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Re:Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production by threeseed on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:41PM (#27124506)
You do know that there is the concept of carrier strike groups which involve you putting a bunch of planes on an aircraft carrier and sailing it to the region. Just like UK's HMS Queen Elizabeth is doing as we speak.

Also there are US air bases in Phillipines, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, Guam etc. This is going to be a regional conflict not just between US and China.

Again. Anyone who says there is a 100% chance of winning is delusional and ignores the history of war on this planet.

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Re:Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production by hadlock on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:11AM (#27128944)
China's DF-21/DF-26, assuming they work half as good as they're claiming, will likely largely nullify the advantages of carrier strike groups.

Being able to sink any hostile warship within 2000 miles of the Spratly Islands is a significant deterrent to external military intervention in the region.

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Re:Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production by SkyMarshal on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:41PM (#27125364)
Carriers are dead, thanks to hypersonic missiles. As carriers obsoleted battleships in WWII, hypersonics have obsoleted carriers in the 21st century.
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