Chances are we already have other ships in the area. Particularly attack and guided missile submarines, which usually operate independently of carrier groups. And I think we usually have a few Aegis ships tasked with ballistic missile defense in the area too. And can certainly surge more.
We can deploy a LOT of airpower to Guam and Japan pretty quickly. But that moves them into the target zone for ChiCom ballistic missiles.
Oh, and the Navy is about to do a three-way deck swap with CVNs with Roosevelt, Washington and Reagan. Over the next several months there will be more CSGs available in the region than is normally the case.
And thats before factoring in the US’s qualitative superiority in just about all areas.
Iow, the chart may be “accurate” but it’s also BS.
My thoughts exactly.
This situation was predicted by Dale Brown in 1998.
http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Terrain-Dale-Brown/dp/0425162605