I believe he might have meant that there are 10 Million more in the PLA (Army) OLONE than we have in our Army?
A war that would extend beyond the sea with China would be like nothing this country has ever faced.
We could win, but not without using Nuclear weapons.
The determination on the use of these weapons, comes directly from the political will of the leadership in the White House.
So when the Presidents snotty kids run around PUBLICLY wearing NO NUC’s t-shirts other countries get a pretty solid idea about how that decision will come out.
The Chinese do now have some advanced weapons, but its their Communist ideology that I fear most. This will ruthlessly drive them to remain constantly aggressive with no remorse for the killing that they do all in the name of their Communist beliefs.
So win or lose this war with Taiwan that will force more confrontations that must be to be dealt with over and over against more and more advanced weaponry.
As time goes on and those weapons become even more advanced the prospects of facing an ever growing military capability would be very dismal.
IMO if any war really did take place we would have to cripple their economy and their military - SEVERELY, while fighting to maintain the Carrier battle group in the fight. This would be a way to diminish the rising military capability AND, maybe more importantly, the economic engine they are using to pay for these advanced weapons. Consider going on the offense a big investment in the future.
It might, but most likely will not, also get the attention of these little dictators in Beijing to think about changing their ideology a bit.
Completely. And they are master deceivers to make people think they're harmless.
PLAN is atout 3 million soldiers with a large number of reserve units.
Honestly I’d just leave the Nimitz or which ever task forces in the region in place and go with nuclear torpedos. Then wait for the Chinese to be reasonable again.