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Lapin

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but wait by this logic Russia is going to win 100% because Ukraine can't do anything about the Russian Navy and unlike Japan in WW2, the Russian Navy can actually hit all parts of Ukraine.
That's another absurd misinterpretation or extremely dishonest distortion of what I wrote.

"You may like to argue that Japanese naval supremacy over China was largely irrelevant to the war on land.
But how would you fantasize that China could have defeated Japan in the air?
China's aircraft industry could produce few aircraft, which were clearly inferior to the best Japanese aircraft."
--Lapin

Note that I *accepted* that Japanese naval supremacy was *largely irrelevant to the war on land* in China,
contrary to it supposedly being a decisive factor--which is what you absurdly put into my mouth.

With your record of dishonest distortions and absurd conclusions, you should apply to work for Russian state television.
 

FairAndUnbiased

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That's another absurd misinterpretation or extremely dishonest distortion of what I wrote.

"You may like to argue that Japanese naval supremacy over China was largely irrelevant to the war on land.
But how would you fantasize that China could have defeated Japan in the air?
China's aircraft industry could produce few aircraft, which were clearly inferior to the best Japanese aircraft."
--Lapin

Note that I *accepted* that Japanese naval supremacy was *largely irrelevant to the war on land* in China,
contrary to it supposedly being a decisive factor--which is what you absurdly put into my mouth.

With your record of dishonest distortions and absurd conclusions, you should apply to work for Russian state television.
Air force in those days wasn't as decisive. KMT had air supremacy throughout the civil war and still lost.
 

Lapin

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"Images and videos have been circulating online of the wreckage of a Russian Su-35S that has reportedly been shot down by Ukraine defence forces on April 3.

The 4.5 generation fighter is the first of its type to be shot down since
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and was seen downed near
Izium in eastern Ukraine. With the armaments visible on the wrecked airframe, there is strong speculation that the aircraft was on a
suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD) mission prior to being shot down."

"It remains unconfirmed what type of anti-aircraft missile system was used to shoot down the Su-35, although the type is clear due to
its wingtip pods and heat shielded stabilizers. In mid-March Justin Bronk, airpower research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute
think tank, said that around
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Richard Santos

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Air superiority achieved by a small airforce over a nonexistent one does not mean the small airforce in possession of air superiority therefore has enough assets to influence large land campaigns.

It is clear if japan was unencumbered by a high intensity war in the pacific, she could deploy air assets into china order of magnitude more numerous than the KMT air force during Chinese civil war.
 

supersnoop

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Air superiority achieved by a small airforce over a nonexistent one does not mean the small airforce in possession of air superiority therefore has enough assets to influence large land campaigns.

It is clear if japan was unencumbered by a high intensity war in the pacific, she could deploy air assets into china order of magnitude more numerous than the KMT air force during Chinese civil war.
Imperial Japan had air superiority the entire duration of the war. By 1941 after Pearl Harbour, they had already moved on from China to SEA as they did not have the manpower to make further inland gains.
 
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