plawolf
Lieutenant General
Well, in reality China has been building their military in the case they need to fight a war with the US, that alone means that everyone else come second or third. Anyone interfering it will get crushed. That is the reality.
In general, sure, but there are a lot of Japan specific investments that isn’t needed if the target was just America. All the long range amphibious warfare assets especially are totally irrelevant against the U.S.
Sure, they could be useful against Taiwan, and China was more than happy to not correct anyone when they assumed that, but that’s equivalent to buying a 50bmg to hunt bunny rabbits. Sure you can use it, but it would be comically overkill if that’s all you need it for.
