
DarthVader
(Liberal Democrats = The Excrement of America)
To: Jeff Head
I believe they will use the ship as a political tool...and in any intital exchanges, as a method of drawing our own forces (sub surface and air) in to to get her, hoping to inflict as many losses on our forces as possible in the exchange.
That would be playing the game on the ChiCom's field ... and what is the likelihood of us doing that?
A credible counter to this point that I've heard is that from the ChiCom's political/propaganda and military perspectives they HAVE to take out a US carrier in the opening phases of an action against Taiwan.
OTOH, the US can keep its CSGs out of the Strait (putting them into the Strait as was done back in what? 1998? is a political stunt done at a time when we know the ChiComs aren't going to do anything against it), still conduct operations over Taiwan and the Strait and draw the PLAN out onto a blue-water playing field much more suited to our capabilities.
The wild card here is what happens if the ChiComs are seriously stupid and figure out that exiting the strait with their high-value platforms is suicide ... and decide to go after a US CSG with some nuke-tipped IRBMs? Chances of them actually hitting a CSG would be minimal, but still within the realm of possibility ...
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