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0 pointsbrilliantcode9y ago0 comments

It's tough to say who will win. After all, the Soviet Union pretty much won WW2 with an enormous human sacrifice as much as the US likes to downplay it.

I agree two sides will do everything possible to avoid direct conflict just like the Cold War.

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zip12349y ago· 1 in thread

The US has an ocean between them and China. US power projection would be tested and probably ultimately fail due to unbelievable expense of such a war but China would not win unless you call not losing a win. Soviet Union could take their land army straight to Germany but China has no way to project power to US.

hguant9y ago

> US power projection would be tested and probably ultimately fail due to unbelievable expense

I think you're wrong here. The US has been investing in power projection for 80 some odd years now, and is leaps and bounds ahead of any other nation. Yes it would be expensive...but we've been paying a premium for quite a long time to have this capability. Additionally, the supply chain is drastically shortened because of the sheer number of US or allied bases in the area - Japan, South Korea, the Philippines (though that one has become a bit questionable).

noir_lord9y ago

It depends on what the condition is for "win", the US couldn't likely invade and hold China but end China as a military threat absolutely, it would be a war of attrition but the US could wipe out the Chinese military and most of their industrial capacity (a lot of it is on the coast after all).

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