tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post5710077514925902238..comments2024-03-28T07:56:09.239-07:00Comments on Navy Matters: Boots On The GroundComNavOpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-15066015716534548372013-09-12T13:00:07.442-07:002013-09-12T13:00:07.442-07:00We also don't have the logistical capability t...We also don't have the logistical capability to pull a D-Day scale landing, which I think we would most likely need. Correct me if I am wrong, but the only place we could push into China from with any hope of success would be South Korea, after beating up NK. Unless China somehow finds themselves at war with India or Russia.TheRequimenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112265572973179728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-28785033118674700092013-09-11T21:23:31.615-07:002013-09-11T21:23:31.615-07:00TR, the Navy won't be getting any extra money....TR, the Navy won't be getting any extra money. They simply won't be cut as much as the land forces.ComNavOpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-60628643392176042832013-09-11T21:21:57.100-07:002013-09-11T21:21:57.100-07:00E, you've almost answered the question in your...E, you've almost answered the question in your question! Our land forces would be greatly outnumbered, pure and simple. The Chinese view the individual person/soldier as totally expendable which negates much of our tactical and doctrinal advantages. Next, look at the distances involved. We would be operating at the end of a VERY long supply chain that would have to push through a VERY challenging A2/AD zone. Our supply/resupply capability would be highly susceptible to strangulation. In contrast, the Chinese would have a supply chain of conceptually zero length. Now, consider the air power environment. Our land forces would be operating with little or no air cover. There are no airbases within useful distance for us. Our air cover would be largely limited to carrier aircraft. Against that, we would be facing a numerically much larger air force operating from multiple airbases in their own backyard. They would have the overwhelming advantage in numbers and loiter time. They would also have an immense advantage in radar coverage. I can go on listing reasons but this should suffice to give you an idea why a land war in China would be incredibly stupid.ComNavOpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669644332369727431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-62678440310305514722013-09-11T21:03:54.087-07:002013-09-11T21:03:54.087-07:00Will someone please describe to me in GREAT detail...Will someone please describe to me in GREAT detail why it would be an awful idea to engage in a land war with China? <br /><br />I know they outnumber us and can use swarm tactics to their advantage but I don't see that as being a reason to completely wall ourselves off from the possibility of engaging China division to division, corps to corps, field army to field army. To do so seems like cowardly stupidity to me.Elportonative77https://www.blogger.com/profile/17790001656433148756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579907756656776056.post-20739148847707919512013-09-10T15:58:50.761-07:002013-09-10T15:58:50.761-07:00Yep, all this seems to be happening. I don't s...Yep, all this seems to be happening. I don't see the Navy getting any of the money the other branches are losing either. TheRequimenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112265572973179728noreply@blogger.com