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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by expressrunning on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:32PM (#19803687)
"China’s Rear Adm. Luo Yuan [said] the key for Chinese domination in those hotly contested waters could lie in the sinking of two U.S. aircraft carriers. 'What the United States fears the most is taking casualties,' the admiral said, before adding that such an attack on two of the U.S. Navy’s steel behemoths would claim upwards of 10,000 lives."

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/04/well-see...

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by chriselles on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:36PM (#19803724)
I do think this is hyperbole.

Sinking a US aircraft carrier would be a direct attack on the sovereignty of the United States.

It would e like sinking Rhode Island(slightly bigger).

Retribution would be overwhelming.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by Jedi72 on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:41PM (#19803745)
Yeah nukes would fly I imagine.
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by threatofrain on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:50PM (#19803788)
I'm not sure countries would nuke each other to death over that.
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by boomboomsubban on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:19PM (#19803980)
It's hard to imagine whatever war that started ending without nukes.
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by kuzehanka on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:40PM (#19803740)
Retribution with what? If the carriers are taken out the US has no way to project any kind of meaningful force in that region.

Any scenario (unlikely as it may be) that involves china successfully destroying 2 US carriers would also involve their confidence in being able to destroy the rest in their coastal region.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by AYBABTME on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:50PM (#19803795)
That's untrue, plenty of bases in the area, and plenty of airdrop capabilities.
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by sbjustin on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:50PM (#19803792)
We have 10 carriers and air bases all over the world...
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by chriselles on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:48PM (#19803776)
If there is clear attribution for the sinking of a US carrier the offenders would get glassed with a Trident D5.
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by shdh on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:53PM (#19803815)
Mutually assured destruction.

The initial attack likely never takes place.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by Sabinus on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:56AM (#19805133)
If there is clear attribution for the nuking of a country, the offenders will be glassed by multiple warheads. Nukes aren't ever a sane response to escalating traditional tensions.
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by th1nkdifferent on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:14PM (#19803957)
ICBMs
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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by bsder on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:50PM (#19803789)
> "What the United States fears the most is taking casualties"

That's also a good way to piss off rank and file Americans who normally don't give a damn.

Want the US to go cold turkey off of Chinese imports? That's how you do it.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by sbjustin on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:53PM (#19803819)
Agreed. History certain supports your statement.
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