War game scenario's

Hey, im a new member, and ive always had a fascination with Military and History, and right now im working on a few war game scenarios for a friend in debate, and i was wondering if anyone else does this for fun like i do or if anyone on this site has posted scenarios for feedback

Hopefully someone hasnt already asked this

id like some feedback if anyone has any, or is interested


TIW

TheIceWolf said:

Hey, im a new member, and ive always had a fascination with Military and History, and right now im working on a few war game scenarios for a friend in debate, and i was wondering if anyone else does this for fun like i do or if anyone on this site has posted scenarios for feedback

Hopefully someone hasnt already asked this

id like some feedback if anyone has any, or is interested


TIW

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In the past we have had hypothetical war game scenarios, although only a few have lasted long because there are so many factors in a conflict that the common practice of simply comparing military equipment will not cut it.

thanks for the reply. the ones i generally work on are just hypothetical starts to a situation, ie how could china knock out indias nukes without going nuclear themselves

TheIceWolf said:

thanks for the reply. the ones i generally work on are just hypothetical starts to a situation, ie how could china knock out indias nukes without going nuclear themselves

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Well here's the thing. It's very hard to discuss purely military aspects of an operation without considering if it's geopolitically feasible. In such a case the original hypothesis is nearly negated because China has no way of ensuring that it destroys India's second-strike capability. As such, Chinese cities will be vulnerable to a retaliatory attack from India, hence mutual deterrence.

Militarily it's highly unlikely that China has information on where each and every single nuclear weapon India has is, and as such will arguably be unable to destroy them before getting destroyed herself.

well the idea i had was not destruction. and i belive that if china were to ever launch an assault on any of its neighbors it would do so with a massive amount of intelligence gathered. in the scenario i mentioned i believe that they might try and get the pakistanis to ally with them and distract the indians if possible. Then, china would launch a massive air assault, with a good portion of its air force fighters, to knock out a significant portion of the Indian Air Force. and if it is able to gather the intelligence, i see one possibility of them launching airborne soldiers to the silo locations to secure them if possible, and if they were to succeed, take over indias missiles, and have the leverage to force the indians to surrender.

this is one scenario that ran through my head

Why would China ever want to invade India? There's no point.

India and china are becoming the main economic rivals in asia. India also has the only population equal to chinas. the chinese army has something like what, 2-3 million standing soldiers, and the ability to recruit 500 million more, and could use human wave tactics. If china were to ever invade taiwan (since they have wanted to since 49, they block as many arms deals as they can that would give taiwan more ships) if the world were to intervene, there would be high chances of india assisting. And the chinese government does have alot of old hard liners, and a new generation of hard liners. Their program that is upgrading their military is pretty suspect.

TheIceWolf said:

India and china are becoming the main economic rivals in asia. India also has the only population equal to chinas. the chinese army has something like what, 2-3 million standing soldiers, and the ability to recruit 500 million more, and could use human wave tactics. If china were to ever invade taiwan (since they have wanted to since 49, they block as many arms deals as they can that would give taiwan more ships) if the world were to intervene, there would be high chances of india assisting. And the chinese government does have alot of old hard liners, and a new generation of hard liners. Their program that is upgrading their military is pretty suspect.

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A Chinese invasion of India is the last thing that will happen. If anything, their relations are getting closer. Also, military modernization is a natural occurence for a country with a booming economy, so there's no threat. It's just like a rich person who wants to protect himself with bodyguards and home security systems. It is only a threat when a country has no friends and is facing financial difficulties, but still spending lots of money on military. Examples include Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, and North Korea.

Here's a war scenario for Taiwan:

The CCP orders the bombing of one of their own assets (headquarters, port, military base, etc.) as a false-flag operation, which then blames it on Taiwanese separatists. The PRC orders an invasion of Taiwan as a retaliation for the terrorist bombing, and proceeds to occupy the island.

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Here's a war scenario for Taiwan:

The CCP orders the bombing of one of their own assets (headquarters, port, military base, etc.) as a false-flag operation, which then blames it on Taiwanese separatists. The PRC orders an invasion of Taiwan as a retaliation for the terrorist bombing, and proceeds to occupy the island.

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Frankly I don't see this as feasible. When accusing your opponent of action it makes sense if it's somewhat plausible, but here it seems unlikely that Taiwan would risk political suicide by giving up the moral high ground and initiating a preemptive strike. What I would envision China doing if they wanted to take the island would be via extended naval blockade, or taking several of the outlying islands with force and holding them hostage. Underhanded perhaps, but a realistic way of getting the nation to capitulate.

A very likely scenario would be:

A massive, surprise air campaign that is launched quickly and consists of glide bombs, LACMs, ASCM, ARMs, and several fighter squadrons.

There is also one possibility I've entertained. Converting hundreds of J-6s and old J-7s to drone configurations and launching them all towards Taiwan. Perhaps launch glide bombs in front to take out weapon depots and air defense batteries. The result would be complete exhaustion of Taiwan's air defense missiles, making it easy to acquire air superiority.