> No one would bat an eye if a Carrier Strike group launched F35 fighters to attack the Chinese mainland to disable missiles before they were used. In fact, thi

> No one would bat an eye if a Carrier Strike group launched F35 fighters to attack the Chinese mainland to disable missiles before they were used. In fact, this is 100% expected strategy for this situation. This isn't an accurate understanding of current US military or foreign policy thinking. https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/2491279/reconsidering-attacks-on-mainland-china/ https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/249127... > Military strategists, planners, and force requirements developers should anticipate America’s civilian leadership needing effective military options short of mainland attacks on China. RAND analysts seem to appreciate the risks of homeland attacks, suggesting that “as low as the probability of Chinese first [nuclear weapons] use is, even in the most desperate circumstances of a prolonged and severe war, the United States could make it lower still by exercising great care with regard to the extensiveness of homeland attacks and by avoiding altogether targets that the Chinese could interpret as critical to their deterrent.” Attacks against the mainland are certainly possible, depending on circumstances, but it's neither the default nor expected.