Fair enough but one thing you are ignoring is: > Technology failures. The American strategy for air superiority, not just with the F-35 but also with the F-22

Fair enough but one thing you are ignoring is: > Technology failures. The American strategy for air superiority, not just with the F-35 but also with the F-22 and other modern aircraft, is based on two fundamental technologies. The first is “stealth“: using technology to help our planes to evade detection by radar. The second is “BVR”: using long-range missiles to shoot down enemy planes before the pilot can ever even see them. (The acronym stands for “beyond visual range.“) These technologies are the key to the plan for how a smaller, more high-tech force like ours can defeat a more numerous but lower-tech one like China’s. This also holds true for China and BVR strikes against US naval assets [particular Aircraft Carriers] are critical to China's ability to actually invade Taiwan. The truth is we simply don't know what the real outcome of a battle/war would be but things like the OP are pretty much useless unless China can hit us BVR because they are slow enough BVR strikes against them would be viable. US's BVR problem for is it is really limited to aircraft and they need to be able to stop China in the air/water because a protracted land war is untenable. China's BVR problem is the fact they can't stop us throwing as many missiles as we can afford/manufacture at them while maintaining a supply line. I know which problem I'd rather have and it sure as hell isn't supplying an invasion force while my opponent can throw effectively unlimited missiles from BVR at me. Sure, I might be able to stop 80% of them but the US can build basically unlimited quantities of them in a serious war.