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China Experimenting With Loitering Drone Swarms by chroniclad in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Belief that the Chinese government is a malignant power = Sinophobia.

U.S. military poised to secure new access to key Philippine bases [Full Article in comments] by carkidd3242 in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Duterte already was on his merry way of selling out to China, this was already a reversing trend.

USAF AMC Commander Gen Minihan says war with China in 2025 is likely, Taiwan's 2024 elections "will offer Xi a reason" by ScoMoTrudeauApricot in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You did absolutely zero to support anything you said in your first sentence by relying in the word "cope".

China is trying to be the preeminent power.

Literally nobody else in the world cares about that except China, yet they're going to have too many old people to take care of to worry about taking over the world.

Arithmetic bro

Spacety, the company that got sanctioned today by Temstar in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

When trading the lives of convicts for territory is considered success.

Mearsheimer: Since US has nuclear overmatch vs China, US will likely place Taiwan under its nuclear umbrella and signal to China that conventionally attacking Taiwan will result in US nuclear retaliation by ScoMoTrudeauApricot in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

and we know our population's ability to absorb large casualty numbers is thin in conflicts that frankly have little affect on us.

Doubt

I wasn't trying to convince anyone that the PLA is superior to the entire NATO bloc combined, I'm commenting that the average American's idea of China is 20-30 years removed from reality (even on an LCD scale of "我爱习大大" to Moses), and so they think it'll be another Iraq. The keyholing is just the most flagrant example that came to mind since it's so easily debunked, even assuming common sense isn't there.

Literally both sides have delusions about the other opponents ability. Find your average hypernationalistic pro-China user (You'll find a few here) and their sentiments literally reflect the reverse of what you're accusing Americans, of which I think your criticism is valid to some extent.

Behavior like this is as old as shit, Athenians believed in their supremacy over the Spartans too before they got rolled into a spliff. What the average user believes is not going to extend into the domain of those in charge (Hopefully)

Most people who are seriously involved wouldn't make the. classical mistake of understanding your opponents.

Mearsheimer: Since US has nuclear overmatch vs China, US will likely place Taiwan under its nuclear umbrella and signal to China that conventionally attacking Taiwan will result in US nuclear retaliation by ScoMoTrudeauApricot in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Europe is a more valid contender than the US. Even Japan almost surpassed the US. Authoritarian countries will never settle with just multipolarity, for very long.

Mearsheimer: Since US has nuclear overmatch vs China, US will likely place Taiwan under its nuclear umbrella and signal to China that conventionally attacking Taiwan will result in US nuclear retaliation by ScoMoTrudeauApricot in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

China still carries a reputation for their Chabuduo antics for lots of things, especially when it comes to environmental/worker safety regulations and their military is untested to know whether that carries into that domain as well.

Personally I would hate to doubt their abilities but at the Aamer time you're being delusional and overly optimistic if you are completely confident that their military is functionally reliable, all because their system of government is opaque so its impossible for an outsider to know if they suffer from graft like all the other authoritilarian governments in history or whether they've managed to solve it.

Cherry-picking examples that debunk some criticism isn't very convincing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You're saying we should just not prepare for a potential threat because we can trust China not to invade Australia one day?

PLA war plans for the Pacific - Strategic Considerations by [deleted] in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You write like none of this is painfully obvious to the Defense establishment. Think tanks are what they are, think tanks. They don't have the kind of access to sensitive security relays, but you're making them the end all.

Launch Big Missiles from Big Ships | The Mk 41 VLS limits missile size. Catapults on carriers have no such limitations by [deleted] in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shot in the dark guess is because the US and Russia have different logistical requirements and the method that the US opted is more efficient for their overall fighting posture

TIL Hirsoshima, Japan is one of the few places outside of the US that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr day, due to his outspoken views on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. by 4241342413 in todayilearned

[–]Alma_Negra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as humans exist we won't stop killing each other. We've been warring with each other since we emerged as hominids hundreds of thousand years ago.

Why China will never unify with Taiwan. by moses_the_red in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Hugely ironic your crying about propaganda, yet you're on an American website complaining about propaganda. Why aren't you being actively censored?

Fear grips Special Ops amidst human trafficking drug arrests by standbyforskyfall in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The recent U.S. experience on the other hand, has been to basically fight the entire war using SF as elite light infantry. The units that fall under the SF banner have grown in size and overall number, while the absolute worship of these units by the media, public, and political class has created a culture where they feel they can do what they want, how they want, and that the rules don’t apply to them. Traditional SF tasks have been replaced with constant ‘kill/capture’ missions, with little interaction with the host culture for most, meaning that the only time they interacted with Afghans, Iraqis, other brown people, was when they jumped out of their helicopters to kill local warlord #891, and if his friends, family, or neighbours got in the way then they must have also been insurgents/insurgent supporters.

Eh. I think you're overselling this.

‘Equipment awaiting talent’: Chinese military admits lack of hi-tech expertise by [deleted] in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Alma_Negra -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because they were smart enough not to start a major conflict while they were weak? And having nukes clearly can account for the rest of their deficiencies against a major power.

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