Posted on Aug 11, 2020
China and Japan are building forces to fight it out on Pacific islands — here's how they stack up...
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Military success in the Pacific has always relied on two things: naval strength and amphibious capabilities. Bitter fighting between the Allies and Japan across the region's seas and islands during World War II made this abundantly clear.
China has carefully studied history, and its rapid increase in military might is now changing the balance of power in the world's largest ocean. That makes many of China's neighbors nervous — and one is responding in kind: Japan.
China has carefully studied history, and its rapid increase in military might is now changing the balance of power in the world's largest ocean. That makes many of China's neighbors nervous — and one is responding in kind: Japan.
China and Japan are building forces to fight it out on Pacific islands — here's how they stack up...
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The United States backs up Taiwan and Japan. We just had 3 aircraft carriers posturing a few weeks back.
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Just some thoughts:
- China is using the belt and road initiative to make inroads with various countries. I think China has an advantage as she has purchased long-term leases to ports around the world.
- WWII showed that islands must be supported by ships for logistics and firepower. Japan was over extended due to their huge footprint. The Pacific became Japan's Russia. Unsupportable.
- I think an important variable will be the efficacy of smart cluster bombs that can destroy large armored or perhaps vehicle formations at one time to include the efficacy of CAS. However, much of that capability is contingent upon air superiority. In WWII the Japanese naval aviation tapered off as we destroyed her aircraft carriers.
- China is using the belt and road initiative to make inroads with various countries. I think China has an advantage as she has purchased long-term leases to ports around the world.
- WWII showed that islands must be supported by ships for logistics and firepower. Japan was over extended due to their huge footprint. The Pacific became Japan's Russia. Unsupportable.
- I think an important variable will be the efficacy of smart cluster bombs that can destroy large armored or perhaps vehicle formations at one time to include the efficacy of CAS. However, much of that capability is contingent upon air superiority. In WWII the Japanese naval aviation tapered off as we destroyed her aircraft carriers.
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