Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "Treating the Shandong Like a US Aircraft Carrier Makes Xi’s Superpower Dream A Joke" video.

  1. China does not export coal. In fact, it imports coal. As for rare earths, they are not rare. Before China became involved in processing them, the US had its own source and processing. The thing about this process is that it is environmentally "dirty". Thus, as with much other materials processing, the pollution was simply shifted to China, which does not enforce standards, thus lowering the cost. These are not advantages for China. In a real war scenario, it would be trivial to strangle China of resources. China imports massive amounts of oil and food, as well as many other commodities. China would be back to the state they were in around the time of the Great Leap Forward, including the starvation.
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  2. Have the Chinese noticed that in Ukraine ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles have routinely been shot down. The US Navy has the Aegis system which performs a comparable function at sea. In fact, these systems are far reaching and extremely effective.
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  3.  @NixsonJr  Well, if they are preparing for it they are doing a piss poor job. They have not stocked up enough oil to go any length of time without. That would be hard to do. As for food, they are in such bad shape there that I don't know what they are thinking. Massive corruption has adversely affected their stockpiles. Actions taken in the last several months have badly affected current food production. A typical one is the flooding of prime agricultural land to protect Xi's pet project. All of that and more may indicate that they are either stupid, or don't really plan to invade Taiwan. It is hard to tell.
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  4.  @SideEpics  Then, you run out of missiles. Unless you destroy the enemy's whole force, you are left open to massive retaliation. You are also assuming that every hit will be successful and that there will be no effective defense. So, not a great plan, and the Chinese Rocket Force knows it.
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  5.  @goaway7346  Launching 1,000 missiles at any one target is unprecedented, and probably impractical. The US also has lots of other platforms to launch aircraft in the area as well. Heck, you would probably see B-2s and B-52s taking off from the US launching missiles at China. The new Marine doctrine also includes anti-ship missiles for their expeditionary units. There is also the new system for launching large numbers of missiles from cargo planes. One of the items I have seen, in relation to the rocket force in China, is their fear of being targeted by the US. I am sure that they would be happy to defend the country if it were attacked and would do their duty. On the other hand, they might be somewhat more reluctant if China were to take unprovoked offensive action. The most likely direction of attack on China is from Russia. Actually, it is even more likely that China will attack Russia if that country loses their war in Ukraine, and perhaps breaks up. The US, and the rest of the west and allies in Asia have no motivation to attack China. Your last point is a valid one. The US has the largest number of large attack carriers in the world. What I really expect to happen is that an amphibious attack on Taiwan would fail. It is not an easy thing to do, and China has no experience with such an operation. There, you got me going.
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