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My point is that if there's a war with China then the US will seek to contain it to the East China Sea. Kadena is 700km to the Chinese mainland, which is well w
by skhr0680 5y ago
My point is that if there's a war with China then the US will seek to contain it to the East China Sea. Kadena is 700km to the Chinese mainland, which is well within the F-35's combat range of 1000km.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThe issue with Kadena is that it now become too close to the Chinese mainland, enough that it could be disabled by missile strikes. The best thing that could be done would be to have enough range to be able to fly out from a carrier that's relatively safe from antiship missiles. But that may well become impossible anyways as antiship missile evolve.