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Originally Posted by tvflguy
china has been a considerable threat to the west and usa for decades now. Of course we have totally lost so much manufacturing power in our country and much of our allies. I recall history of early wwll when our auto/truck mfg plants had to retool in order to make airplanes, tanks, ships, army vehicles, guns, ammo etc etc. But we had much of the plants and fabrication -and willing citizens to engineer and make all this.
Of course over these past decades most was transferred to asia for their low cost labor et al.
This said china has gained much of this within their country. And they have dramatically built their military power esp the last ten years.
Now, the very serious threats from top china gvt re the speaker and other diplomats expected to visit taiwan.
But the main reason for my post is how china could just about strangle the west with electronics. Taiwan makes 70% of the world’s chips. China 10%. We are woefully behind in that capability and others. And much of the worlds raw materials for making solar panels, batteries etc. Comes from them.
If china’s threats become reality and they take over taiwan as they desire, and will, are we ready? Nope. Are we ready to push back and take the consequences. Nope.
I’m very frightened…
again no politics.
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china and the usa have been saber rattling over the taiwan question for decades.
Militarily we can sink any invasion fleet with the usn classes of submarines like virginia, seawolf and columbia employing thousands of conventional cruise missiles, captor mines and submarine launched undersea drones designed to destroy ships propellors. China has developed a missile which will prevent our aircraft carriers from approaching china's coast line. So what's the point. Obviously a political solution must be found but both sides have been preparing for a military conflict that may come first.