Ask a Stupid Question

[MC_Lovecraft]

Yes? The fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq did stay relatively light even if it dragged out for years. US casualties were a small fraction of what they'd be in a straight slugfest against Chinese jets, tanks, artillery, and sheer numbers.

Oh, I see what you mean now, I misunderstood. Don't mind me, my brain was in wrong yesterday.

[JAGzilla]

Yes? The fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq did stay relatively light even if it dragged out for years. US casualties were a small fraction of what they'd be in a straight slugfest against Chinese jets, tanks, artillery, and sheer numbers.

Oh, I see what you mean now, I misunderstood. Don't mind me, my brain was in wrong yesterday.

No big deal. I do the same thing often enough.

If the YouTube military analyst types are even halfway reliable (they certainly didn't predict Ukraine having a chance against the Ruzzian attack), even reaching China to launch an invasion would be dicey. Their navy isn't too far behind the US anymore, and more importantly, they're allegedly ahead of us in cruise missile technology. They're investing heavily in long-range anti-ship missiles, including hypersonic models that are at best difficult to shoot down. On paper, and barring any classified US secret weapons, the US Navy probably isn't reaching the Chinese coast without losing ships. Aircraft carriers, especially, are big, lumbering targets.

[Destoroyah of Worlds]

If world war 3 broke out and you had to choose which front to be deployed on, which would you choose of these:
1. Invasion of Russia
2. Invasion of Iran
3. Invasion of China
Assuming you're from a "West aligned" nation that is.

China. I'm fascinated by Asia.