It is enough to drown two aircraft carriers: how China is going to defeat the US
How to defeat the United States of America, a superpower with the strongest army and navy in the world, as well as the largest nuclear arsenal? To do this, it will be enough to send “two hundred thousand tons” of export “democracy” to the bottom, i.e. two aircraft carriers of the US Navy. In any case, a certain Chinese rear admiral Lu Yuan thinks so.
The well-known specialized publication The National Interest published a warlike article by this military theorist from China with his comments. Yuan writes that the likelihood of a real armed conflict between the two leading countries of the world has seriously increased and is no longer "fiction." The alleged theater of operations is the South China Sea or Taiwan. Rear Admiral notes that the Pentagon is at the forefront economy, "A lot of money," the mighty army and navy.
So how did the Chinese strategist decide to defeat such a formidable opponent?
Lu Yuan points to two factors that he considers the weakness of the United States: the fear of their opponents and the fear of the Americans themselves about losses. According to the theorist, it will be enough to drown only 2 aircraft carriers and 10 thousand sailors and pilots on board so that a protest movement begins in the United States, demanding an end to the war. At the same time, Beijing already has Dong Feng-21D and Dong Feng-26 missiles, which are capable of performing such a task.
What I would like to note about this:
At first, the expert community found that the “rear admiral” is a sofa. In the literal sense of the word, he did not serve a day at sea. In various articles, he subscribes as a colonel of the PLA, then as a general, then as rear admiral. In fact, Yuan is the one we previously called the "political instructor." His task is to voice the formidable rhetoric about how the Chinese “got up from their knees” and show everyone “Kuzkin’s mother”.
Secondlyto sink an aircraft carrier in itself is not a trivial task. So, in the middle of the 98,7s, Americans mocked their decommissioned USS America aircraft carrier for four weeks, unsuccessfully shooting it with cruise missiles and torpedoes. He held on, being an unrequited target. The displacement of modern aircraft carriers of the Nimitz class is one and a half times greater, 61,1 thousand tons compared to XNUMX for USS America. And they don’t swim alone, but only as part of the strike group, and the air defense / missile defense system and combat aircraft also stand on the AUG.
In general, you should not simplify the task. This is not a computer game where you can start over.
ThirdlyIt would be a big mistake to overestimate the fear of US citizens about losses. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when more than two ships were sunk, yielded the opposite result. On the contrary, the Americans were filled with fighting spirit and desperately chopped with samurai in the Pacific Ocean. At the same time, they lost 12 aircraft carriers, but for some reason no one asked for peace with Tokyo. Instead, Washington conducted field tests at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Thus, the opinion of "Rear Admiral" should be treated with some skepticism. However, given its role as the “mouthpiece” of Beijing, it’s worthwhile to perceive the statement as a signal from China to the United States of America about its readiness to defend its interests, including by military means.
The well-known specialized publication The National Interest published a warlike article by this military theorist from China with his comments. Yuan writes that the likelihood of a real armed conflict between the two leading countries of the world has seriously increased and is no longer "fiction." The alleged theater of operations is the South China Sea or Taiwan. Rear Admiral notes that the Pentagon is at the forefront economy, "A lot of money," the mighty army and navy.
So how did the Chinese strategist decide to defeat such a formidable opponent?
Lu Yuan points to two factors that he considers the weakness of the United States: the fear of their opponents and the fear of the Americans themselves about losses. According to the theorist, it will be enough to drown only 2 aircraft carriers and 10 thousand sailors and pilots on board so that a protest movement begins in the United States, demanding an end to the war. At the same time, Beijing already has Dong Feng-21D and Dong Feng-26 missiles, which are capable of performing such a task.
What I would like to note about this:
At first, the expert community found that the “rear admiral” is a sofa. In the literal sense of the word, he did not serve a day at sea. In various articles, he subscribes as a colonel of the PLA, then as a general, then as rear admiral. In fact, Yuan is the one we previously called the "political instructor." His task is to voice the formidable rhetoric about how the Chinese “got up from their knees” and show everyone “Kuzkin’s mother”.
Secondlyto sink an aircraft carrier in itself is not a trivial task. So, in the middle of the 98,7s, Americans mocked their decommissioned USS America aircraft carrier for four weeks, unsuccessfully shooting it with cruise missiles and torpedoes. He held on, being an unrequited target. The displacement of modern aircraft carriers of the Nimitz class is one and a half times greater, 61,1 thousand tons compared to XNUMX for USS America. And they don’t swim alone, but only as part of the strike group, and the air defense / missile defense system and combat aircraft also stand on the AUG.
In general, you should not simplify the task. This is not a computer game where you can start over.
ThirdlyIt would be a big mistake to overestimate the fear of US citizens about losses. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when more than two ships were sunk, yielded the opposite result. On the contrary, the Americans were filled with fighting spirit and desperately chopped with samurai in the Pacific Ocean. At the same time, they lost 12 aircraft carriers, but for some reason no one asked for peace with Tokyo. Instead, Washington conducted field tests at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Thus, the opinion of "Rear Admiral" should be treated with some skepticism. However, given its role as the “mouthpiece” of Beijing, it’s worthwhile to perceive the statement as a signal from China to the United States of America about its readiness to defend its interests, including by military means.
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