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The Black Sea is smaller than the Pacific through. The theory I heard is that in an hypothetical US-China war the US Navy would be able to stay in the Pacific b
by grotorea 3y ago
The Black Sea is smaller than the Pacific through. The theory I heard is that in an hypothetical US-China war the US Navy would be able to stay in the Pacific but far away from the coast.
- Animats 3y ago> the US Navy would be able to stay in the Pacific but far away from the coast. Google Earth view of Taiwan.[1] Spend some time looking at the geography. - Taiwan is only about 100km from the mainland. - Almost all the development in Taiwan is on the west coast, facing China. - The developed strip is only 10-20km deep. - The middle of the island is a north-south mountain range. This was a good defensive situation until China built large numbers of truck-mounted anti ship missiles with more than enough range to cross the Taiwan strait, and a large number of warships able to operate over that range. [1] https://earth.google.com/web/@23.88435184,119.65980108,35.12604829a,461965.61587639d,60y,0h,0t,0r https://earth.google.com/web/@23.88435184,119.65980108,35.12...