What A War Between China and the United States Would Look Like -- Popular MechanicsAny Chinese move to take over Taiwan would trigger a confrontation with the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Is the U.S. prepared to counter this growing threat?
August 9, 2015 - 0400 Hours
The war for Taiwan starts in the early morning. There are no naval bombardments or waves of bombers: That's how wars in the Pacific were fought 70 years ago. Instead, 1200 cruise and ballistic missiles rise from heavy vehicles on the Chinese mainland.
Taiwan's modest missile defense network—a scattered deployment of I-Hawk and Patriot interceptors—slams into dozens of incoming warheads. It's a futile gesture. The mass raid overwhelms the defenses as hundreds of Chinese warheads blast the island's military bases and airports.
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My Comment: I have always said this about the Chinese .... culturally, no one in the world approaches their incredible history and traditions .... but politically .... they are still very immature.
A shooting war will be a political, military, and economic disaster for the Chinese. With the exception of the North Koreans, Myanmar, and the Pakistanis .... China will receive little if any international support, and (instead) it will only help in putting together a security framework in Asia to counter any future Chinese aggression. I will not even dwell on the economic consequences .... sanctions, embargoes, and God knows what else will seriously undermine the Chinese economy .... taking years if not decades to recover.