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The point isn’t the war. The point is the impossibility of war. If China gets a radical leader, they might start a hot war with the US over Taiwan or something.
by dclowd9901 3y ago
The point isn’t the war. The point is the impossibility of war. If China gets a radical leader, they might start a hot war with the US over Taiwan or something. But not if the US has them clearly outgunned. It’s as much in China’s interest as the US’s.
- viciousvoxel 3y agoThis. Being on equal-or-better footing acts as a deterrent. Same reason countries don't keep all of their warfare technologies secret, e.g. the DoD makes press releases about new technologies and will publish just enough specs for an adversary to figure out that it defeats some advantage they had thought they had.