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doc mcb08 Mar 2023 2:27 p.m. PST

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doc mcb08 Mar 2023 2:44 p.m. PST

Yes, 3.5 day turns seem awfully long for an invasion game.

Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP08 Mar 2023 6:03 p.m. PST

Agreed.

Striker08 Mar 2023 11:19 p.m. PST

Sounds like 2 of the 3 recommendations are on Taiwan.

U.S. bases in Japan and Guam suffered destruction.

I'm curious how they were destroyed and how fortifying and expanding would alleviate that?

He mentions "H96 attack boat", anyone know of this? My quick googling didn't give anything. Curious if it's another "oh we need an LCS" money sink.

machinehead Supporting Member of TMP09 Mar 2023 6:09 p.m. PST
doc mcb09 Mar 2023 7:30 p.m. PST

So H96 is an anti-pirate craft. Well, PT Boats make a lot of sense, as part of a fleet.

Wolfhag Supporting Member of TMP11 Mar 2023 10:57 a.m. PST

I wonder just how much air power and drones are going to play a role if it is anything like what's happening in Ukraine.

The Taiwan strait is 110 miles. That's a LONG way to be exposed to fire. They'll have no protection against kamikaze sea-borne drones that could be self-guided in a high EW environment and launched from civilian fishing boats but they could be thwarted by noise makers or blinded by smoke screens.

Even if they establish a secure beach head they'll have to be very creative in logistical supply for munitions, heavy equipment, and personnel and the evacuation of the wounded.

There is no guarantee as to how well the Chinese troops will perform but they will not be motivated more than the Taiwanese. Both sides will most likely start running short of ammo in a few months of heavy fighting.

I doubt if the Japanese and Guam bases would be totally destroyed. That's a lot of dispersed areas to destroy unless they plan on using nukes.

Chinese amphibs: link

Then again, the Chinese are tricky, will have the initiative at the start of the hostilities, and most likely have some asymmetrical tactics up their sleeve like insurgents that take out key positions before the invasion or detonate EMP devices near command nodes, chemical/biological weapons, or the scare of a pandemic to panic the civilians, false flags, internet PsyOps, the possibilities are endless.

The Chinese could also deploy remote control concrete submarines that lay at the bottom of the ocean at choke points with passive sensors to fire rocket-propelled torpedos against submarines and surface ships. These would be extremely hard to detect and fairly inexpensive. So could Taiwan.

Wolfhag

SBminisguy23 May 2023 10:20 a.m. PST

…and the US could respond with a Naval blockade and maritime boycott of shipping to China. Most of China's oil except for a relative trickle from Russia transits the Straights of Malacca. USN could stop and impound Chinese-bound ships. Same goes for other trade and critical items like -- food. China imports the majority of its food.

To Defeat China in Battle, America Should Study World War II
The U.S. Pacific strategy was to intercept and deny energy resources

'The example we are looking for, and should be planning to, is the Pacific War from 1941 to 1945.

…An analysis of the flow of goods and materials into and out of China reveals that with 98 percent of all freight moving by sea, China is practically, if not geographically, an island nation.

As such, it is vulnerable to interdiction of trade routes and energy supplies to a far greater degree than a land power, and this is a national vulnerability that air power is well-positioned to exploit — if applied properly.'


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