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I'm saying a blockade would be the war. This is all just theoretical. Who knows what will happen after a Taiwan invasion. But I don't see a "blockade war" requ

• ashwagary 4y ago
  After the last blockade killed ~40m people under Mao, I think any move to blockade will be seen as another mass murder attempt and an initiation of WW3.
  • foobarbaz33 4y ago
    Well, yes the question is about a theoretical WW3 and what people should stock up on to prepare. The morality of WW3 is a separate question in its own right. But I don't see a blockade as the "initiation" of WW3. I see it as the meat and potatoes of the war. The middle and end. Enforced at choke points and open waters far from the mainland. With neither side even considering a land invasion of the other. An ocean war with small fights, flying drones, under water drones, etc.
    • ashwagary 4y ago
      >I see it as the meat and potatoes of the war. The middle and end. Are you saying an attempted or successful blockade would end a war? I disagree. I think any country that has seriously considered a war with the US as a likely eventuality knows targeting the US mainland is a top priority as far as countermeasures go. American residents not being in the vicinity of the true cost of war is a tremendous privilege that wont be allowed to continue indefinitely, I expect this is why long range hypersonic missile development is only ramping up.
      • foobarbaz33 4y ago
        > Are you saying an attempted or successful blockade would end a war? Yes. I do believe a blockade and minor ocean fighting would be as far as it escalates. I see nuclear war as China's only option to retaliate.