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by joshjje 1293 days ago
Not in this lifetime. Unless you are talking about occupying China / storming their territory, that would not go well. But defeating China at sea and in the air and in other countries? They'd have no chance.
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China has 5 times as many people as the US. Their technology is behind, but they are modernizing and having 5 times as many resources and no public backlash to wasting soldiers lives goes a far way.
Some US generals disagree with you, especially when it comes to fight about Taiwan: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/03/us-will-lose-fast-i...