Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "The Infographics Show" channel.

The title suggests that China can prevail in a war with the US. The video actually shows that China is not prepared and cannot win.
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Bigfoot?? What about Small Hands?? This creature is east coast. Has been spotted in Washington DC and Florida. It has an orange face and orange hair. Some think it is somehow related to Orangutans of Sumatra. Others think that its loping gate and guttural utterances indicate a more primitive ape like creature. If you see this creature, don't get near it. It is mean tempered, and yells "you're fired' at people and things that irritate it. You may calm it down by throwing Big Macs at it. They quiet him for awhile. Some think Small Hands escaped from a zoo. Others think it escaped from a Circus hiding in a clown car.
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The Himalayan mountains makes usage of helicopters marginal. Attack aircraft like the A-10, which has a service ceiling of 45,000 ft much more useful. I suspect this is a reason why India has few attack helicopters. On the other hand, if they were to fight Pakistan, then AH-64s would be great to have.
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One more thing...these missiles typically carry a warhead from 300lb to 1000lb. Carriers are HUGE. A single 1000lb bomb would not sink it. It probably would have little operational effect. Multiple hits would be requited to even slow it down. Many hits required to sink it, IMO. Meanwhile, all our military assets in the region would be responding - all doing a variety of missions -- sweeping the Chinese navy and all merchant and fishing vessels from the sea - destroying the artificial islands -- jamming their communications -- knocking their communication satellites out/ or jamming them - etc. BTW ... our carriers and support ships have glass fiber wiring to protect against EMP attacks.
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Nice. However, was it necessary?? The Malacca and Sunda straits have been blocked, cutting off all oil and other imports coming from the Indian Ocean to China. All food imports have been cut off. China's fishing fleet is either in port or sunk. China will lose. Quickly or slowly, China will lose.
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Sorry, China's population is NOT 1.4 Billion as reported by China. It's population is estimated at 1.26 Billion. Read Yi Fuxian.
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It is true that carriers are vulnerable. All weapon systems, bases, and countries are vulnerable. The question is not "can a foe sink our carriers?"... The question is "can a foe tolerate or even survive the US response?" For instance, say China attacks an American fleet in the SCS and sinks a carrier. What would the US do?? I think the US would then respond swiftly, with swarms of missiles attacking and sinking China's naval ships worldwide. China's bases in the SCS would be obliterated - not a crab or seashell left intact. Any Chinese air force planes outside of China's air space would be shot down. A full blockade would be put on China -- not ship, not a boat, not a raft being allowed out or in. How long would China's economy last with that?? If China EVER attacks and sinks an American ship, it will be destroyed. However, Xi and the CCP act as if they think everyone is weak and cowardly. So, Xi and the CCP just might start a war somewhere, with somebody.
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You failed to account for or analyze the impact of combat support vessels and logistics. The American carrier does NOT fight alone - it is always part of a task force, which will include a Ticonderoga cruiser, 1 or 2 Burke Destroyers, an Attack class nuclear submarine, and supporting supply and logistics ships. Moreover, a Carrier Strike Group may be augmented with additional carriers, cruisers, and destroyers and subs to make an adequate response to ANY threat. So, if one CSG is not enough to take out the Chinese navy, then it will be expanded until it can do the task. It will be 20 to 30 years before China has that ability. However, I do expect it to have that ability -- someday. But, NOT today.
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Basically, both India and Unites States would have uninterrupted maritime trade, so their economies would be minimally effected. While, China and Russia would be easily blockaded, and their economies crushed.
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The Gatling Gun was NOT successful. It jammed, and had little effect on battlefields. The machine gun, however, was successful and profoundly affected WW1.
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Sorry, but the real weapons development is not in things that go "BOOM". Weapons development is about electronics -- ECM, ECCM, and ECCCM. etc. The primary defense against incoming missiles is NOT anti-anti-ship missiles. It is in Electronic Counter measures that will send the incoming missile off course, and explode harmlessly. Of course, some missiles come with ECCM to counter ECM. But, then more sophisticated ECM will have ways to counter ECCM. It is a never ending spiral.
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Greatest conqueror ever?? HUH?? Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, and Napoleon were all greater. How about Cyrus the Great? The Muslim world had some great conquerors, too. Julius Caesar's conquests were too narrow and limited. He was not even CLOSE to being the best Roman conqueror -- IMO, both Scipio Africanus and Marius were better. Sulla would also be close in accomplishments and ability.
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Also, the US is NOT a power by itself, alone, in the Indo-Pacific. Japan, Australia, Philippines, and soon India will work together to oppose China. Why?? Simple -- they all have a lot to lose if China gets recognized ownership of the SCS. Actually, more to lose than the US.
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@kjrom Australia might be stressed by China, but not Japan or India. Their economies can handle whatever trade war China wants. But, Japan is paying its companies to move out of China. Apple and Tesla are moving export production out of China - that is they will only produce in China what they sell in China. Do you really think India & Japan are irrelevant?
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The world trade order after WW2 was built and ensured by US and western Europe. The coming world trade order will be ensured by US, India, Western Europe, and Japan. Many minor powers, like Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, and others will follow their lead. Any country trying to upset that world order will find themselves isolated, and expelled from world trade (if they persist). The new world order will look like the Bretton Woods world of the 70 years, only the countries actively supporting it militarily will be slightly different.
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You should have included 1. The recurve bow 2. The bit, bridle, and stirrups for enabling cavalry. 3. The revolver pistol 4. The repeating rifle, and later semi-automatic rifle 5. The submarine 6. The airplane & aircraft carrier 7. The war galley 8. The Ship of The Line, & the battleship '9. Guided missiles. (until guided, they were pretty useless.)
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Weapon vs weapon analysis is silly, and very wrong, especially with carriers. 1. A carrier fights in a group, not by itself. You have to assess the Carrier Task Force, at the very least. 2. Nearby land based support must be considered. The air forces on Midway were important to Japan's defeat at that battle. Therefore, location of the battle would be significant. If held in the South China Sea, China would have the most nearby land support. Out in the Pacific, China would have no chance. 3. Power projection depends greatly on bases. America has bases all over the world, thus can support Carrier groups everywhere. China has limited areas where it can support combat.
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Key to power projection with the carriers are the worldwide bases America has, and the task forces that accompany each carrier. Having a super carrier is not enough. A nation needs all that goes with them, if it wants to project power.
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Depends on how you define "winning". Neither has the capacity to conquer the other. So, in a war, both would lose hugely. However, India has a major advantage in that all oil supplies to China through the Indian ocean would be stopped. So, China will need to get its oil from across the Pacific. Also, India's advanced Brahmos and other missiles were not mentioned. They greatly increase India's air and naval defense capacity.
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