• @redtea
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      10 months ago

      I agree with that. I hope we never have to see whether China would retaliate against the US if it kicked things off in Taiwan or sent another state in as a proxy war.

      Edit: I’ve just noticed something else, too. There’s a lot of detail about a 2000km range. Taking out ships from the desert, etc. No reason why those missiles couldn’t go in other directions. So I see what you’re saying more clearly now. If the US did cause a proxy war and it was clear the US was behind it, the US isn’t safe. Scary times.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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        1410 months ago

        Yeah exactly, China is saying that they can hit US assets anywhere and US has no defense against this. If US is crazy enough to push China into war then they go down as well. Of course, given what we’re seeing in Ukraine right now it’s pretty clear that US political class is batshit insane.

      • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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        I hope we never have to see whether China would retaliate against the US

        As much as i would love seeing the famed carrier groups being stomped flat i much more hope they can peacefully rust somewhere on the ship graveyard.

        Also note how one of the conditions was the lack of satelite guidance which as far as i understand it is major factor in such long range attacks, especially with such missiles. And they still annihilated the group with no problem.

    • lemmygrabber
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      910 months ago

      I hope they are underselling their capabilities here. If they can reliably guarantee against US intervention in the region it would be huge.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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        1310 months ago

        Pretty much every war game US has run showed them losing as well. The reality is that China is playing on the home field here, they can literally launch missiles right from the mainland. Meanwhile, US doesn’t actually have a foothold, they’re at a fundamental disadvantage in terms of logistics.