World War III

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Kasz216 said:

Jackson50 said:

Kasz216 said:

PDF said:

TheRealMafoo said:
The only way a World War is going to happen, is if the US lost its military might.

Aside from that (and it could be done in a mass scale nuclear attack), there never will be a world war.

The US is so far ahead of any other military. People don't realize how amazingly powerful the US military is. They know it's the best, but it's far better then the second best. (The British)

 

2nd best is the British????

The Chinese would rape the UK.

 

China, Russia vs EU, US.   Some how nukes need to be taken off the playing field for this to ever happen

China wouldn't get remotely near the British Islands...

China has very little troop projection ability.

The PLAN is improving... but it would be no match for the British.

I'm not even sure they have Aircraft Carriers yet.... and without Aircraft Carries your going to have a hard time fighting a modern naval battle.

Basically in a war between the two the British navy would contain the Chinese and keep them stuck at home, while the british could bomb at will... with little recourse for the Chinese.

The PRC has one inoperable Soviet aircraft carrier. They have a fairly capable submarine force, however.

 

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.

Not true, the UK Navy has recently put into production a new type of destroyer, and 2 super carriers with the same F-35 planes the US uses.

Also, the reason China hasn't been an agressor is that for ages they were inder Imperial rule, and so we've only really got the last 100 years to look at, and given at how much they were under attack by Japan, it's no suprise they havent invaded anywhere obviously. However, they have subtly taken over Taiwan, Tibet and Mongolia with very little fighting. Also, they have provided aid to fellow communist contries like North Korea.

Also, perhaps one of the major reasons China has little decent weaponry is because of things like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_arms_embargo_on_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China

Effectively prohibiting any military technology of EU origin making it's way into China.