OT: China's new carrier

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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

A note on casualties.

War weariness is the killer factor in any conflict involving a democratic nation. If the conflict goes hot, China can sustain more casualties than America ever could. Vietnam proved that the key to defeating America is to kill enough soldiers, quickly enough to force the American people to make the US government back down.

Outside of air and naval forces I couldn't see America realy contributing much in the way of land forces in a Chinese-Taiwanese war. China would have to get a sustainable toe-hold on Taiwan for America to have to send the army and marines in to boot them out.