07-07-2017, 03:10 PM
(07-07-2017, 11:33 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: As you say, China borders Russia, and a war with China would endanger
Russia more than the US. I agree, though those Chinese missiles are
specifically designed to be as destructive as possible to the US.
However, those missiles are also a danger to Europe, so no one is
safe.
But the Majority of the Chinese buildup is of "carrier killer" missiles such as the DF-15, DF-21 and DF-26. These missiles can also be converted in to land-based attack missiles in the case of a war against a land based enemy. The very fact that these missile were constructed means the PLA is following an attrition/open battle based military doctrine. This is because the Current base ports of the US carriers are beyond the range of these missiles. In a sneak attack the carriers could simply be taken out at port by regular ICBMs, that carrier based tech and tech to counter carriers is being constructed indicates that the Chinese doctrine is of winning an open battle not a sneak attack battle. Europe is beyond range of most of these systems except the ICBMs, and Chinese-European relations are quite good actually.
