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Originally Posted by jcaz76
well first of all, sheer numbers means nothing when they have limited transportaion. The chinese do have a lot of troops but their numbers would come in small quantities because of their lack of overseas transportation, which would give the US a very superior defense, which directly leads to saying that the US has that in one of their strong suits. The US has devestating technology compared to AK 47s. If we were to deploy our military in china, we would win them not by number, but by trained and efficient troops that know specifically how to deal with guerrilla warfare. And to add to that, our air force outweighs theirs by very very far, and if you rule the sky, you can undoubtedly and easily say you rule the ground.
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I dont care how tactically advanced any country is you will not win a ground war in china. Its too much ground to cover (this isnt iraq people) for air superiority or for ground troops. The Chinese would go guerrilla as well and know their terrain better than anyone (see Afghanistan) Also if the Chinese wanted naval superiority they could have it in 5-10 years. The problem is that modern navies are not very cost effective. Most warships are used for troop support (escorting Troop and aircraft carriers, softening invasions with shell fire, etc) you arent going to see major sea battles like the ones in WW2 because ballistics have gotten 1000x better and more accurate in the last 70 odd years.