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Originally Posted by taskforceiron
It requires a navy for them to transport their troops to preposition themselves for any military operation that would be directed against our interests anywhere other than Asia. They lack power projection outside their own immediate territory.
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
What is the quality of their army though? Also the logistics required to feed, cloth, equip, etc...such an army?
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Don’t allow the photographs of uniformed cadre to lead you into thinking about China’s conventional military threat. The Chinese are not going to produce a conventional military confrontation in the Western Hemisphere any time soon. They have said as much:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...99/unresw1.htm
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/...ne/unresw1.htm
http://www.elequity.com/public/TJH/w...fare-china.pdf
Think smaller.
In order for China to project power and influence in North America, it only requires a merchant marine, which they have in spades.
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