(November 13, 2015 at 5:15 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(November 11, 2015 at 6:04 am)Kaiser Wrote: Are you forgetting both sides possess a nuclear deterrent? It would probably be a bit heavier than 'a couple missile attacks in return'.We could easily destroy all of China in less than an hour. It's not as if we wouldn't hit their heavy missiles first.
They have at least three SSBNs, each carrying 12 missiles with either three or four warheads each; they're projected to have eight SSBNs by 2020. So currently, that's thirty-six warheads, and by 2020, eight SSBNs with almost three hundred warheads.
Complacency in military affairs is a no-no. Never underestimate one's opponent.
