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You probably should look at the maps of how far Chinese missiles can go. https://i2.wp.com/missilethreat.csis.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ChinaMissiles_Map_

You probably should look at the maps of how far Chinese missiles can go. https://i2.wp.com/missilethreat.csis.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ChinaMissiles_Map_2020-scaled.jpg https://i2.wp.com/missilethreat.csis.org/wp-content/uploads/... The YJ-21 is 1500km, more than enough to strike Japan's mainland let alone the nearby Ryukyus. If the US Navy wishes to support Taiwan, we will be open to those missiles.

seanmcdirmid 4y ago
So? You don't think the USA has the same missiles in Japan and Korea ready to go as well? If China wants to launch missiles at Japan, what would stop the USA from launching similar missiles at China?
- dragontamer 4y ago
  China isn't going to launch missiles at Japan. But they have the capability to launch missiles at a US Carrier Strike Group who has retreated towards Japan. That means that our Navy will be within Chinese missile range during Taiwanese defense operations. We aren't going to support Taiwan from Japan or Korea. We're going to use our Supercarriers to sail closer and then support Taiwan in a more direct fashion. But that means our carriers have a high chance of being shot at, and possibly sunk, by these missiles. And we'll need to sail very far away (far in excess of Japan) before our CSG is safe from the Chinese missile range. I absolutely expect our Carriers to be attacked, and possibly even sunk, in the upcoming fight. ----------- There's still a lot of ocean to hide in when our CSGs enter that missile range. It will be a matter of killing the Chinese sensors (ex: drones, spycraft, and avoiding satellites) which are looking for our carriers. We're gonna need our Carriers to be closer so that there's a reasonable response time to scramble and defend Taiwan. If it takes 2-hours for our airplanes to launch from a Carrier and support Taiwan (because they're cowards and hiding in Japan), then our airplanes simply will be too late to help with the defense. I don't know how fast the Chinese can scramble and attack Taiwan, but they have gross advantages in terms of distance. Only a Carrier can even the odds, and that carrier needs to be physically close to Taiwan. That's just how the fight will go.
  - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
    Yes they do. And so does the USA. The only question is how far China is willing to go to take Taiwan, and how far the USA is willing to counter them over the island. Technically speaking, the USA is already in the region, they placed a bunch of resources in the Ryukyus specifically as a deterrent to China invading Taiwan, and why they don't need to be in Taiwan proper for that deterrent to be effective. The USA does not need carriers anywhere near Taiwan when China invades. They can handle everything from island airstrips. And we totally would support Taiwan from the Ryukyus, thats the whole reason we are there to begin with.

seanmcdirmid 4y ago

So? You don't think the USA has the same missiles in Japan and Korea ready to go as well? If China wants to launch missiles at Japan, what would stop the USA from launching similar missiles at China?

dragontamer 4y ago
China isn't going to launch missiles at Japan. But they have the capability to launch missiles at a US Carrier Strike Group who has retreated towards Japan. That means that our Navy will be within Chinese missile range during Taiwanese defense operations. We aren't going to support Taiwan from Japan or Korea. We're going to use our Supercarriers to sail closer and then support Taiwan in a more direct fashion. But that means our carriers have a high chance of being shot at, and possibly sunk, by these missiles. And we'll need to sail very far away (far in excess of Japan) before our CSG is safe from the Chinese missile range. I absolutely expect our Carriers to be attacked, and possibly even sunk, in the upcoming fight. ----------- There's still a lot of ocean to hide in when our CSGs enter that missile range. It will be a matter of killing the Chinese sensors (ex: drones, spycraft, and avoiding satellites) which are looking for our carriers. We're gonna need our Carriers to be closer so that there's a reasonable response time to scramble and defend Taiwan. If it takes 2-hours for our airplanes to launch from a Carrier and support Taiwan (because they're cowards and hiding in Japan), then our airplanes simply will be too late to help with the defense. I don't know how fast the Chinese can scramble and attack Taiwan, but they have gross advantages in terms of distance. Only a Carrier can even the odds, and that carrier needs to be physically close to Taiwan. That's just how the fight will go.
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  Yes they do. And so does the USA. The only question is how far China is willing to go to take Taiwan, and how far the USA is willing to counter them over the island. Technically speaking, the USA is already in the region, they placed a bunch of resources in the Ryukyus specifically as a deterrent to China invading Taiwan, and why they don't need to be in Taiwan proper for that deterrent to be effective. The USA does not need carriers anywhere near Taiwan when China invades. They can handle everything from island airstrips. And we totally would support Taiwan from the Ryukyus, thats the whole reason we are there to begin with.