@rjpeters70:
@DarthShizNit:
100 million men? Meh. 100 million mens worth of military hardware and logistics? I would bat my eyelids like a schoolgirl at the quarterback. Also, “The West” gets worst Korea, Nippon, ROC, and possibly Vietnam and India.
China can talk the talk, but she can’t walk the walk just yet. And she can only militarize so much before everyone else reacts against her.
Yeah, PRC has a large number of dudes with rifles. Yawn. That’s not the problem. The problem is their ASM capabilities linked together with their IADs, sub-surface craft, TLAMs, and their ability to stich it all together into a cohesive A2AD conop.
Which is why we develop counter capabilities like PAC-3 point defense systems, land and sea based TMD capabilities, penetrating fighters, overhead and air-breathing ISR capabilities, and world class ASW capabilities.
Now if we can just convert the four Iowa class battleships into floating missile trucks, we’ll really be in good shape.
I think you misjudged, China’s million of conscripts doesn’t frighten me lol. I’m just saying that realistically, even China would bat an eye at losing 100 million men lol.