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I do know, dingbat (the dingbats being of course a proud people with a rich history and a culture which must be respected - necessary disclaimer).

If one cares to take a look at the map of East Asia and the Western Pacific, you will find that it is principally made up of water. Indeed, nearly every land mass that the US and its allies intend to hold on to is separated by hundreds of miles of the damp stuff from any part of China. And if the US wants to reduce the Chinese capacity to do this sort of thing it and its allies will need the means to shoot at, say, the ports, shipyards and airfields of China from a considerable distance.

For the Chinese to get anywhere they will have to sail the ocean blue. And so they will have to be fought in the sea and air. And getting practical here, the relevant weapons are, besides aircraft, long range antiship and land attack missiles. And if the US wants to reduce the Chinese capacity to do this sort of thing it and its allies will need the means to shoot at, say, the ports, shipyards and airfields of China, from a considerable distance.

Things like the TASM - the latest Tomahawk antiship variant, which is badly delayed and in short supply, or the Air Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-158C_LRASM

The normal HIMARS GLMRS munition is too short ranged (80km) to be relevant. Even the ATACMS munition has limited utility. It would reach the Chinese fortified islands in the South China sea from, say, Palawan island or a good slice of coastal Fujian from Taiwan, but thats it. And its useless against moving targets. And the US is not supplying ATACMS to Ukraine.

As for SAMS - which US SAMS are being depleted in Ukraine? Whayt proportion of launchers in service in US forces are deployed there? Yes, show the receipts.

So, go down the list of your annoyances, and given the nature of the forces and geography of the region (yes, look at a map), keeping in mind that the US is NOT going to fight a “land war in Asia” if it can possibly help it, let me know what you think - in detail, having done your homework, and having applied the entirety of your brain to the questions you turn up. I despise lazy people btw.