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I believe the point made above was in regards to China. SK's ~1500ish MBT's and ~200ish Gen4 aircraft isn't so "well equipped" or "robust" when put up against t

• greedo 10y ago
  China roughly outmatches SK by 4:1 across the board, but China has to worry about more than just SK. They have to be concerned about India, Vietnam, Russia, Japan, SK, and of course the US. China has been on an incredible spending spree and upgraded a lot of their equipment, but there not as well trained as other modern militaries. This is changing, but not something that can be done overnight.
  • snowwrestler 10y ago
    If the U.S. withdraws into itself, that will dramatically accelerate all of this. China knows it can't beat the U.S. in a shooting war, but it also knows the U.S.'s #1 interest in the region is "no shooting wars." The U.S. wants peaceful stability. China knows that we don't have territorial ambitions in Asia. Lots of other countries do though.