> China has an overwhelming array of surface to air missiles False, China has at most 10 long to medium range air defence regiments, most near its capital. Fo

> China has an overwhelming array of surface to air missiles False, China has at most 10 long to medium range air defence regiments, most near its capital. For everything else, China's SAMs are outranged even by glide bombs. > China has an estimated 300+ nuclear warheads; potentially more That's obviously not enough to blunt even a quarter of US military potential, even if they have many times the number of missiles, or can launch them all in a surprise attack.