We’ve been chased out jungles by guys in sandals, black pajamas, and AKs in their back yard. We have been chased out of the deserts and mountains by guys in sandals, funny head-dress, and AKs in their back yard. If we go to war with China in their back yard, the US Navy will become fish reefs on the seafloor.
China’s Navy and missile forces are very much a threat to our surface fleet operating in the vicinity of Taiwan, but our submarines in particular are a real threat that China does not have the ASW capabilities to deal with.
A definite concern and just how effective such an approach would be depends on how closely China's claims of improvinging its kill chain match actual capabilities.
We’ve been chased out jungles by guys in sandals, black pajamas, and AKs in their back yard. We have been chased out of the deserts and mountains by guys in sandals, funny head-dress, and AKs in their back yard. If we go to war with China in their back yard, the US Navy will become fish reefs on the seafloor.
China’s Navy and missile forces are very much a threat to our surface fleet operating in the vicinity of Taiwan, but our submarines in particular are a real threat that China does not have the ASW capabilities to deal with.
China can just blockade Taiwan with ground based missiles; the straight is only 80 to 120 miles.
A definite concern and just how effective such an approach would be depends on how closely China's claims of improvinging its kill chain match actual capabilities.