Can China Actually Pull Off the Taiwan Invasion?

How much of a threat does China pose to the United States Military? Find out in this THREAT ESTIMATE.
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[@clickratio]

Need to comment on an error made: Sun Li-jen is not a PLA general, he was part of the ROC forces (Nationalist), he was educated by VMI, and was part of the early publicanus vigilum legion (tax police) which were trained and equipped by the Germans. During world war 2, he was in Burma with the chinese expeditionary force (American equipment). what he wasn't a fan of is the political warfare branch (pseudo commissars) of the nationalist army that was sort of the brainchild of Chiang Ching-kuo(Chiang Kai-shek's son), and he was arrested in connection with a supposed communist spy case, which to many today seems like a made-up charge. In general, as someone from Taiwan and did his one-year service as a political warfare officer, Sun Li-jen is one of the, if not the most, decorated officer in my opinion, Chiang Kai-shek just didnt have the eye nor tolerance for someone that talented.

[@LouisTsuiful]

You’re wrongl! Taiwan is inseparable part of China 🇨🇳 since the ancient time ! Taiwan separatist forces are quite weak , the People’s Liberation Army can destroy them within 24 hours and liberate the Taiwan province!

[@clickratio]

​@@LouisTsuiful Have I talked about going independent and being a separatist? I just don't want Sun Li-jen, a highly decorated officer who gave his whole life to the country to be wrongly associated with a cause he didnt represent. Our military force's history can be traced back to the war against Japanese and in it protecting Chinese civilians, when our forefathers were fighting the good fight under the national banner, what was the PLA doing? Oh wait, they aren't even a thing back then. Save the yourself the embarrassment and go bug people who actually called for independence. Not satisfied with being presented hard facts? Sign up for PLA and pacify the bad rogue province.

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[@johnsimpson5471]

ok you both seem like you know a few things about this topic. would china likely invade Taiwan physically?

[@ericius2435]

@@johnsimpson5471 China has invaded Taiwan from various aspects, including political manipulation, public opinion influence, and the creation of internal confrontation in Taiwan, just like what Russia did to the United States and Ukraine.

[@marcuswardle3180]

The British for decades have had a law in place that allows the government to “requisition” ships for military use. It was last used when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. One of the ships was a cruise ship. Perfect for carrying troops. One merchant vessel, the Atlantic Conveyor, though was sunk. It took down with it nearly all the heavy lift helicopters.

[@ANobodyatall]

Canberra and the QE2 were both used as troop transports. Yes, sadly the Atlantic Conveyor was a casualty.

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@Abduljabar Amirbekov which makes all the more impressive, dude

[@OnePotMeals]

That’s a great idea! Do you think anyone would spot them doing this?

[@sbeyer17]

Or Dunkirk

[@sbeyer17]

@Based Boi that's correct, but he's right just look for the Falkland conflict.

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[@crkao]

General Sun was a KMT general, not a CCP general. He was sacked when he was in Taiwan around 1960.

[@LouisTsuiful]

You’re wrongl! Taiwan is inseparable part of China 🇨🇳 since the ancient time ! Taiwan separatist forces are quite weak , the People’s Liberation Army can destroy them within 24 hours and liberate the Taiwan province!

[@huoyeh4319]

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[@williamblaker2628]

An amphibious landing these days would be even more difficult than back in WWII. Today there are long-range anti-ship missiles. The range of such missiles can reach all the way from Taiwan to China. Troop transport/ferry ships have no significant missile defense, and would depend on any nearby destroyers and cruisers to provide defense. Given the size of these troop transport/ferries, losing just a few of them would result in tremendous losses. Taiwan currently has some anti-ship missiles, and has recently signed agreements to obtain more. But, they seriously need to build up a larger arsenal. Also, Taiwan needs WAY more anti-air and anti-missile capabilities. I believe that any invasion by mainland China would start with a truly epic barage of long-range missiles launched from the mainland to knock out as much of Taiwan's defensive capabilities as they can, so a robust defense of Taiwan starts with robust anti-air & anti-missile capability. Combine that with robust anti-ship missile batteries, lots of sea mines, plus a bunch of anti-tank weapons, such as Javelin, to deal with any that manage to land, and Taiwan's existing land army should be sufficient to deal with any infantry that manage to land.

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Javelin would be excellent against Landing Craft, Top down attack mode and it should easily take out a Landing Craft.

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[@SuperAahz]

Air lift would be the way to go in this day and age but still... that's a lot of heavy shit.

[@Madame702]

I wouldn't sweat it William. China need to get across a half million men in full gear. Chinse Navy has only 6 boats total to make the crossing. Sorry that just won't cut it. LOL🤣

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[@robertburke1486]

All they would have to do is tell the PLA there was some Omicron around, and they would run like frightened little rabbits; they are so terrified of covid.

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Yes but his analisis ruled out airpower and citzen shipping

[@LouisTsuiful]

You’re wrongl! Taiwan is inseparable part of China 🇨🇳 since the ancient time ! Taiwan separatist forces are quite weak , the People’s Liberation Army can destroy them within 24 hours and liberate the Taiwan province!

[@ericius2435]

@@robertburke1486 They should still need to be vaccinated before they invade Taiwan

[@jeremyholland4527]

I’m glad I got to see you cover this topic. I work as a transporter with the US Army and the type of vessel that the transport/ferry is is a RO/RO. Roll on roll off. They are great for moving a lot of equipment at once but they are very slow and big targets. If they make the journey across successfully and put the ramp down at the berth, that’s where they’d be at the biggest risk. If a ship is sunk at the berth that can really slow down an invasion because these vessels typically need infrastructure to offload onto. Anyways that’s my little piece I could contribute. Can’t wait to see the next video!

[@jackbradley3388]

I had this same thought, are we to believe that a civilian ferry can stand up to any kind of offensive action? It seems like you could sink one with a well-placed dummy round, let alone a guided missile.

[@waynedieckmann9840]

The fishing fleet is obvious. Can't be targeted by the west. Still land up to 1 million troops

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[@Kevin-jb2pv]

I think that D-Day and the Pacific theater as a whole makes a lot of people underestimate how much of a logistical nightmare amphibious invasions really are. It was a _monumental_ effort to land all the people The Allies did on French beaches and on the bajillion tiny islands throughout the Pacific, and basically up to the day it became clear that it had actually worked basically everyone was scared shitless about it and there were a decent number of detractors (some quite famous, high-ranking figures amongst them) who thought that it wouldn't work and that we were just sailing all of our forces to their deaths. Now take into consideration that this would have to be done as an _actual invasion force_ to annex Taiwan and not as a liberating force to eject an occupying force that was hated by the civilian population and the problems become even worse for the invaders. When the allies invaded France, they did so without having to _really_ deal with the civilians behind their lines taking potshots at their soldiers and sabotaging their supply lines or even openly revolting. They mostly had the full support of the French people behind them (I'm _sure_ there are a handful of stories about the opposite happening or German plants being left behind to try and cause problems, but these would be the exception and not the rule). This is the same kind of problem that the Allies in the Pacific Theater were wrestling with leading up to the invasion of the Japanese mainland. Now, the Japanese back then were an _especially_ vicious defensive force to be reckoned with due to _deep_ cultural beliefs and ruthless disregard for international laws of warfare, but even so that just puts them at the higher (highest?) end of that estimated rate of occupiers to occupied. But the losses that they were expecting on both sides would have been atrocious, and this would have been with an invading force that was far, _far_ better supplied than the defenders and with many more troops in much better fighting shape. This is the kind of math you have to look at when you are trying to put the decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japanese cities into perspective. Or, hell, even just firebombs. Tokyo arguably suffered much more devastation from conventional firebombs (can't remember if it was actually napalm, yet, or some older form of incendiary. It didn't really matter, because Japanese buildings at the time were _super_ vulnerable to fire), the advent of nuclear weapons just meant that the Allies only had to slip one bomber last Japanese air defense rather than fleets of aircraft to do the same amount of damage. The early nukes had more of a logistical and psychological edge than an actual destructive capability advantage in this situation. But the point is that The Allies were looking for _any_ alternative to a full-blown invasion because they knew that invading was going to be pure horror for everyone involved. The other thing about invading an island that a lot of people don't talk about is what you do after you take over. You can't just take over a place like Taiwan and then just have business continue as normal. They're an island nation that is _heavily_ dependent on _imports_ to survive. The population of Taiwan will _fucking starve to death_ without a constant stream of imported food. And then the supply chain problems will start immediately. I'm sure Taiwan has _some_ natural resources, but they absolutely don't have the metal and oil resources required to keep their manufacturing and basic infrastructure running. Invading a place like Taiwan would _necessarily_ cause destruction to things like ports, railways, roads, airports, and other basic infrastructure required to keep everything running. Not to mention all of the private sector things that would be disrupted. Things like business contracts and supply lines would be thrown into chaos, causing Taiwanese businesses to either have to cut back operations severely or leave Taiwan, and foreign businesses would almost certainly cut ties to Taiwan and establish ties to companies in other countries just due to the uncertainty that they will either receive Taiwanese exports or that anything they sell to the Taiwanese will ever be received or paid for. So the Chinese at the _bare minimum_ will need to have plans and the capability to keep the Taiwanese fed and hydrated for the short to medium term, and then for the long term will need to have plans for what to do with the completely devastated economy of Taiwan that they inherit after they put down the immediate resistance street fighting. Oh, yeah, and also the Chinese will need to do all of that while also having their own economy become completely devastated by the rest of the world slashing economic ties with them at the same time. I don't think it would be as dramatic as how Russia has been cut off from the rest of the world, just because so much of the world's economy is so heavily reliant on Chinese manufacturing and they quite literally _can't,_ but I do think that the rest of the world would start hastening efforts ready in motion to end or reduce industrial reliance on China. We've already seen a wake-up call for why being too heavily reliant on Chinese manufacturing is dangerous in the wake of the pandemic, and we've seen governments and private companies alike start shifting production out of China. I think we would see this same movement accelerate, and rather than having ties just cut outright like with Russia, what we would see is companies suddenly announcing plans to build new factories outside of China and governments offering huge tax credits and subsidies for companies to build new domestic factories. It might not be as sudden, but the impact will _still_ cause China's logistical problems to swell as their coffers start drying up on top of everything else. Oh, and think about how mass unemployment and economic ruin is likely to destabilize a communist society. We've seen before that oppression + economic growth and (relative) prosperity _can_ work and be stable, but oppression + economic stagnation and collapse can very quickly lead to angry mobs and heads on pikes. North Korea is about the only communist country to pull it off, but I'm not sure that the Chinese people would ever put up with that level of state cruelty and poverty after experiencing the last few decades of relative freedom and opportunity. I know China is already a nightmare society to the western mind, but honestly it's not even a difficult choice if you hold a gun to my head and tell me I have to choose whether to move to China or North Korea. I'm pretty sure I could at least keep my head down, _survive,_ lead a _reasonably_ happy life in parts of China if I had to. But North Korea? Gun to my head you tell me to move to North Korea and I think I would just lunge for the gun and take my chances. And if we start trying to impose the Chinese system on Taiwan, while that same Chinese system is also deteriorating economically (which is even worse when you consider that Taiwan has a pretty ridiculously high standard of living already) which means that the Chinese government is almost certainly having to crack down extra hard as it is, and I'm not sure how that could be stable. And I'm not sure how stable it would be for the Chinese mainland, either. Totalitarian regimes have a tendency to seem a lot more stable to the outside world than they actually are, because we don't get to see all of the internal problems that may be tearing them to shreds until _after_ the state collapses and classified information starts getting picked through.

[@RichMalishefski]

Good comment👍 very interesting perspective that will play a huge factor along side just the common military angle that everyone views a war with China from. Thankyou for your insight Mr. Kevin

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And OP Torch and the Sicilian landings should also be involved in the conversation.

[@lordcommissar7813]

Doesn't help that china's youth is taking on a "let it rot" trend

[@mnm8818]

didnt read everything ha, to add or re-state, but yeah thats why Japanese military didnt surrender after the first atomic bomb, cause it was the same devastation as normal bombardments but just in one bomb, so it made no difference in their eyes the end result. and from US military generals, China doesnt have enough naval support to mount even a small amphibious invasion, even if USA wanted to invade Taiwan is near impossible. thats why islands usually dont get conquered throughout history with similar military superiority, its near impossible, especially to the main capital island.

[@arthas640]

Same with airlifts. The US and British combined had the largest sea and airlfit capacity in human history and carried out a massive disinformation campaign, the Nazis made plenty of mistakes and had horrible intel (many of their spies were double agents for the allies and Soviets), and since they were invading formerly allied territory they had tons of intel on the area and still got lucky and that all took years of planning. Plus theres the bonus that most of France was opposed to the Nazis so the area was filled with spies and partisans. Not to mention the fact the Nazis werent sure where the Allies were going to attack and thought an assault could happen anywhere from the Netherlands to France's western coast. Not to mention the fact the Nazis were stretched thin defending that wide of an area, were dealing with partisans across Europe, and were throwing men into the massive meat grinder called the eastern front... Meanwhile China has few allies or spies in Taiwan, the US and their allies watch China like a hawk, the Chinese cant really hide troop movements or anything, Taiwan is a tiny island, and there are only a few good landing spots and there are only a few times a year where an invasion would work with the tides and weather. Even outside of troop landing ships you need massive amounts of supplies, ships to protect those landing craft, you need armor to support them, and you need air dominance over the area. It's not just a ferry ride across the water from China to Taiwan and if you airlift men in you need to worry about air defenses and police/soldiers just gunning the men down from the ground or surrounding them before they even touch down. That all takes tons of planning which means every country in the region will know about the attack beforehand and will prepare. The US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and South Korea will definitely get involved, likely NATO will send support, the Philippines will probably get involved, and it's likely that India would take the opportunity to kick China while their back is turned. Meanwhile few countries if any would be aiding China as North Korea and Laos are unable to help and Vietnam is likely to remain neutral at best.

[@rophiamphu1669]

And here in India, we are still acting like a miser on our defence budget. Maybe the reason they focus on carrier and destroyer is because they want to cut Taiwan off from the sea before starting invasion.

[@realtalk6195]

India spends more on its defense budget as a percentage of GDP compared to China. India's is 2.8% while China's is around 2%.

[@rossanderson5815]

You don't use aircraft carriers for asset denial you use the for force projection. They'd use them to send planes in, but China can invade by air from China they don't need carriers and carriers would give them away. The carriers are for the pacific especially places like the Solomon Islands where they have just signed a treaty between both countries (which is a much bigger issue than most probably think).

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@@realtalk6195 and it's not enough. I never believe that 2 % about china.

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[@OleOlson]

I love the humor on this channel. Those random meme graphics must take forever to insert. One aspect I think wasn't covered however was the focus on China's land army. Their geopolitical intent does involve some naval interests (particularly the string of pearls to secure maritime trade routes), but their central focus has always been on securing and expanding the land around their core. From parts of Russian Siberia to Mongolia, from Central Asia to India, to Southeast Asia, those are the areas the Chinese military is designed to go after if they deem it necessary. The proverbial 'land war in Asia', which was once thought inconceivable.

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as a Chinese, I have never heard of it, hahaha

[@MrRugbylane]

Its all a bit of a bluff really. Meanwhile the Chinese are using the British Empire model of expansion. Use commerce, graft and divide and conquer strategies.

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As a Chinese, I'm truly amused by the level of stupidity of Americans shown in the comment section. lol

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Nice piece, Battle.

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[@XSimonY]

Can attest. Chinese American. Lets just say some years ago a family member was a little lost and unemployed, he somehow got into a desirable branch of the military through connections. They even maneuvered him to the equivalent of officer candidate school for better treatment and living conditions. This guy almost failed out of high school, likely with undiagnosed ADHD. I forgot how much $ they spent sending him there. Not to say that he represents the entirety of the Chinese military, but this kind of practice is still common. He left the military after couple years and went on to become a line cook for Pizza hut in one of the large cities.

[@arthas640]

The US military is far from perfect, I saw insane decisions like letting high school dropouts that could barely read (no exaggeration) into the military during Vietnam and the worst parts of the War on Terror, but those are often very temporary and almost solely affect the lowest level of enlisted men and not officers or NCOs. I know that China has had issues in the past with the military being more of a political or business organization than military, they used to own their own civilian companies and officers used their position to get partial ownership of business in return for favors. Not to mention the fact many officers are promoted more based off political connections then merit or experience. He's unlikely to be representative of Chinese officers as a whole or even generals specifically but an infamous example of the bizarre political based decisions in the military was the promotion of Mao Xinyu from the position of professional historian and amateur poet to Major General in the PLA because he's the grandson of Chairman Mao, and his mom had a similar story going from working on military encyclopedias and working as a photographer to being promoted to Major General in the PLA after marrying oen of Mao's sons.

[@majesticflyingbrick]

> desirable branch of the military > went on to become a line cook for Pizza hut Pick one

[@marcm.]

The only counter argument that I can think of, is there semi recent action versus the Indian army. But this was small scale, and in a situation where none of these possible, in fact probable, weaknesses would be exposed. This was a very good piece, thank you for it

[@FarmerDrew]

They have four dead Chinese officers that crossed a line in India and paid the ultimate price. Then India launches a milk run missile into Pakistan and the S-400 couldn't intercept it 🤣😂

[@richardbecker697]

Good point! People kinda slept on the rumble in Kashmir. I think 50 to 60 guys died total. This happened in the beginning of the pandemic and got pigeon holed

[@LouisTsuiful]

You’re wrongl! Taiwan is inseparable part of China 🇨🇳 since the ancient time ! Taiwan separatist forces are quite weak , the People’s Liberation Army can destroy them within 24 hours and liberate the Taiwan province!

[@mwcinci]

Was that the baseball bats wrapped with barbed wire war?

[@RJT80]

So China would employ all of their civilian maritime transport to a costly invasion of Taiwan? What happens to their economy when people can't move around and no goods are moved that way? What happens when the US and allies blockade China from fuel and food imports? They are not even remotely self sufficient and it's part of the reason they are play the role of the new colonizers in Africa, etc. And domestically, China is far from rock solid. Their demographics already require most young people to support two older parents. They don't have a social safety net. If those young people are gone or if tens of thousands die, it would be disastrous for their society.

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[@yankusss95]

My opinions: April: neutral may: neutral June: neutral July: neutral but really scared

[@iche9373]

PRC just accepts 2-State solution, problem solved.

[@JackParsons.]

@@iche9373 Military invasion seems unecessary, why not go with subversion and install pro China puppets? Less hassle.

[@noah4822]

People feed off the fear, its what keeps you glued. it's all exagerated to keep you coming back for "up to date info". notice its always why you should keep being scared or something else to be scared of. spend a week focusing only on things immediately impacting your daily life and you will feel so much better

[@icii0i40]

Hopefully china is just a paper tiger like Russia

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[@thefisherking78]

2:18 and that's assuming every ship survives the crossing, in the face of a defense force whose entire purpose for existence is to stop them from making the crossing, and which will see them coming hours away. Not only that, but _every_ time the ships go back for more troops and cargo, they're still under fire for at least part of that 100-mile trip, and the capacity of the fleet will suffer attrition on every round thereafter. I would hate to be the one planning that, almost as much as I'd hate to be a soldier in one of those sitting ducks.

[@lacey1714]

And I don’t want to imagine what will happen when word hits Japan and the US.

[@thefisherking78]

@@lacey1714 LOL 😂

[@ParagonFury]

@@lacey1714 If I remember the logistics correctly China has about 48 hours before the first F-18s and Marine QRFs are going to be there, and about 90-ish hours before they'd be dealing with F-35s and F-22s and a proper carrier strike group. Basically China has to invade, completely conquer and set up defenses on Taiwan in less than a week if they don't want to get caught with their pants down by the US counter-offensive.

[@russell7489]

It took 4,000 ships to land 250,000 troops & MASSIVE amount of supplies at Normandy over a period of about a month. Oh, and that was with TOTAL AIR CONTROL ie exactly 2 German fighters showed up for about 2 mins Also packing 9,000 troops on a single ship is a GREAT way to loose 9,000 troops to a single missile. It's one reason none of the converted liners that could hold 10,000 troops were used at Normandy invasion, or ANY of the dozens of Pacific landings.

[@redwatch1100]

I heard there were about 16000 ships there involved in the Normandy operation.

[@Mr-Damage]

6890 odd ships

[@TP-ie3hj]

Not only wrong about the number of ships but you are wrong about the air the Germans flew hundreds of sorties daily and the German Navy also struck numerous times the two planes is from the movie Longest day!

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[@TravisBerthelot]

How many auto gyros did we have at Normandy? Well China is building 20,000 of them every 18 months and has been doing so for 5 years. So think 500,000 by auto gyro and 40,000 by ship.

[@M5290kek]

Command & Conquer: Generals - 2000's RTS - one of the playable factions, is a interpretation of China. During one of their mission campaigns, you can use a civilian ferry ship to flank the enemy base. Heh.

[@johnnymechavez429]

Ah the HK harbor mission.

[@davidty2006]

Hmmm Using civilian vessels for transports is nothing new. Us brits may of ever so slightly did that for the falklands because someone cut the bloody navy budget!

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[@Smile4theKillCam456]

“I’ll build anywhere!” “Can’t build there, sir!” “USA Armor Division” “Check out our new TOW missiles!” “Got room for 5!”

[@gabrielandradeferraz386]

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[@joelamel8056]

This channel is awesome!

[@politicalofficer832]

love the style of this video

[@spencero42]

Actually... The general educated in US, Sun Li-Jen, was an officer of Republic of China, today, you can call it Taiwan. He was arrested in 1955(after government of Republic of China retreat to Taiwan), and placed under house arrest until 1988(in Taichung, Taiwan), he died in 1990. So technically, he wasn't arrested due to opposing communist China's system, but the democrate one.

[@Legion849]

Taiwan doesn't exist your social credit score has decreased by 50,000 points.

[@Harthorn]

Wrong, during his arrest (house arrest), the government then was the KMT, which was not the current Democratic party. The KMT then, was also a one party rule system over Taiwan, prior to true democracy being practiced in Taiwan.

[@spencero42]

@@Harthorn I don't think it is wrong, General Sun was opposing the system of "Political warfare", this system still exist in Taiwanese/ROC armed force, because the "true democracy" government find useful, they don't even consider to get rid of it. And I don't think a "true democracy" would use "fake news" laws to crack down their political enemies.

[@spencero42]

@@Legion849 Fortunately, I live in NYC, the only score I concern is Credit Score.

[@Harthorn]

@@spencero42 That's what I said, true democracy didn't exist during his house arrest period. The democratic party didn't even exist in that time, this KMT was another one party dictatorship. The "news" back then was controlled by one party, KMT, no voting, no choice. It was called "white terror" reign. What the hell are you talking about? You getting timelines mixed up?

[@vk2ktm]

Sun Tzu, where you are weak, appear strong. where you are strong, appear weak. Blindside your enemy and keep them fighting shadows

[@fractalart8352]

Lots of good information!

[@flix1717]

sick video as always

[@mrblurleighton]

I agree with you. Still, never forget that Chinese builders needed only 9 months to turn a mud field into a GigaFactory that could produce 250,000 Teslas per year. It's possible that china has already designed military vehicles to cover their weaknesses, and are just waiting on the right time to begin mass production. Never assume that your adversary advertises their full capabilities.

[@richardcontinijr9661]

I've been to China to help set up a factory and get them running. Unless they made light-years of improvement in 10 years I'm not worried. I didn't realize exactly how backwards they are. The level of incompetence was too vast for the average person to understand. To this day that plant still can't produce in spec product or make a profit.

[@Talishar]

If you've looked at what their cities and residential buildings are built like, you'd find them to be extremely incompetent. They're so corrupt, their builders often skimp and cut corners to steal materials and build things on the cheap in order to pocket the money and building materials for the next sucker.

[@ay9748]

@@richardcontinijr9661 I agree with that froma project managements in Chinese factories point of view, but don't forget there are legit quality / resources that can pump out top notch products like DJI.

[@richardcontinijr9661]

@@ay9748 it's highly dependent on certain factors. DJI for example wouldn't be able to produce the quality of drones that they do if the engineering and design happened in China. But when the boots hit the ground it usually turns into a shit show. The good news is communism will always fail. They'd have to completely change the entire way their education system works. And the PLAN is incapable of the flexibility that's needed to fight a modern war against NATO. It all leads back to the culture that the CCP created and it holds them back.

[@JosephWecker]

Love it . Balanced analysis. Thanks for going through the trouble in these to find real sources with real credibility and also illuminating what we still don't know or might be wrong. I for one worry that we underestimate their ability to overrun with mass. I also believe that their conscripts may be a little more hungry for action than, say, Russia's-- that there is a stronger sense of indignation and nationalism that could throw a lot of overwhelming mass at something.

[@christiandelao2547]

Now thats rare view, strong concideration to cultural norms, in eastern nations the idea of dying for ones countrymen holds more weight, so pushing human wave strategy is easier on the soldiers, its a weird thought

[@christiandelao2547]

To deal with being outnumbered and gunned

[@christiandelao2547]

Theres a large shift to more strategic doctrines then tactical ones with eastern nations including Russia, favoring large armoured pushes, so western doctrine is overcompensated

[@zjeee]

You never know there's also been a lot of reports that their conscripts have low motivation and morale being all from the one child entitled spoiled kids era. It's all speculation to be fair and you could very well be correct.

[@mrvwbug4423]

@@christiandelao2547 Annnnnddddd, we see how well that is working in Ukraine, Russia has lost an astronomical number of tanks. By all measures Russia's armored capability was far better than China's. Also large scale armored doctrines don't work so hot for amphibious landings and fighting in rugged mountainous terrain like Taiwan. Russia's mass armored pushes are failing even in the wide open plains of Eastern Ukraine. China will have to rely heavily on missile strikes in the opening phases of an invasion, and Taiwan is carefully studying Ukranian tactics so they will know how to minimize the damage these missiles strikes will do to their combat capability. And Taiwan's air force can probably fend off the PLAAF long enough for the USAF/USN to get sufficient massed air power in range to assist with the defense.

[@joeyahoo3902]

So, I'm pretty impressed by the thoughtful analysis of the situation as presented here...lot's to think about and lot's I hadn't considered. One other interesting angle I read about was China's "one child" policy, in that when you are only aloud to have one child you tend to be pretty protective of them (especially boys in China), so if too many precious children come home in body bags you can expect some push-back of some type from some very angry and hurt Chinese parents. It's more political than military but that's how internal change often happens and it's something the Chinese government is no doubt aware of and concerned about.

[@arthas640]

I think that's one of the reasons China has been terrified of real military engagements since their invasion of Vietnam. There was serious push back even when China recently tried sending more men to the border with India. The CCP knows they have an uneasy agreement with the citizens: they'll put up with tin pot dictators, inequality, repression, and corruption but only so long as it guarantees them stability and increased prosperity. With Confucian influence they also tend to put a stronger influence on family, especially family lines (there are plenty of east Asian families that trace their genealogy back centuries or millennia with Confucious's family line detailed from today back 2500 years) and they mainly put the importance on sons rather than daughters too. To make matters worse for China they tend to rely mainly on children and grandchildren to take care of elders rather than charities or the state, even in some highly developed countries like South Korea where if they dont have kids to take care of them the elders often end up working well past retirement age to make ends meet, and China's retirement and investment systems are unreliable, which is why many choose to invest overseas or in real estate. In any culture losing young men is hard but for a country like China even the idea of seeing combat sends some families into panic and long term could be more harmful as not only is there the typical societal and economic issues but it also essentially destroys families, destroys retirement plans, and makes their demographic issues much worse.

[@guyparker3904]

Love your content. I have a question you may be able to answer. Further to the info on China fitting out Ferries for use as transports. I remember a story floating around about a year or two ago. It spoke of China and Russia working together to fit out a number of container ships fitted out for military use as troop, equipment and supply transports? Was there any truth to this that you know of? Again love your content, keep up the great work. Thanks for all the awesome work you and your team do👍

[@hacep160]

Having sea lift capability is one thing, being able to defend those civilian transports is the other. It would be food for any kind of anti ship, anti tank missile.

[@ifthen1956]

...or submarines. China's ASW suite is not very good at finding submarines, so a few SSN in the Taiwan Strait would wreak havoc on transports and everything else.

[@hacep160]

@@ifthen1956 well you cannot rly count on Taiwan being able to operate submarines in the middle of the China's fleet. But as soon as those transports get inside 10km range from the shore, soldiers will learn how to swim pretty fast

[@user-gc1hg9sp9k]

@@ifthen1956 all of taiwan submarine are old and outdated diesel submarine, heck even some of them are from ww2 era

[@user-gc1hg9sp9k]

@@ifthen1956 and i dont think US would want to join war againts china just like ukraine war

[@ifthen1956]

@@user-gc1hg9sp9k U.S. has a security agreement with Taiwan. It does not have one with Ukraine.

[@Ryanowning]

What Was Missed in the Analysis: 1) China gets all of it's non-Russian non-NATO gas and oil from a single naval chokehold that is part of the first island chain. This gap is so small that it was found that a SINGLE submarine would be able to completely deny China oil throughout the entire war. If that is cut off the CCP will have to rely on strategic reserves which will be prime targets with all NATO aligned countries in the region, including India, able to strike these fixed structures. As for the Russian oil: that is also a fixed target just like their reserves and it isn't entirely inconceivable that NATO would be able to strike it too. Although Russia does ship some oil by sea, again, that has to pass the first island chain at a very narrow chokepoint. They could attempt to reroute all convoys to larger chokepoints, but that would be subjecting them to the entire might of the US navy as that would be out of China's reach entirely. 2) China is a net importer of food that also travels through the first island chain chokepoints. 3) China is a net importer of fertilizer that also travels through the first island chain chokepoints. 4) China is a net importer of coal. If a war breaks out they immediately deindustrialize. 5) China might choose to invade Taiwan anyway because Xi has been terrified of COVID and so he's isolated himself. It took over 3 months for him to realize that blackouts were occurring due to criminal negligence and corruption; the people that lead to the blackouts might not be alive anymore, Xi use to have far quicker reaction times. This may be recovering, but China's congress is actually set to vote him out of office because the opposition, who want war with Taiwan even more than Xi does, seem to have rallied enough support to oust him. Xi might be an ally in disguise; the alternative could genuinely be worse. You didn't really go over just how many governments highly regard the First Island Chain policy. It's not just the US that regards it as absolute doctrine; Japan has stated that a China that breaks free of the First Island Chain is a China that is an existential threat to Japan.

[@andyf10]

Meh, Taiwan, like Ukraine, isn't a NATO country. The US may go to war over it, but no one else has to....

[@cleanerben9636]

@@andyf10 I honestly doubt the US would even care. Maybe exchange a few missiles and then back to business as usual. How will cheap American plastic flags be made without shipping from China?

[@andyf10]

@@cleanerben9636 The US has massive investments in Taiwan. Asus, Mediatek, Taiwan Semi.... of lot of dollars. And dollars means votes.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@andyf10 oooo maybe they might get involved then

[@Ryanowning]

@@andyf10 Japan, India, and Australia already have stated that war against Taiwan would mean war against them as well. The first island chain policy use to be just a US strategy, but they've picked up on how insanely useful it is.

[@lovegod1steverythingelse2n47]

This Channel should be on mainstream TV, good sh*t!

[@danroffee4904]

1. The unofficial name for invasion of Taiwan is the "Million Man Swim" 2. You forgot... The Chinese Navy has eight active amphibious ships similar to American San Antonio class LSDs, and they're building two more. 3. The regular Chinese Army also has multiple amphibious division similar to US Marine divisions, in addition to the Chinese Navy Marine brigades

[@user-qq7tf6rj5b]

是你侵略分裂我的国家 你才是侵略😂😂😂

[@kurtschlichting1903]

But no actual combat experience. The Taiwanese know they are coming and the Chinese have no cover. A turkey shoot.

[@tomli9793]

​@@kurtschlichting1903 They have enough heavy firepower to support from the sea. Before landing, Taiwan will first be hit by long-range rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles. Any activated radar will be the target of anti-radiation missiles. When they landed, they were already covered with pla drones and fighters

[@kurtschlichting1903]

@@tomli9793 Good luck with that, China has some internal problems that will interfere with that everything soon.

[@tomli9793]

@@kurtschlichting1903 This is of course, but when you are in a war, you won't win a war by hope that your enemy is a decaying and swinging house, and it will collapse if you kick it hard, because your own problems may be more

[@matthewwebster3143]

I really like the videos on the Chinese military and the arms race between the US and China. I would love to see more of these videos.

[@michaeldy3157]

China is still very cruel with death camps.

[@LouisTsuiful]

You’re wrongl! Taiwan is inseparable part of China 🇨🇳 since the ancient time ! Taiwan separatist forces are quite weak , the People’s Liberation Army can destroy them within 24 hours and liberate the Taiwan province!

[@matthewwebster3143]

@@LouisTsuiful brah I didn't even say anything about that...Chinese propaganda much....

[@LeatherLaceStudios]

Outstanding work! I truly enjoyed this video as well as all of your other ones. I like the fact that you’re a veteran and speaking with experience and real world knowledge of your topics, and you are never condescending or self hyping, thanks so much for your great shows and thank you sincerely for your service and your sacrifices

[@claudiocarrera9552]

@tvercetti1 Wumao alert!

[@seanoconnor5968]

It would be great if you could update this. I also follow China Uncensored and they watch how China continues to prepare.

[@MrR0ba]

It good to hear that long speech, if everyone in your hometown think like you even more better 😉

[@the_rippah]

your vids are great one of the rare channels I can confidently hit like without watching

[@michaelllames1440]

Can you do a video about the Philippines? And the format can be like the videos you make explaining Lithuania or Estonia's situation.

[@deniscicic8074]

This is one of my favorite channels on youtube.😎👍

[@JB-nz6ew]

The beret caught my attention 1st, then I noticed the tie and collar. Good one.

[@dgregorytobey8226]

great T-shirt!

[@alias1719]

You are doing a great job with these presentations, and I appreciate the research you/your staff are doing. I'm certainly too busy/lay to do it myself!

[@KanJonathan]

Sun Li-jen wasn't PLA general, he was from RoC/KMT's National Revolutionary Army.

[@gavinwang7886]

Yes, few people mentioned KMT is also a leninist party

[@bctvanw]

During WWII, the first counter attack on Japan was conducted by the cooperation of KMT’s ROC and USSR in 1938. The target Taihoku, Japanese Formosa. Taihoku is Taipei.

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Ok,you sold me, I'm subscribed

[@julioaranton5223]

Information from a Veteran in an increasingly dangerous military game of "biggest dog on the trigger mentality" is appreciated by the average but concerned American Cituzen. Appreciate it Sir.

[@XCal]

Hey, I'm a little confused about the Sun Li-Jen bit and feel it comes off as slightly misleading if not clarified - Sun Li-Jen was indeed a brilliant commander and National hero... of the Kuomintang through his entire career. He was a Nationalist commander throughout, fled to Taiwan, and arrested for conspiracy by the Taiwanese government, by which I mean they arrested some dude under him, tortured the guy until he 'admitted' to being a CCP spy and then used that to put Sun Li-Jen himself under house arrest for being a potential CCP spy - I'm pretty sure you're talking about the PRC's military's development, and I don't see how he factors into this in any way.

[@LouisTsuiful]

You’re wrongl! Taiwan is inseparable part of China 🇨🇳 since the ancient time ! Taiwan separatist forces are quite weak , the People’s Liberation Army can destroy them within 24 hours and liberate the Taiwan province!

[@andreww1225]

😂

[@codypursiful6289]

Pipe down commie

[@rogerthat4545]

A "brilliant commander"? How was that determined?

[@Montaign3]

@@rogerthat4545 his regiment relieved 7000 British troops that were surrounded by the Japanese in Burma and honoured by King George VI with a medal according to Wikipedia

[@dennismoesby]

Just wanna thank you for all the good entertainment you been putting out. Been watching your chanell for a year and feel I should take the time to thank you for all the hard work. Signed up for a membership

[@Taskandpurpose]

thanks for watching really appreciate it , thanks for signing up !

[@Taichigoat]

Good and Balance Reporting on the China Millitary Capabilities.

[@SingleMalt2]

I have some knowledge of the procurement process. 185K for an authoritative report is down right laughable - That is the cost of essentially one low/mid level civilian (fully burdened) working on it for a year. Anything authoritative would likely cost 8 figures and would require dozens of people from different agencies collaborating.

[@khalidalali186]

Touché

[@hx5525]

Yeah, 185k would pay for the salary of like one or two somewhat competent people working on it. I wouldn’t call that authoritative.

[@marcdc6809]

The idea that they themselves seem to downplay the size and effectiveness of their own military seems a bit worrysome. If you're mainly interested in deterring the enemy, you would rather make it seem bigger and stronger. Downplaying it is something you would do if you actually hope for the other party to attack you.

[@bobfg3130]

Or maybe you want them to not consider you a threat while you're strengthening your economy.

[@gabrielrae7647]

Not necessarily down playing yourself might ypur enemy underestimate you and not prepare for you

[@marcdc6809]

@@bobfg3130 I wonder if this is really going to become a tipping point. I guess with covid the risk of overdependency on Chinese factory production became obvious. There has been a steady withdrawal from China, and they try to compensate for that by actively taking over. With the belt and road and new style colonialism in Africa and South America. If they want to take over the lead position as global power I guess now is their time, or never...

[@bobfg3130]

@@marcdc6809 There's hasn't been a withdrawal from China. That's the thing. If you think that "now is their time or never" you will have some serious issues when the Chinese will take over the position of global leader when you think that's impossible.

[@kokofan50]

@@bobfg3130 China peaked in 2020. Their population peaked and started declining a few years ago. 85% of their fuel is imported with dozens of countries that could cut off their oil in between.

[@dominantasmr578]

I love your videos Cappy but your eyes look like you haven't gotten good sleep, make sure to take care of yourself my man!❤️

[@coconutshrimp707]

One thing to point out is that centralizing authority of the military / MIC to party leadership is effective if it's you know, actually used to force reform and reorganization. While this is some of the case with China, it's mostly used to also purge out opponents

[@christophersnyder3718]

I saw that Fake Business shirt and subscribed immediately lol

[@will4519]

Just a correction, PLA does not currently have any conscripts. All soldiers are voluntary contractors. China has more than enough candidates for its standing army, that why they top the contract period as only 2 years(unless promoted to officers). The law in China do empower government to get conscripts during wartime though

[@davidding8814]

Right, it's actually the Taiwanese army that's mostly conscripts. Conscription on the mainland exist pretty much only in name. I think high schoolers/graduates have to do a few weeks of military training before attending college, and that's about it.

[@pierrecurie]

@@davidding8814 Ya exactly. Ppl keep shitting on Russia for using conscripts, when it's Ukraine that uses them more (not that they have a choice). However, things may have changed for Russia, so I don't actually know how many conscripts they're currently using.

[@deezeed2817]

China has a massive militia plus some units like the People's armed police are virtually trained and armed to military standards. China's actual ground force is ALOT larger than the frontline army. This is something people do not understand. China has NEVER relied on the PLA for everything, The PLA is the armed wing of the Communist party but the potential forces that China can deploy is far more vast.

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

@Moonland Almond come on nobody cares about the Uyghurs, Ive never met a Uyghur in my life. Bro, you know how many genocides are happening. what about the Yemen genocide?? Shouldn't you try to convince your allies instead of your enemies? Or do you not care about the worlds worst humanitarian disaster

[@joehennesey9833]

@Moonland Almond Get help.

[@javajunky215]

I love when he references corruption being a factor. Boy, aren't we the kettle calling that black. Have you seen the defense contractor industry in the US. I worked in that business for 6 years and got an up-close look at how big defense contractors treat the DoD like a cash register. But the DoD owns a big chunk of the problem as they created the bureaucracy that vacuums up about 1/3 of every taxpayer dollar. PS. Love your youtube stuff. Keep doing great work Cappy!

[@Taskandpurpose]

totally understand your point of view, I saw all kinds of corruption and waste in the military. but! I was in one of the last tier regular infantry units in Iraq and our equipment was outstanding, the food was alright, we had night vision, PEQ15s, all manners of GPS and communications equipment and it all worked. corruption is not hurting the US military.

[@fosterslover]

There's definitely inefficiency and waste in the US military, but not the same type of corruption where commanders are literally stealing money and lying about their capabilities.

[@evilsanta8585]

@@Taskandpurpose The way I like to look at "corruption" in the US military is like this. Why shouldnt I get rich and make the govt pay me as much as I can get. I will give them the best product I can but ill also get my money.

[@kingqw3rty-_-982]

i dont think hes saying that the US military procurement isnt corrupt, just that china is a lot more as a lot of post communist country's tend to be.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Getting rank by bribes is normal SOP in the PLA. Got a couple of guys on KZbin that know Chy-na very well. You will learn a lot from them if you're so inclined.

[@maxfullerton5228]

I sent a email to Operator Starsky regarding the interview with a Ukrainian General. I hope that helps , cappy. Keep up with the great content and valuable truth and facts.

[@mrmann1402]

Holy shit, this guys content is deadly.

[@murraya82]

Really good video, though just 1 correction - Japan is in the north of the East China Sea. It is not is SE Asia. The countries mentioned are all being targeted though. I agree that invasion is unlikely but cutting countries off from the USA with airforce and navy is a concern. This is why they were trying to get access to the South Pacific (which thankfully said no this time) except Solomon Is which said yes to “security” based being established. If this includes an airbase They will cover a long way south. The problem, as you described well is I can’t get non-sensationalised information regarding these bases and it is hard to work out their true intentions without it. Thanks for your research and unbiased presentation of information though mate.

[@miraphycs7377]

btw japanese also use civilian vessels to transport their tanks and stuff, so china doing it is nothing extraordinary

[@innocentbystander8038]

As did Britain in WW2 and Falklands war, not a new concept at all. Standard stuff actually.

[@orangeairsoft7292]

@@innocentbystander8038 saves building entirely new ships just to do the exact same thing, just repainted and redesignated.

[@izana6179]

Chinese commie robot. social credit +1000

[@daniell1483]

Thanks a lot for this video. I'm tired of the alarmist attitude most media maintains when considering Chinese military capacity.

[@jeffwen9965]

是的，我是中国人，诚实的告诉你，中国军队真的很弱，并不是他们宣传的那样强大。 大家尽可以放心，只是，我们真的很讨厌外国人入侵我们的国家。

[@ANobodyatall]

10:37 It seems you don't need to imagine anymore!

[@jessicagray8852]

I rly liked this one. Sometimes I find these videos buy a little too into the loud narratives on current/military topics. This was a good refresher and reinforced confidence in the channel for me

[@alexanderdgray]

Just to add on... a military amphibious invasion is THE hardest operation any military could be asked to conduct. China would not have any element of surprise, since the build-up would take several months at a minimum. Weather across the Taiwan strait is unpredictable enough that there are really only two month in the year where such an operation could be attempted. There are only a handful of beaches in Taiwan where a landing could be attempted, and if you make it off those beaches, you're facing mountains with a lot of trees providing excellent cover for small teams of defenders with Stingers, Javelins, and drones. To say nothing of the challenge of just getting across the Taiwan strait--sitting ducks for missiles, and hey, how exactly can you tell what country's submarine fired at you?

[@jacobnebel7282]

@Cam Robertson Except that the rebels have never held Taiwan. Taiwan _is_ China; the rebel occupied mainland is not. And it will remain that way until the Chinese civil war finally comes to a conclusion.

[@enigma9971]

Submarine missile strike

[@anhduc0913]

@@jacobnebel7282 Lol main land Taiwan.

[@blazec9194]

True... unless all the CCP soldiers are trained frogmen... they'll be swimming in under water under cover of darkness... now that'll be a big surprise... hmm something to ponder... the CCP PLA do go to extremes for success at times...

[@aburetik4866]

@Cam Robertson As a Chinese, I'm truly amused by the level of stupidity of Americans shown in the comment section. lol

[@ignaciomarre7398]

Hey man, absolutely loving the channel and well subscribed. I did want to ask something that you briefly touched on which is basically China’s lack of pew pew experience. In your knowledge and experience, how would this translate to if a war was to break out. Regardless of who is doing the attacking. As someone who has zero experience in this, all I can think of is Mike Tyson’s famous phrase about having a plan till you get punched in the mouth. It would be amazing if you could make a video for us noobs explaining a bit about it! Cheers

[@NateReadsDiversely]

0:05 It sounds like he was considering doing a stereotypical Chinese accent and decided against it 😂

[@wildeninja2836]

I love the editing lol

[@Taskandpurpose]

trying out different styles to see if people like this

[@wildeninja2836]

@@Taskandpurpose every video is better and better brother! Keep them coming

[@googacct]

There is a historical drama call Towards the Republic, which is about of the fall of the Qing dynastry. I remember in one scene, the head of the chinese military went to an ammunition depot to inspect the shells that would be used for an upcoming naval battle with Japan. Instead of finding crates full of ammunition for their battleships, he found the crates were full of rocks. Being a drama, it is hard to know if that really happened, but at the very least it was dramatization of the problems that China had with corruption even back then.

[@doujinflip]

There was a reason the US basically abandoned the blatantly corrupt KMT after WWII: it was thought the recently-allied Communists had their act together better.

[@agneshughcheung775]

My friend from China , his parents both are high ranking officers in army , as he said the PLA is very corrupted , for example, every soldiers only offers a pair of boots for ONE year, any tear or wear that u have pay for a new one

[@DoraemonJH]

。。。建议你远离喜欢编故事的人

[@Raptor35602]

Entire China is corrupted...

[@timmycrockett3348]

how tf is that corruption do you even know what the word means

[@matthewmaughan5906]

God I love this guy...

[@lettucemonster]

As a Brit I'm often frustrated at how few discussions of a potential war over Taiwan refer to the Falklands war, which seems the most recent conflict that would be similar (near peers fighting over an island close to the weaker one). In that war civilian ships were repurposed as troop transports as well! Might be worth checking out how that ended up.

[@FuckGoogle2]

Commies typically don't care about losses, they'll conscript militia with basic training months ahead of the invasion and ship these as decoys to soak up enemy fire.

[@Castapher]

Interesting.

[@tomk3732]

To be honest it was not really at peer. Plus it was like 40 years ago.

[@DarkShroom]

i really don't see the comparison or why that would be relevant..... we literally could land there, it was fairly unpopulated.... with Taiwan how on earth would someone make a sneak landing there it will be heavily defended

[@nguyep4]

China will certainly use all of their commercial boats and ships if needed. They do have thousands of them. And it is known they militarized them too.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

"There's a Rumbly in my Tumbly." - Pooh Bear He hungers.

[@diegoangulo370]

7:20 great meme I’m stealing it lol

[@pitking503]

love the shirt. all hail tim dillion

[@twrampage]

The thing that seems to be missing in your analysis for troop transports is that it wouldn't be entirely dependent on sea travel. If they achieve air superiority for any length of time they'll be able to ferry in troops by air. Not that this means they can just go on in tomorrow, just thought it was worth mentioning.

[@benanders4412]

Ya, it's kinda asking for trouble when you simply assume the enemy is not capable. Wouldn't surprise me if china suddenly pulls 1000 troop transport planes out of some dark hole. Or if Russia and or other countries would suddenly join in the operation. That would suddenly drastically change the situation. And who even says they have to invade. They can simply bomb the microchip factories. See how long the West will keep it's interest when those are gone.

[@tedntricia]

Logistics support of ground troops requires sealift. Airborne transport of tanks, vehicles, fuel, food and spare parts for a 150,000 strong force could not be maintained even with the US C-17 fleet.

[@charleswomack2166]

Their military airlift capabilities are WAY less than the US, thereby making it negligible.

[@tequalssquareplushell5358]

@Nefer Hor You have a funny way of describing nations. Besides too unrealistic for China to go airborne troops and USA wanting to invade without End Of The World Scenario.

[@baronvon4158]

@Nefer Hor Stupid comment

[@Gibsonsg527]

Never underestimate your enemy though. Ameican has been guilty of this before.

[@alecd.3377]

I got to the end of this video and then I actually looked at the video and I had to rewind it to see if you were wearing an Enron t-shirt lol

[@olivierjasko]

Allow me to enlighten you, I am amazed that you forgot something very important, you forgot that China has the Shaolin Monks.

[@mastar4eto2]

LOVE THE CHANNEL , im form Bulgaria could you like make a video for us and Russia because we are close , yes i know we are in NATO but still it would be interesting for me to see your read on our Military , thank you in advance and if you dont decide to make the video i quit :D , nax jokin still gonna be here you rock

[@Taskandpurpose]

hopefully I'll cover Bulgaria soon ! I'll be sure to add it to the list ! thanks for watching brother

[@rossbabcock2974]

Excellent point! We saw what happened with the Falkland Islands, the attempted invasion of Brittan by German, etc. The Marine Corps has this whole 'amphibious' thing down pretty good!

[@deborahmcgauley6095]

They should the Navy trains them

[@BenJones1127]

oh, well that's reassuring

[@parsec4757]

6:27 ... you forgot TIBET !!!!!!

[@TheCCBoi]

I had a friend who immigrated to the US served in the PLA as a conscript - she told me that they had 3 weeks of training before going to their units (only a few days of marksmanship training). Discipline and fitness was terrible and they didn't do shit but march and clean stuff.

[@chrisbomb35]

Wow really?

[@user-gc1hg9sp9k]

Well from which year that your friend join PLA?

[@Stealingiscaring]

You sure your friend isn’t a spy? China officially extended the original 3 month boot camp training to six months

[@TheCCBoi]

She's now an art professor at a major central mid-west state university (I don't want to dox her) - pretty sure she isn't a spy lol. She left China because she hated the CCP.

[@Stealingiscaring]

@@TheCCBoi with that info, I think your friend is referring to the college “training” which they receive for a summer (about a couple of weeks). That isn’t actual boot camp.

[@lordlee6473]

Thank you! I hope this video will indeed dis-alarm the Washington hawks. I also hope this video will make most of your viewers of this video, who are from India, feel confident to start a war with China.

[@DoraemonJH]

印度怎么和中国打啊？不管是哪方面都是绝对的劣势

[@gigacanno750]

MAybe not start one, but get involved in a conflict Cihna started to properly claim borders sounds reasonable.

[@you_are_cleared_hot6950]

I think that's pretty sound data kid. I did not know about their commercial Ferry fleet having that capability.