China's SCS Strategy Thread
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Wouldn't basing all these missiles in Guam subject Guam to, you know, ballistic missile attack? It's not exactly a huge land mass with strategic depth.
I don't want to be that guy but the US finally has an answer to the DF-17. The only difference is the LRHW is not even tested (publicly) whiile the DF-17 is operational. Yet China is the one having nightmares according to these guys.
Because American missiles can be stationed at the First Island Chain and hit China's heartland while Chinese missiles can only hit US bases (mostly in other countries) close to China
Bingo. The risk-reward ratio is definetely not in favour of China. With China "surrounded" by US bases, US holds an undeniable advantage when (or if) this weapon becomes operational
Guam's already been in the crosshairs for at least several years now, massive staging ground/base that it is. Adding some more munitions to it will only result in more being aimed back at it.
I don't agree. These missiles are far too expensive for use against cities. You simply can't destroy a city with these and military wise, a mainland has a lot more resources than an island. The DF-17 is a massive problem for the US because most of its capabilities in East Asia depend on less than 30 bases in Japan, the Philippines, and Guam. I didn't include South Korea as it doesn't even let the US include China in their joint declarations. Hawaii and Australia are too far to make a difference. 100-200 of these missiles can really paralyze the US but the opposite is not true for China.
Australia is a joke
Think of the economic damage American missiles can cause if they hit SMIC facilities, critical infrastructures, etc.
manqiangrexue
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It will no longer be a contained conflict by then. If China and the US were to strike each other's civilian infrastructure on the mainland, it will be all out nuclear war. If anyone was going to do that, they might as well lob ICBMs.