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China has UPPER HAND if war breaks out with USA - ‘Extremely challenging' for US military
https://www.msn.com ^ | 3/5/2021 | Simon Osborne

Posted on 03/05/2021 11:33:32 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

Neither side has the appetite for all-out war but experts fear their intense strategic competition in which both conduct carefully calculated tests of the other's resolve could spill over into violent confrontation. And US military expert Lyle Goldstein warned there was a solid chance the US could lose the first fight with the People's Liberation Army in the event of a full-on conflict.

Prof Goldstein from the Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute in Newport, Rhode Island, told Newsweek: "It is very plausible to say there is no guarantee of victory in the first phases."

He said scenarios for such a confrontation varied substantially but warned all "are extremely challenging" for US forces.

He said: "I think China now has adequate forces, including air, missile, electronic warfare, spec ops, naval, undersea and nuclear to likely prevail in the first phase and perhaps in subsequent phases too."

He said weaponry had a "quite important" role but said China would gain the upper hand because of its favourable geography, greater will and the willingness to strike first."

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To: RomanSoldier19

China invaded Vietnam on February 17, 1979. A month later they were sent packing with their tail between their legs.


121 posted on 03/08/2021 9:27:00 AM PST by jmacusa (The result of conformity is everyone will like you but yourself.)
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Is LA worth Taiwan?

Have you driven around LA lately? It's mostly closed for business, inhabited by homeless, and policed by Soros justice.

122 posted on 03/08/2021 9:56:55 AM PST by Gritty (Political opponents using the law as a weapon threaten the very foundation of our liberty-Pres Trump)
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