re: #62 glnmruser

I am not so concerned with China. They just landed a plane on a carrier in calm seas that was not moving. Maybe I am too optimistic but I just don’t see China as being anything we can’t handle for the next 20 years. Maybe I am wrong, but what is the evidence that I am? Russia is out of the picture- and China has much bigger internal problems than anything facing them in the foreseeable future. We have an amazing military with no opponents. My read- correct me if I am wrong.

China is advancing quickly. And remember that their CV is nuclear power just as our are, and they’re planning to build more. The Chinese Navy (it is no longer called the People’s Liberation Army-Navy) is going to be a regional powerhouse, able to do us serious damage in its own area at least. We must be strong enough to meet it.

One thing I disagree with PLL on is that you don’t want to neglect the Army when in comes to China. We don’t want to invade China, of course, but we want to be able to move Army formations swiftly to Asia to do things like protect and defend Taiwan and South Korea. Ground troops aren’t the main focus of PACCOM, but they are still important.