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If a huge war did break out, you think the Chinese would "smart bomb" american targets. I seriously doubt it. So it's only fair to play by the same rules. It's holding our troops back, and tying their hands with political red tape that would lose a war.
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If a huge war did break out it would go straight to a nuclear exchange. The cold war was a perfect example of what is to be expected when two super powers, whom are nuclear armed have a stare down.
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Fun fact (courtesy of the Pentagon): The longest range of any chinese ICBM is between 8500-9000 kilometers. While that's far enough to hit Hawaii and some parts of Alaska, California is over 10,000 kilometers away, with the rest of the country even further. US ICBM's have much further range, and have no problem hitting china.
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Fun fact: China has nuclear subs, which are platforms for nuclear launches.
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So they want a nuclear war. Bring it. It would kinda suck to lose Hawaii, but we'll survive somehow. A few million American casualties VS. over a billion Chinese casualties. Hardly an equivalent exchange, amirite.
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China doesn't want nuclear war, nor a war war. In today's world everything is dealt with through diplomatic efforts of the international community. Unless Its against them Muslems, they has to diez !!!
Seriously, what is this American obsession with war scenarios ?
China is not out to get us, not in that way at least. They are gearing up to take us down where it really matters, in the economic front of tomorrow. Instead of weighting a few million American lives against their billion in a 24 inspired scenario of pew pew what we should be doing is pouring money into our education system so we're not left in the dust in this decade in terms of Engineering/Physics/Mathematics as most analysis suggests.
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If it means complete domination in the Air then yeah. Although I don't know anything specifically about the F-35's capabilities so I really can't say one way or the other. I've read up on F-22's though, and those are some powerful fucking planes. But I suppose the billions spent to get them were a waste of money too huh?
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Considering the obvious fact that the money could be spent on more important matters such as education, out shitty infrastructure and health-care, yes. It is a colossal waste of money. Who are we going to use these planes against anyway ? ETs ?
Our enemies now rely on guerrilla tactics, and have zero air capability. This is nothing but pork for defense contractors. Specially given the fact that in 09 and last year there was a motion to consider selling F-22 technology to countries willing to pay since the F-35 was our next gen fighter and is superior.
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Not that it matters. Air superiority fighters are losing their importance in the modern Air force. While they will always have a role to play, it's become vastly downplayed, much like how the battleships have become more or less obsolete over the past decades.
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Which only supports my position. Why build these fighters when drones can just as easily deliver strikes on the poor, ill capable countries we fight anyway ?
We spend more on defense than the next 15 countries combined, and for what ?