i kinda view 'em like the Great White Fleet currently most useful for prestige purposes but give 'em a decade or two, sure assuming demographic collapse doesn't fuck up their economy
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I'm mostly concerned that their new naval power--not just carriers, but their rapidly expanding amphibious fleet--will allow them to take over taiwan.
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yeah tanner greer's taiwan piece got me a bit worried for sure tbf i am not at all convinced major amphib operations are even feasible for the *US* these days, but if taiwan is fucking up as much as greer says who knows
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Taiwan is 90 miles off the coast. It's close enough that you can get there with helicopters.
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i am even less convinced that air assault is a feasible proposition today
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The hard part of an amphibious assault or an air assault isn't the initial landing, it's sustainment once ashore.
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Hahahahahahahaha How The Fuck Is Amphibious Assault Real Hahahaha Just Buy A Shitload Of Exocets Bro Like Mine The Fuck Out Of Your Littorals Hahahaha Just Put Mortar Teams On The Beaches Bro
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this is a fascinating side of you I never knew existed not sure why its surprising but I am definitely updating your tulpa
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lol i am, nominally, still a mod on a military affairs discussion board, though i haven't posted in years upon years i found tyler cowen because an army major on there kept linking marginal revolution, and i found robin thru tyler, and, well, the rest, as they say,
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don't comment on military stuff much on here because i get into Too Many Fights Already pls g*d give me the willpower to log off
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well I am learning a lot and I appreciate it
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in a few months I'll (most likely) be taking a direct commission in the army as a force management officer, just waiting for clearance to go through, and I'm a bit apprehensive to find out how much of what I've learned on the internet is total derp nonsense
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