Wargames show the US could burn through its ammo in 'as few as 3 to 4 weeks' in a war with China, co

[rangerrebew]

Wargames show the US could burn through its ammo in 'as few as 3 to 4 weeks' in a war with China, commission warns
Story by mloh@businessinsider.com (Matthew Loh) • 11h


A new formal review warned that US munitions may last only a few weeks in a war with China.

Some important weapons, like anti-ship missiles, may only last a few days, the 114-page report warned.

Published by a congressionally appointed commission, the review warned of deficiencies across the board.

A new high-profile report on US national defense acknowledged that the Pentagon could deplete its munitions within "three to four weeks" in a protracted war with China.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wargames-show-the-us-could-burn-through-its-ammo-in-as-few-as-3-to-4-weeks-in-a-war-with-china-commission-warns/ar-BB1qRwl7?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d92ba501a3234b7f8af6c6c429ce321d&ei=63

[Free Vulcan]

And the Chinese know this, and they got enough people to burn through the equivalent of the population of the USA and not really give a crap about it.

[LMAO]

And the Chinese know this, and they got enough people to burn through the equivalent of the population of the USA and not really give a crap about it.

But I bet we would beat them in a  pronoun war

[Free Vulcan]

But I bet we would beat them in a  pronoun war

I've also heard they don't have fart-in-their-general-direction capability either, so we could devastate them if we ever go at it.

[DefiantMassRINO]

America cannot defeat China.  America can starve China to the negotiation table.

China, in the midst of its industrialization, is reminiscent of Japan at the beginning of the 20th Century.  They consume more resources than they can produce domestically.  China recognizes this as a weakness, hence its hawkish policies towards the South China Sea's resources (oil) and its acquisition of American agricultural resources (former Swift meats).

A war against China will need to be a seige war of attrition to starve it of resources and to encourage it to seek armistice, similar to Japan in Summer 1945.  America and its allies defeated Germany.  Japan surrendered.  China will not be defeated, but they may capitulate if it is in their self-interest.

[Free Vulcan]

China will not be defeated, but they may capitulate if it is in their self-interest.

The crux and hinge point - how many people is China willing to lose, and how long can we withstand the economic fallout of an embargo?

[DefiantMassRINO]

Throughout the history of China, emperors and Communists have never valued the lives of its citizens.  Only when their position of domestic power is threatened, will the Chinese Communist Party want to negotiate a cessation of hostilities.

Japan surrendered after the Soviet Union conquered Manchuria and captured 1 million Japanese troops.  Stalin would have no qualms about losses required to defeat and occupy the Japanese homeland.  The Japanese knew this, and preferred to surrender the homeland to the United States to guarantee its survival as a nation, and to guarantee the survival of the Emperor's office.

[Wingnut]

The crux and hinge point - how many people is China willing to lose, and how long can we withstand the economic fallout of an embargo?

Or the Nuke Fall-out.  They would probably welcome  that.  It would decrease the surplus Chinese population.

[libertybele]

The crux and hinge point - how many people is China willing to lose, and how long can we withstand the economic fallout of an embargo?

The economic fallout from a war with China is the most concerning. However, think of how much we import from China -- a war with China would have a huge impact on their economy as well, would it not??

Then there's the issue of continuing to support Ukraine's war with Russia.

Another concern which seems to be tossed aside is our open borders.  Easy for Chinese militants to enter and who knows who else?

Also, Turkey just announced that they could attack Israel -- so that's one more concern.

It's not just China - we'd but hit from several fronts.

[Free Vulcan]

Or the Nuke Fall-out.  They would probably welcome  that.  It would decrease the surplus Chinese population.

From what I've seen from their leadership lately, they literally are that crazy.

[catfish1957]

I have come to the conclusion that Biden was a Chicom agent. 

Prove me wrong.

[Free Vulcan]

The economic fallout from a war with China is the most concerning. However, think of how much we import from China -- a war with China would have a huge impact on their economy as well, would it not??

Then there's the issue of continuing to support Ukraine's war with Russia.

Another concern which seems to be tossed aside is our open borders.  Easy for Chinese militants to enter and who knows who else?

Also, Turkey just announced that they could attack Israel -- so that's one more concern.

It's not just China - we'd but hit from several fronts.

Excellent points. This is not a linear exercise, and China knows this. OTOH that is one of our great weaknesses, we often think too linearly. China will bring us down without a fight using proxies if they can.

Especially if they take Taiwan. They may not be able to get along well without food imports, but we won't do well either if China can block chip exports to us via Taiwan. plus everything China exports to us.

There was an article posted here under a year ago that says China is short 40 million workers to make stuff. They could put us last in line and I'm not sure how much it would hurt them since they don't have the people to make it anyway.