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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by msh on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:46AM (#26383199)
>Rather, China will delay until they can fight the US Navy in the Indian ocean.

Remember that there are two other large navies in the area that are hostile to china (india and japan, both who have significant blue water navies)

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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by Koiwai on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:09AM (#26383626)
India and Japan, large navy, sorry, I can't stop laughing.
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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by msh on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:20AM (#26383678)
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy
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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by Koiwai on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:29AM (#26383726)
We have different definitions of "large".

Anyway, if WW3 really happens, hard to say which side they'll choose.

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Re:US-China War over Taiwan: All Measures Short of a Cross S... by Ancapistani on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @01:53AM (#26396161)
I can’t imagine many circumstances where Japan would be willing to ally with China.
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