So we better start trying to be diplomatic and peaceful with China right?
Right?
I think America could address basically all the deficiencies in the article, create peacetime supply chain to make 1000 air launched cruise missiles a month and 10 Fast Attack Submarines a year at only a modest annual increase to the military budget, and then it's in a winning position over China.
Am I ignorant? Like is China really just gonna start a war over Taiwan? It just feels like the a West is projecting.
I think China has red lines that could force them to start a war the same as happened with Russia and Ukraine. For example, if US starts putting missiles in Taiwan that can hit major cities in China, that would likely be one such red line. That said, China has no interest in starting a war because they know that the power balance is shifting in their favor in the long run.
It is mostly projecting. If we put a nato base there China might put up a fight to keep us from doing that. It is unclear if that would come in thr form of a mysterious fire that burns down the tragic resources, trade sanctions thst would actually cripple the us economy
China will reunify with Taiwan, that will probably require an invasion. Don't make the same mistake many people made with respect to Ukraine. It could be decades away, but it will happen.
Tbh, I don't follow this particular issue closely enough to have an informed opinion. But thank you for the answer.
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