billyong
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"world's next top 5 military powers combined still don't have enough firepower compared to the U.S navy"I don't know what some people are on about on here. There is no single country in the world that can take on the U.S navy, the gap is still wide. In fact, even the world's next top 5 military powers combined still don't have enough firepower compared to the U.S navy, i'm not even talking about the experience, skills, doctrine they have accumulated during this past century engaged in naval warfare/operations around the globe. Only a fool will think they can take on the U.S Navy in a naval war and win. lol
Anyway, coming to topic, there will be no war in SCS between U.S and China, or even China and Japan etc. The stakes are too high. There might be some posturing from both sides but no war per se, despite nationalistic people in each country clamoring for one without knowing the implications. lol
Even IF(that's a big if) there was to be one, it will be a short limited conflict not a wider one, like say the Sino-Soviet border clashes of the late 60s and 70s, Sino-India border war etc nothing like a full scale nuclear war some dream about.lol
So lets stop this fan boy rhetoric and be more pragmatic.
technology have change the traditional way of navy warfare a lot after 2000...
In the open sea far far away from any land...then yes. US navy is unstoppable...
But... Say there's 5 CBG in English channel.. British have thousands of anti ship missiles... all over the map...Who will win? Its just matter of time before you sunk any floating object in the channel....
Off course you will say,,, douh, they will never seal to English channel the first place....
Now think the technology have push that missile range into 1500km... which make SCS a bigger English channel...now what you think will happen to those ship in SCS...