01-26-2017, 04:22 PM
Quote:How does the US sink one of China's artificial islands? Conventional weapons can't sink an island. A nuke would do it neatly, though, with minimal loss of life.
Gibberish. How does an island sink, nuke or no?
Quote:How does China sink a US carrier? They don't have the conventional forces to do it.
The US Navy begs to differ. Conventional missiles can sink ships just fine.
Quote:Of course, there are nonmilitary weapons that might be equally devastating. China could release their immense reserves of dollars in a way that would result in instant painful inflation in the US. It would of course hurt China too. Similarly with the US imposing tariffs on Chinese goods.
How would selling their US Treasury holdings, in isolation, do what you suggest?