Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by PenisBanana on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:56PM (#25018500)

Back in reality, it's true [China] could ... sink 15 aircraft carriers [in an hour].

That same adversary wouldn't sink a second [15 carriers in the next hour . . . 'cos they'll all be sunk]

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Supermancho on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:38PM (#25019039)

https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/pentagon-releases-annual-chi...

> Back in reality, it's true [China] could ... sink 15 aircraft carriers [in an hour].

That is unlikely. The Chinese military relies on a combination of overwhelming manpower and tactical positioning, not aircraft superiority and tactical missile deployment (although they are equipping with more and more ballistic missiles). This puts the US at a distinct advantage in almost every conflict with the Chinese military. This includes the South Seas.

The presence of the 5 US carriers* off Singapore has deterred the staged Chinese invasion force for the last few months

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/china-sends-two-aircraf... - 3 carriers sent.

2 More were sent by Trump in September (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvgKgLVPckA). .

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Fnoord on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:54PM (#25019211)

I was going to say China would use submarines for such, but they don't appear to have many (in contrast to USA) [1]. My next consideration would be China's red team (APT) but I'm unsure about aircraft carriers being hackable. I mean, it'd make a great fiction novel, perhaps a sequel to Cryptonomicon. Where does China's military strength lie?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_in_s...

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