World War III

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Kasz216 said:

Jackson50 said:

Kasz216 said:True... but that's about all they have.  That and Destroyers which... are ok but not great alone.

I mean, maybe they could slip through with a ballistic sub or two and nuke the British isles.  But i think it'd be against them.

Admittidly though with the way the royal navy is going... it may actually turn out that "swarm" tactics could win the day after a while, since the British i believe are cutting down their navy.

From the evidence I have seen, their ship number is expected to deacrease, but their total tonnage is expected to increase. I believe they are replacing their smaller carriers with larger carriers. They are still a capable navy, however, and I would rank them slightly ahead of the Russians and French. 

 

The problem though with small ship numbers is that it makes you vulnerable to "suicide" attacks and mosquito attacks and the like, no?

I'm not really up to how far behind Chinese naval technology is behind british technology outside of the lack of some of the more essential modern ships.

i know they have more... but they're obviously a lot less effective.

It may not be a problem for the British vs china but i can see how it might be exploited by others.

 

Technology and training really plays a huge part. Like you said, it depends on the enemy. I can't see anyone who would be against the British having the technology to do any real damage.

To give you an example, if the US went to war with Israel, our F15's could probably take out there entire fleet of F15's without a single loss. All due to the difference in technology in the planes we export, and the ones we don't.