True, and I have no special insight into Vietnamese politics. In this scenario the US is also right there, though, and is stronger than China assuming no MAD.

Vietnam and Palau should be read as examples only.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago

stronger than China

citations-needed US not looking so hot after pissing money down the drain in forever wars for 2 decades.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[laughs in hypersonic missile]

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That would be MAD. Unless they're loaded with conventional warheads, in which case they'll run out pretty early on because those missiles are expensive and the US has bottomless supplies to reply with.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"the USA, where neoliberal capitalism has hollowed out the defense contractors so much they can't produce anywhere near enough artillery shells, has bottomless supplies and can afford more aircraft carriers than China can afford hypersonic missiles, which the USA has not even been able to successfully test."

pathetic cope

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they just need to afford more missiles with a similar range. Aircraft carriers might prove to be the new battleships, but that's not the whole US military.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

the force projection understander has logged on