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Skybird · 05-02-21, 04:48 PM

Its not so much what the West wants to do but what it can do.

If the Chinese strategy of denying US air power and carriers access to the combat zone, can keep them away, then its over. Submarines will not change that then, and will become the hiunted themselves if they dare trying to interrupt Chinese operations for invasion in the strait. Its too small an area, we talk about a waterway 300km long and 150 km wide, thats roughly just one quarter of the central and southern part of the Baltic that separated West Germany from the USSR in the cold war, and its roughly as wide as the Persian Gulf, but not even half as long. The Chinese can bring up more own submarines there than the US could ever hope.

05-02-21, 04:48 PM	#34
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,495 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Its not so much what the West *wants* to do but what it *can* do. If the Chinese strategy of denying US air power and carriers access to the combat zone, can keep them away, then its over. Submarines will not change that then, and will become the hiunted themselves if they dare trying to interrupt Chinese operations for invasion in the strait. Its too small an area, we talk about a waterway 300km long and 150 km wide, thats roughly just one quarter of the central and southern part of the Baltic that separated West Germany from the USSR in the cold war, and its roughly as wide as the Persian Gulf, but not even half as long. The Chinese can bring up more own submarines there than the US could ever hope. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.