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2019-01-14 China-Japan-Koreas

China can't afford to attack an American aircraft carrier

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Posted by DarthVader 2019-01-14 10:31|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 The big problem with this reasoning is the 9/11 precedent.

Comparatively weak Taliban ruled Afghanistan could afford to stage a mass fatality attack on the CONUS that was both an act of war and a war crime.

It is true that present day Afghanistan is a nothing more than sh*thole country. But this is in spite of Western efforts to improve conditions. This is not the effect of Western retaliation.

Western consensus policy since at least 9/11 has dramatically eroded Western deterrence, Chicom rhetoric and action is one of the consequences.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-01-14 11:38|| 2019-01-14 11:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Attacking a US carrier would merit nothing less than full scale war with China. It's kind of like killing a cop. You might get lucky, but the rest of them will be down on you like flies on sh*t.

Posted by Iblis 2019-01-14 13:22|| 2019-01-14 13:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Ref #2: Yes, I believe the sinking or capture of any US vessel would probably bring an end to the China trade problem.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-14 13:47|| 2019-01-14 13:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn’t someone try something like this before.

Pearl Harbor for example.

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-01-14 15:11|| 2019-01-14 15:11|| Front Page Top

#5 You can only attack a US carrier if you can get your attack past the airgroup above, the subs beneath, and the ships surrounding that carrier and even then if you didn't take out that fleet it could probably eliminate the bulk of the Chinese navy without the carrier itself.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-01-14 15:40|| 2019-01-14 15:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Eventually the Chinese would have no maritime trade component left to their economy. I understand this is a large and critical portion of their economy.
I don't think they could adequately feed themselves after imports were terminated and the adjustment to reverting back to self sufficiency would take quite some time. Energy imports would be greatly reduced as would other imported materials which the current level of economic activity needs.

Posted by Roger Smith 2019-01-14 15:56|| 2019-01-14 15:56|| Front Page Top

#7 RS, I made that point several months ago but one of the locals got a burr under his saddle and popped off. You are correct that the Chinese are dependent on the sea lanes to prosper, without them they are just another third world country. That is why control of the South China Sea is so important to them.

Posted by jvalentour 2019-01-14 19:52|| 2019-01-14 19:52|| Front Page Top

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