Yes, I am aware of China's short comings; their jet engines are shit, this is known.
There is a reason my doubts center on sea power, not air power.
Also, I'm not sold on our warhead production capabilities after learning about the FOGxLIGHT fuck up and the issues it highlighted. The DoE's internal classification system and issues with personnel familiar with thing retiring or dying without passing on critical knowledge is a real issue forcing us to reverse engineer some of our own shit.
As for tunnels...we have hardened underground bits of major bases (and things like Cheyenne Mountain); China has literally built thousands of miles of interconnected tunnels over massive parts of it's interior that go between bases, silo's, and other bits. The even call it thier new Great Wall.
Now unless one of my vet friends from my legal weed trimming days is actually right about the rumors of massive secret railways and tunnels crisscrossing the US and kept hidden from the public, which I doubt due to how hard it is to hide that shit from seismic sensors and gov funding watchdogs if it really is to that scale, then we don't have anything truly comparable.
However I was not aware of continuing and active large scale protests in China, outside the shit in Hong Kong.
And you are right we aren't in it alone, but neither is China. The already have a defense pact with Iran, effectively own Pakistan and NK, and I would not count out Russia possibly siding with them in a fight (or just making a move on the Baltics to drain US forces via another front).
That's not even counting the CCP agents in our gov and how they are very likely to make sure there is no war with China, or nothing beyond possible SCS/Taiwan Straight skirmishes at most.
The way the variables seemed stacked, based on what's available to the public, and the way things are going politically on the domestic and international scene...not encouraging it the nicest way I can put it.
I will start with this. The CCP will not be able to prevent us from fighting against them in the defense of Taiwan. Stop thinking such an idiotic claim...
Do build modern ships as fast as they do, they have to be cutting corners. Just like with jets and every other damn thing they do.
I feel like you are buying into Chinese propaganda. This is the first time I am hearing fo such tunnels and I doubt they would withstand bombardment from the top because as we know, CCP is horrible at quality control.
We have more then enough place for us to continue to fight.
You not knowing about the protests and the like makes it obvious you buy into CCP propaganda. Heavily buy into it...
If you think Iran, NK or Pakistan will be able to help them take Taiwan I laugh heavily.... all three of these have MULTIPLE countries focused on them. Iran is way to far to help, same with Pakistan. NK would be somewhat, in the regard of an annoyance because of being connected to SK, and close to Japan.
We on the other hand have... Phillipines willing to help us out there, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Vietnam... and Pakistan would have to deal with India. Iran is surrounded well almost by countries they hate. I say almost because of how far Saudi and Isreal are. If Russia gets invovled they still have all of western Europe and Eastern European countries trained and ready to fight them. With or without US Help.
You need to stop and think why should you trust anything you hear from the CCP...
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