Recent headlines leave little doubt: the Department of Defense is now squarely focused on China, with deterring or defeating a potential invasion of Taiwan as its top operational priority.
Good read. The PLA “three dominances” (三权)—air, maritime, and information dominance—are evidence of this reality. And most analysts argue Beijing won’t launch an amphibious assault on Taiwan before achieving them. I write on PLA C4ISR and information warfare on my Substack, if interested. https://ordersandobservations.substack.com
Good article, good points. Yet, I wish you addressed the criticality of logistics/sustainment and its necessity to any conflict lasting more than 72 hours.
If anyone has spent time in China, and with Chinese for any appreciable time would know China will not fight the US for decades, if at all. Economic suicide, and civil upheaval aside, they really do believe we are unpredictable barbarians
Good read. The PLA “three dominances” (三权)—air, maritime, and information dominance—are evidence of this reality. And most analysts argue Beijing won’t launch an amphibious assault on Taiwan before achieving them. I write on PLA C4ISR and information warfare on my Substack, if interested. https://ordersandobservations.substack.com
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Good article, good points. Yet, I wish you addressed the criticality of logistics/sustainment and its necessity to any conflict lasting more than 72 hours.
If anyone has spent time in China, and with Chinese for any appreciable time would know China will not fight the US for decades, if at all. Economic suicide, and civil upheaval aside, they really do believe we are unpredictable barbarians
Wouldn’t you just launch a preemptive large atomic strike? Why have the worlds largest nuclear arsenal and not use it?
Because china has nuclear second strike capabilities and the result would be global nuclear armageddon over a tiny island, which nobody wants.