bd popeye said:
I didn't know f15s were station on guam (i wonder what for) but guam is way too far away for f15s to be really useful. Of course, it'd be one of main stations (Alongside diego garcia) for bomber raids but we're talking almost 3000 km to china, thats just one way trip. Even with in air refuelling itd be a daunting task, especially when you have a much closer okinawa for basing fighters. Even japan itself, if the politics with jap govt can be worked out, is a significantly closer place to launch fighters.
Some of that repair work you mentioned is pretty impressive, very fast. Still, in a light of hundreds of planes ramming i'd say it'd take a long, long time and a billions worth to do the repair. i know i said it's a crazy 'what if' scenario but the more i think of it, i'd say it has better chances of success than any conventional attack strategy that chineses forces today could use. i guess mine is a bit immoral and highly exploitative but hey, nothing's perfect.
