India just had a bunch of its soldiers murdered by a PRC attack. That is one. Japan is the PRC boogeyman whenever they need to whip the mob up. Taiwan, Vietnam etc
PRC behaviour resulted in it being surrounded with enemies instead of friends.
Last year US coordinated a deal together with Japan to have MHI help build indigenous modern submarines for Taiwan. Prototype looks suspiciously like Soryu class. Taiwan get half a dozen of those and their ambitions with Taiwan are finished.
PRC has played hard ball for a long time. US finally starting to play by same rules, it’s about time.
Some more empty gestures, then some more special commercial privileges from China for our President’s immediate family members, or maybe a political favor like a transparently fabricated stack of “evidence” against Joe Biden, then everything will suddenly be okay, probably.
> America has 5000 nuclear ICBM missiles.
That is high by 4,600.
Armed conflict against China? Nuclear warfare against China?
America has 5000 nuclear ICBM missiles. China has 300 nuclear ICBM missiles of lesser quality and precision.
Is America looking to exchange a few American cities, in order to destroy the entire Chinese civilization?
What American cities do you want to sacrifice, in order to meet your political objectives?