[RayChuang88]

Mind you, we already HAVE Aleigh Burke-class destroyers with substantially-reduced detectability, which means the DDG-51 class destroyers can get close to the Chinese-owned Sovremmeny-class destroyer and seriously damage it with multiple Harpoon attacks.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Yes, the newer Burke-class ships would be a hard target. But the older members of that class, along with Perry-class frigates and Ticonderoga-class cruisers, to say nothing of the carriers, amphibs, and other support ships that we would be sending into harm's way have a considerably larger radar signature.

In a head-to-head fight against the Chinese fleet, the US Navy would get a bloody nose, but the Chinese would be annihilated. Unfortunately, you also have to consider that any fleet engagement would likely be fought with range of Chinese land-based bombers. I think we could take them, but it would get messy. A Guadalcanal-scale messy.