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'We're going to lose fast': U.S. Air Force war games regarding China
- IXxXI 6y agoHow does china defeat america's F-35s and F-22s. With a significantly smaller defense budget. Someone enlighten me how this happens.
- MikeUt 6y agoRelated, export control of key US technologies has been deliberately weakened: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/missiles062698.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campf... https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/02/flashback-bill-clinton-collected-donations-then-us-missile-tech-shipped-to-china/ https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/02/flashback-bill-clinton-co... https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/11/world/clinton-approves-technology-transfer-to-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/11/world/clinton-approves-te...
- sammyo 6y agoThe first battles certainly, but unless MAD occurs we have at least a few Patton/Eisenhower/MacArthur's that would rise to the occasion. And as impressive at the Chinese are at tech they are in a sense dependant on yankee ingenuity which would get cut off quick.
- aksss 6y agoThe title doesn't give much context, but this is specifically related to planning for China's anticipated annexation of Taiwan. China's advantage is that they are close to Taiwan, and speed in achieving their takeover is to their advantage. "the Chinese were doing a good job of investing in military capabilities that would make our preferred model of expeditionary warfare, where we push forces forward and operate out of relatively safe bases and sanctuaries, increasingly difficult"
- hindsightbias 6y agoSo DoD wants more money for a war it will never fight. All those ships and planes won’t stop the Chunnel.