Havent' watched it myself but I've seen comments that he's most liking standing in a grave and said that in defiance as he was going to be shot. Still a war crime but a premeditated one not off the cuff.
Premeditated crimes are considered worse then "off the cuff".Still a war crime but a premeditated one not off the cuff.
Orcs filming themselves committing war crimes.
JDAM-ER operational in Ukraine (in limited quantities for now).
^ Relate to the above (presumed JDAM-ER attack). Is this a 2000 pounder??
lol @ this
Some of Russia's finest Orc's showing how it is done in the Russian army.
lol @ this
Why the LOL? He makes a perfectly good point that a conflict with China in the Pacific would use a lot of different hardware than the current conflict in Ukraine.
Yes, he's right about that. Also, assuming the conflict with China in the Pacific is over Taiwan we will have their army and navy to help us, and they are pretty capable. Japan is currently undergoing a massive rearmament effort so in a few years that will probably be a help as well. It's hard for me to see the US getting in a full on shooting war with China over much less than Taiwan and that probably means China attempting a contested amphibious invasion and that will be very difficult.Why the LOL? He makes a perfectly good point that a conflict with China in the Pacific would use a lot of different hardware than the current conflict in Ukraine.
I don't foresee China physically invading Taiwan with troops at all. They may rain missles down, and they also may not, not wishing to inherit a destroyed landscape or incur the eternal enmity of the survivors on Taiwan.It's hard for me to see the US getting in a full on shooting war with China over much less than Taiwan and that probably means China attempting a contested amphibious invasion and that will be very difficult.
They could, but this would likely land them with a political problem as the US Navy would probably begin escort operations of cargo ships and then China has to decide if it wants to start shooting at the US military, something they would probably regret. I think any Chinese strategy here would lean VERY hard on keeping the US from entering the conflict as once that happens China will have lost control of the situation.I don't foresee China physically invading Taiwan with troops at all. They may rain missles down, and they also may not, not wishing to inherit a destroyed landscape or incur the eternal enmity of the survivors on Taiwan.
What they will do, when they deem the time is right, is a naval blockade, covered by land and air-based missiles. That's when the extreme (imho) vulnerability of our carriers will come into play.
They could, but this would likely land them with a political problem as the US Navy would probably begin escort operations of cargo ships and then China has to decide if it wants to start shooting at the US military, something they would probably regret. I think any Chinese strategy here would lean VERY hard on keeping the US from entering the conflict as once that happens China will have lost control of the situation.
US carriers could largely stay out of range of Chinese land based missiles and their air based missiles would probably have a problem with the aircraft carrying them being shot out of the sky. That's why I'm more worried about subs. I do agree though that in any major shooting war we will lose quite a few ships and people will be shocked by the casualties the US Navy suffers. That being said, in a fight against China it is not particularly close. We would never be able to invade and occupy China but we very much can ensure they can't invade or occupy our allies in the region.
That's actually exactly the story I was thinking of when I thought of the sub threat, although a few things pop out to me there:A Chinese diesel submarine surfaced in the middle of a US carrier group
There’s a lot about the Song-class Chinese submarine that’s special. It was the first submarine developed entirely by the People’s Republic of China and the first to use the modern teardrop hull shape.www.wearethemighty.com
And that happened in 2006.. so 17 years worth of improvements would have been done since then.
Also the thing that worries me the most is not that amphibious landing is hard.. it's what the size of military age population of China is. They could put them on civilian small boats and just throw them as an auxiliary of the naval/ army forces or if needed just cannon fodder.
I honestly think the best way to defend Taiwan is for Taiwan to get nukes and 100-500 mile range missiles to carry them. There's absolutely no way the Chinese will be able to shoot them all down so we may have the stalemate continue rather than outright war like Ukraine.
That was probably Ukraine's biggest mistake.. give up its nukes for a paper and as time showed.. that paper held no value whatsoever.
That's actually exactly the story I was thinking of when I thought of the sub threat, although a few things pop out to me there:
1) Given my experience on the ship I would not be surprised if those anti-sub defenses they were using were either being done in a half-assed or quarter-assed way or not at all.
2) While diesels are quieter underwater than nuclear subs they also have sustainability and range issues that could make them sitting ducks for a force with the level of information awareness the US has.
I think subs are a big threat, maybe the biggest threat to our carriers, but I do expect the US Navy to perform much better than that in a real war scenario.