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> The US heavily relies on its naval assets especially its aircraft carriers to project power across the globe. Maybe that should change. Carriers were king in
by worrycue 5y ago
> The US heavily relies on its naval assets especially its aircraft carriers to project power across the globe.
Maybe that should change. Carriers were king in the era before missiles. In this day and age I wonder how effective carriers really are against adversaries with high tech missiles.
I also wonder if the US will come up with their own version and test it by hitting a dummy target in the SCS - signalling it’s meant for the Chinese Navy; it would be funny if everything China comes up to weaken the power of the US Navy was in turn used to weaken their Navy should they try to invade Taiwan.
- dogma1138 5y agoTaiwan is 100 miles of the coast of mainland China. China doesn’t need massive ships to invade Taiwan. It can invade it with inflatable rafts if push comes to shove and since the mainland is 100 miles away it’s well within the range of rocket artillery and air assets.
- worrycue 5y agoSo they are going to invade with just unprotected troops and no other hardware? No armour. No artillery strikes on Taiwan - the farthest hitting artillery is only 43.5 miles; according to Google, by the US Army ironically. Are they going to re-supply the invasion force via inflatable rafts too? In the worst case, the missiles can be adapted for anti-personnel use with cluster munition warheads to shower the battlefield with shrapnel - which should be pretty effective against troops not protect by armour.