How the US & China Are Preparing to Fight Total War

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[@Schadowofmorning]

We've come full circle: once people called aircraft carriers "islands that move" now people call islands "natural aircraft carriers".

[@LoisoPondohva]

It's kinda weird lol. Each time i hear that phrase my brain goes "so... an airbase?"

[@JasperKlijndijk]

Unsinkable, unmovable aircraft carrier

[@ExplosiveLandmine]

@@JasperKlijndijkuntil it’s nuked

[@thorgot911]

​@@JasperKlijndijkoh the US can sink an island, and they have before in the past.

[@VChong1991]

​@@ExplosiveLandmineICBMs can be intercepted. Hypersonic missles could not be intercepted. You have no hypersonic missles 🤭

[@_monolithic_]

Take a drink every time RLL uses some form of the words "massively," "vastly," or "dramatically." Godspeed.

[@CorePathway]

Do I look like a Russian General to you? I’d be dead!

[@xtremeyoylecake]

I’d be in the hospital for my blood alcohol level being too high!

[@kennethmadsen6474]

I don't have that much alcohol at hand

[@hairyneil]

@@kennethmadsen6474 me either and I'm a distillery

[@eriks8382]

“You see…”

[@E34bmer]

What an outstanding presentation! Well researched, excellent visuals, absolutely first class story telling. You make 50 minutes go by in a flash! The complexity of geopolitics is hard enough to understand, but your channel makes any university professor envious! Bravo 👏

[@giustinoblake3686]

awesome well done and informative video. great work. actually by far the best one i saw on the taiwan matter.

[@Bigdog5400]

Fun historical fact, one of the main reasons the PLA couldn’t pursue the ROC during their retreat to Taiwan was because the ROC retained greater control over the Chinese Navy. Following the ROC’s retreat, the PLA in China didn’t have a functioning navy, as the ROC had essentially “stolen” it.

[@TheGodfather4695]

Mhm that makes sense. Thanks for info.

[@namantherockstar]

USA inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging..

[@pyro_mania]

Thanks that's very important information that got left out. I was wondering exactly that so I came to the comments thankfully it was the 1st comment I read. K

[@jukeboxfandango]

@@namantherockstar - someone's really desperate to get their channel monetized I see

[@stvdagger8074]

There was also the Battle of Hainan. In addition to retreating to Taiwan, about 200,000 RoC troops retreated to the Island of Hainan, which is just East of Vietnam. In 1950, the Communist regime invaded that island, using more than 300 junks to move troops across the strait. Although the RoC ships and aircraft inflicted about 4,000 casualties on the communist troops, as the strait was much more narrower than the one between Taiwan and the mainland, they could not stop the majority of the troops getting ashore. The RoC troops had to evacuate or surrender. While this was successful, Mao and his Generals realized that the wider strait and the likelihood of intervention by the US Navy meant that using an extemporized fleet of junks would probably fail to invade Taiwan.

[@rechiecanonigo3800]

As a citizen living in the Philippines, this is scary AF but all true. The research to make this video especially the Philippine related parts of the video are all extremely accurate.

[@joeycarmona2317]

Do you think, in your opinion, the fear of war gets worse as the years go by?

[@rechiecanonigo3800]

@@joeycarmona2317 yes it will get worse as China will get more aggressive trying to overthrow Taiwan. Apparently those chips are as valuable as gold and oil combined.

[@eksbocks9438]

The part that people usually forget is how a war can be dragged on as well. Kind of like the situation in Ukraine. My suggestion is make sure your home country has adequate supplies and hardware for the long haul. Wishing you guys well over there. The Philippines has always been close friends with our country. ✌️🇺🇲🇵🇭

[@buzz5969]

Philippines has been Pro China a long time flip flopping back and forth taking anything from any country they can get for free, except China gives nothing for free and expects paybacks.🇺🇸✌🏻🍻

[@enzoh7763]

​@@eksbocks9438 ,, GOOD friends. WOULDN'T put their FRIEND'S In Danger . EVER . So who is the good friends ?

[@dash-kt7uf]

Amazing content- thanks

[@troybond]

wow the work that went into this video must be staggering

[@maonutrition3177]

First time seeing the Myanmar civil war being acknowledged as a major piece of the geopolitical chess board in a video. Good job!

[@DumbestDumbFool]

and I just realized the genocide happening both in rohingya and palestine are the tip of US-China cold war... all these death because China want US to back off and take Taiwan back is... sad... watching this video made me realizes what superpower truly is, how much power they have in other countries, it's scary. And I always find it funny how many people hate americans, but they are the only one keeping both russia and china from invading everything around them, people really need to know politics to appreciate what US has done to keep peace but at the same time instigate all these fear, though I know for sure the "fear mongering" by Russian and Chinese governments are just tools for them to prepare for invasion and still gain the support of their citizens. Huh, writing this comment made me realize another thing huh, fear out of negligence to learn truly is the stupidest part of humans. We all are truly blessed to learn about these wider angle of politics through this channel instead of listening to "higher ups"

[@thetest8777]

Same never heard of it until now 😕 Pretty sure us will seize those gas ship tankers

[@Gutbomber]

Well it is wedged at a place between nations and could be used as a port for the Chinese and there is like some Chinese already there.

[@sbeast64]

There was a genocide, then a military coup, then a civil war, and many crimes against humanity have been committed since. Total mess =(

[@Gutbomber]

@sbeast64 True, always sort of having been like that. They also came into my mom's country and sacked it when my dad's country was being founded. You also got many cultures there in Burma .

[@Vladimirputingaming69]

Real life lore never fails to scare us 💀

[@steffanal-towaiji5592]

yea ture

[@safalkarki5271]

Whatever gives them views..

[@gabrielgyorffy1373]

i mean now he doesnt back a few years he never failed to spread misinformation just like kurzgesagt

[@soundscape26]

That's what gives him the most views basically.

[@fire777.]

LOL true

[@user-me6gi2hu4f]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesedwardsiii8532]

Great videos! I just signed up on Nebula just for your videos

[@thegruffalo5383]

Note: Tindal isn’t being built from scratch. It already is (arguably) the most important and largest fighter base in Australia. The US is facilitating MAJOR base upgrades to support the stated B-52s and other visiting aircraft for joint exercises such as Pitch Black and Talisman Sabre. It’s pretty nifty ngl

[@StevenCampbell1955]

Tindal is a mere speck on the world war platform. It needs to be ungraded immediately with an expansion suitable to its importance to the new geopolitical situation. Australian military forces have always been focused on defending Tasmania or possibly that big red rock in the middle, but has never been placed in an area where those military forces could project or defend Australia. A time for conscription is near and well past time that the present forces are paid a decent wage reflecting their specialities, their commitment and to attract new enlistments .What other big corporation has such poor conditions for their employees? In Australia, any young person can go to the big mines or big engineering companies to earn three times the wages for much less commitment.

[@noahway13]

As an American, and like most Americans, I see Australia as our biggest ally in the world. We are siblings, from mother England. Australians seem very similar in spirit. We'll bend over backwards to help people, but once you cross a certain line... watch out. And Australia has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in *every* war and conflict and skirmish since World War II. Even in Mogadishu. No one else can make that claim. We are blood brothers.

[@youandme666100]

as an australian i’m actually ashamed of our government and there level of ass kissing towards the american government, i will never fight in a war for those fools and to be honest after the australian government’s treatment of it’s citizens over the last 3-5 years i’ll be surprised if anyone here wants to stand up and defend australia on the front line of any war 😂… australian IS NOT the lucky country any more - it’s basically china, let’s not forget how the people of melbourne were treated during lock downs, let’s also not forget the lies our government have feed us over the last few years and how citizens had their human rights taken from them for not submitting to the “science” of what they pushed… the australian people are well aware of the bullshit spewing from our governments and i wouldn’t be surprised if they tried forcing a draft and found that half the draftees point there weapons at there own leaders before they do the enemy 🙏🏻

[@Numinus1]

​@@noahway13shouldn't England also be your biggest ally then? Just wondering

[@_Da_Bois]

@@Numinus1US and Australia were both colonies of the UK so I think that’s where the brotherly ally phrase came from.

[@WinterSkyyy]

At about 30 mins in, you referred to the Australia -France submarine deal as "nuclear." It wasnt, it was for Australia to buy French diesel-electric submarines:)

[@mktj1]

I caught that too. RLL sloppy.

[@ShinyWasTakenTwice]

@@mktj1 Pretty much everybody is sloppy when it comes to global politics that include Australia for some reason

[@ElperritoNegro7]

Imagine watching a real life lore video in the 1930s 😳

[@JV-lq3tx]

Though Australia's conventional sub was based on the France's Barracuda class which is nuclear.

[@djanitatiana]

It wasn't quite as controversial as certain media portray. Lefties winged a little but in general Australia knows the problems we've had with Chinese aggression could get a lot worse.

[@m3po22]

Compared to last time I saw a video from you, I think you've vastly improved your vocal inflections to be much more natural. Great job.

[@traviswilkins2864]

It's still a bit bothersome IMO. I haven't watched the others but the inflections still drive me crazy despite the solid content.

[@ObamanableSnowman]

Wow really? His inflections are pretty good in my opinions, I think that it helps tell the stories. I think y’all shouldn’t be providing recommendations about this to him, because most people who follow him like it.

[@traviswilkins2864]

@@ObamanableSnowman this is true. He’s obviously extremely successful. I don’t know why I felt the need to share my opinion 😅

[@rizzlr]

@@traviswilkins2864 its okay to share your opinion. dont let anybody police what you say

[@rizzlr]

@@ObamanableSnowman they never recommended anything. it was an observation/opinion that was shared. Stop tryna censor people's opinions while in the same turn sharing your own.

[@ricamistad]

Very informative..well done !👍

[@nicholas_pumper_art]

US military terminology: "deployed" implies impermanent presence, which could be work trips and so on. I think the word you are looking for as far as US presence in SK and Japan is "stationed", which is a large majority of those numbers you mention. These are troops, and their families, who have picked up their belongings and moved there on a "permanent" basis, with the expectation to move out after 2-6 years. Meanwhile we have troops "deployed" in eastern Europe, as we have not STATIONED them as in moved all their belongings, but rather packed up a bag and flown them there for a few weeks or months.

[@MylesKillis]

Seeing as he also says stationed at times id say he meant what he said. Especially since the people who are in those areas aren't on American soil. So its considered being deployed.

[@laughingseal2282]

Nationalist citizens of these countries see it as an occupation.

[@firemantimmy5367]

In the navy, we refer to our ships stationed in Japan as “FDNF-J” which means Forward-Deployed Naval Forces, Japan. They’re near interchangeable.

[@agps4418]

Now you know. that's just what this guy said. Take his videos with grains of salt. i'm an indonesian, and i still can't get over how stupid his video about java island was. it was inaccurate and misleading

[@sullathehutt7720]

​@@MylesKillis No. Okinawa, South Korea, Italy, etc is a duty station. The HQ of the MEF or equivalent force is there. You're in a training cycle, not a deployment cycle. It doesn't matter if you're "not on American soil." A deployment is to like Afghanistan or Kosovo. You are conducting forward operations there. Not just training. You are in harm's way in a totally different posture.

[@johannvonbabylon]

I'm a big fan of your work RLL but I gotta say, your geopolitics videos are the biggest factor in me turning into a doomer.

[@weepo2651]

I mean he is friends with second thought which is just the worse

[@SacredCASHcow]

​@@supervegito2277all it takes is one or two idiots like putin to cause all this chaos

[@user-xl7br2nd8x]

@@supervegito2277 A single major actor in a WWIII scenario has more conventional explosive power than all of the forces in WWII combined, I woudn't count on us surviving this Big One.

[@miggybowman85]

@@spankpaddle8972 he’s covering what’s going on currently. You gotta cover the good times, and the bad times unfortunate as it is

[@OiiRobbi3x]

Lol try Whatifalthist he will make you implode like a black hole of doom.

[@gary7466]

Very impresive. A lot of info, good footage and analysis. Well done.

[@Prosecutor3000]

He talking shit. 80% of this information is not proofed and only based on information of us lgbtq forces.

[@gary7466]

No he is not. What do you mean 'proofed'. You are the one talking shit.

[@coryschutz9574]

Great video thanks

[@adammistretta5442]

Minor correction at 8:20. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake

[@joshwilliams8863]

Came to the comments to say the same thing.

[@miyojewoltsnasonth2159]

*@adammistretta5442* I appreciate nitpicking for the sake of accuracy. Thank you. *Reply to:* _"Minor correction at __8:20__. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake"_

[@kevinyang4149]

Aye. Although this is a hilarious flex, China saying the Liaoning is combat ready. Remember, this ship is the same as the Kuznetsov, which is a floating laughingstock of a CV that can't even move by itself.

[@fakedthunder]

@@kevinyang4149but that’s mostly russias own fault because they can’t do maintenance for shit, India also has a carrier of that very same model and they operate it without issue

[@MrDibara]

​@@fakedthunder _Seriously... _*_WHAT THE FUCK went wrong with the Admiral Kuznetsov?_* 😑 China and India be here making Russia look like amateurs! What, did Russia start thinking aircraft carriers are not worth it?

[@dominiksitarek1448]

I cant tell you how grateful I am for you keeping background sounds to the bare minimum, so many long from channels render themselves unwatchable/unlistenable for long periods of time due to have obnoxious sound effects for key dates and a very loud background track which does not fit the tone of the topic. Thanks again.

[@DJ-GASM]

Cough Infographics

[@Maas_Grande]

Agreed. I've tried to politely ask some creators to tone down the music, they continue, and I just can't watch.

[@user-gm8jm2mq6s]

The north of the Great Wall is not Chinese territory. It was ruled by Mongols, Manchurians, and Koreans. Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to block the so-called Northern Orangkai. Later, China was conquered by the Mongolia and also Kim(金) Dynasty founded by descendants of korean Kim Ham-bo. Manjuwonryugo (滿洲源流考), compiled during the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, also reveals that the national name 金(kim) Dynasty is also derived from the family name 金(kim)of King of Silla(ancient korea). Also china wad ruled by the Manchurians for 300 years(Qing dynasty) Professor Sugihara, who presented "Japan's Bronze Age from Korea", said, "The Bronze Age came to Japan from 100 BC to AD50, the end of the Korean Bronze Age society." In Japan, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age were passed down at the same time during the Yayoi period, and the Bronze Age was used only for ancestral rites, so it seems that it went straight to the Iron Age without going through the Bronze Age." Around 100 BC ~ Ancient civilization began in Japan when Koreans landed with iron weapons in Japan, where primitive people lived during the Stone Age. Japanese history is the history of the Korean people. Japanese civic group claims, "It is the same as the annexation of Korea and Japan, reunification of East and West Germany." 2018-11-2008:30 A report was sent to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Korea to demand "correct the fabrication of facts in Korea." // Japanese Yayoi are Koreans.. Chinese = Vietnamese gene... Korean Japanese = Siberian gene. "Our direct ancestors are members of the ancient Asian and Tungus ethnic group that migrated from Siberia in the Neolithic Age, and linguistically belong to the Altai ethnic group." "In addition to the Yayoi (Yamato people) of the Doraein line who crossed from the Korean Peninsula, there are also the Ainu lineal descendants of the Jomon people of the indigenous people of the Japanese archipelago."

[@GottaBeAHero]

Knowing which sounds, when to use them, and at what volume is a surprisingly rare talent I'm starting to notice. I Guess not everyone can be Redban lol

[@somponesakdy826]

@@user-gm8jm2mq6sChina CCP haven’t realized that they are stuck with their greatness four thousand years history will not bring them a peace of mind. They should deal with goods or problems with friends and foes in current times. Otherwise they will kill the golden goose (USA) like they are doing right now. Thirty years they were using US DOLLARS TO DEVELOP their country and Army, because their ambition to be great empire (Mongol) they rush to kill their golden egg goose.

[@user-sy2bk6ur9h]

completely amazing..presentation, graphics ...everything!!.

[@westcoasttoastR]

This was super informative and educating, thanks for creating this.

[@justinholt7059]

I would like to point out that he mentioned that China had the largest navy in terms of "surface" vessels but the US still has pretty much 10x the tonnage of the chinese

[@NachoBrochacho.]

and Missiles

[@christopherg7483]

came here to say this myself

[@2shay550]

I think the Chinese count inflatable rafts as surface vessels 😅

[@garrettwilson3032]

@@2shay550 Yeah, and they put toy aircraft carriers in the harbor to say that they have more of those too

[@eftheusempire]

Number of vessels and tonnage is irrelevant compared to what weapons and defense systems they are carrying. Looking at the wrong data broham

[@aib42]

@RealLiftLore FYI, Small mistake at 30:28, you state “Prior Nuclear Submarine deal they had made with France” in reference to the canceled Australian deal to purchase French submarines. The Australian submarine deal with France was for conventional Diesel Submarines, not nuclear powered submarines.

[@markallen6433]

Super important point, it was the lack of nuclear power that made the French deal worthless for the Aussie fleet needs, which were essentially generated by Chinese posturing and aggression, and caused them to reconsider, as well as the fact that the US and UK chose to release very important sub tech to the Aussies in an effort to button up the pacific. This would have never happened without the Chinese belligerence of the last decade, but here we are.

[@markallen6433]

@@DK-ei4ed no. Read the other comments in this thread.

[@TeresitaMalate]

Thank you so much for this incredible video its more amazing for ua!

[@magustacrae]

Dang! What a great video!

[@suddhojitgon5929]

Fantastic detailing coupled with excellent graphics. Every video fascinates me. Looking forward to more such fabulous content.

[@kingcobra2608]

The submarine deal between France and Australia was not for nuclear powered submarine, but for conventional powered submarines.

[@jordanrussell345]

So France was wanting to sell their leftover junk to Australia and Australia backed out for a better deal? Poor France.

[@alexross26]

nobody wants conventional anymore. too limited and high maintenance. The reactors on nuclear subs are incredibly safe (at least now) and come with incredible benefits such as logistics and longevity.

[@Zack-fu4lo]

@@alexross26 the problem was that france offered australia nuclear. australia was the one that insisted on having it be conventional. probably the australian gov at the times fault

[@dragginmedown]

@@Zack-fu4loyeah our government are pussies for anything nuclear

[@KlausBahnhof]

@@alexross26 Those nuclear submarines are a colossal waste of money and will be effectively under US control. They're intended to patrol the South China Sea, not to defend Australia's coastline. Paul Keating was correct in his criticisms.

[@jeffreygarcia7779]

Keep It Up!!!👍👍👍

[@rrutter81]

One of your best videos. (commenting for the algorithm)

[@NinjagoGuy416]

I KNEW he would tie in the latest Modern Conflicts episode to this one! I’m such a big fan of those documentaries, it’s literally the only reason I’m subscribed to Nebula. I would highly recommend the episode about Russia’s war with Chechnya; it’s one of my favorites 😊

[@andreykov]

В Чечне действовала Алькаида и это привело к боевым действиям. Точно так же, как 11 сентября Алькаида совершила теракт, который допустили спецслужбы, наблюдавшие за этими террористами. Это был повод начать войну. Изначально Алькаида была создана американскими спецслужбами для контроля территорий и для противостояния СССР. Здесь вам этого не расскажут.

[@liudmylab2328]

Чеченцы знают, что 300 тысяч чеченцев на их территории убила российская армия, которая туда вторглась People of Chechnya know that 300 000 of their sityzens where killed by russian army that invaded

[@RisingInTheFlesh]

​@@andreykovyeah, it's no secret that the West has funded terror groups to deter USSR. It's just harder to find info on it

[@Luluios]

@@andreykov.

[@mothjoke]

Your work never ceases to amaze me. Great job

[@JamesofQPR]

Extremely informative.

[@DR-yt3gx]

Well done! Thanks.

[@kypirko5710]

I really appreciate the way you explain things with great visuals and information. Thank you.

[@jessbakica5233]

I knew you where planning something big when an episode didn’t come out last week, love these big episodes ❤

[@eurtunwagens2359]

Excellent analysis. Just, one poin: I'm almost sure, you've said that the narrowest point of width of Malacca straight is 1.5 miles. I'd thought it is 24 miles.

[@yadwinderpurewal6823]

Very Informative and Realistic regarding past and present of the total situation… Great and a very Intelligent Work.. Big Ups for the true information.. Cheers Mate… Keep It Up this good work and grow even much much more for the cause of Goodness..

[@tomw4643]

A good report - - -In fact, as a former strategic planning analyst, I find it fascinating that our media technology and information access has progressed to the point of providing an hour-long detailed accounting of the US forces, deployment, capabilities, locations, weapon systems and likely combat tactics in such detail prior to a possible engagement with our potential future enemy. In WWI and even in the Cold War, people were shot or imprisoned for revealing such information at this level of detail. It can be argued that this is simply an elaborate warning sign in the best traditions of the MAD Doctrine but it might be equally valid for China (PRC) to interpret all this as details of the US offensive capabilities for a first-strike invasion of PRC. This latter interpretation is one that Russia has believed for most of the last 75 years.

[@clarkd1955]

Was there any information here that reasonably wouldn’t be known by the CCP? I think not.

[@tinthaung7118]

Just an AI bot. Come on.🤪

[@user-zj8gg7os5l]

I agree too. People that put this stuff out, sound the alarm for what we could possibly do. Whoever put this on here, way to go buddy. Think China cared more for this than the intended audience.

[@user-ln6bn7jr3w]

​@@kw1178everything in this video is obviously known by Chinese intelligence already. You think the MSS is stupid

[@hyua6841]

You think China doesn't already know all this?@@user-zj8gg7os5l

[@timod1999]

again an amazing video. thank you RLL. this video must be a great work 👍🏼

[@meyrin5057]

amazing explanation

[@user-hi2dh4ug4t]

It’s crazy the amount of free high quality videos, this channel it’s at my top along with science channels like Vsuace & Veritasium

[@kaizenyasou6963]

Yep

[@josephallsen3135]

I have to give major props to the creators of this. You were very clear in the points you made. You did not talk down to your audience while not being overly technical. Your premises were clear. You spent what I feel is about the correct amount of time on explaining the supporting evidence while not getting sidetracked into informational rabbit holes. I was able to follow your thesis and if I want to question your premises; they are presented very clearly so that I could very easily research them myself. You communicated your points with the right amount of clarity and were engaging without patronizing or boring the audience. Setting aside the politics of the topic; from a communication and writing perspective this is a standard that a lot could be learned from. BRAVO! A+ 100 out of 100.

[@DrDoGood]

No one gets 100% in my class. Nope, not happening.

[@yqisq6966]

That's a thorough and fair analysis. No sentimental bs or fear mongering. By far the best I've seen.

[@kaeltaylor430]

LETS GET IT ON!!!!!

[@NATUREN3ST]

I am concerned that Guam will have too many US bases and tip over, and capsize.

[@Artyomi]

We need to inform the pentagon of your findings immediately, and just in case pull out all bases and troops from Guam, Hawaii, Midway, Okinawa, Diego Garcia, and all the other islands used as “natural aircraft carriers”

[@MrPlainsflyer]

Now that would be funny😂

[@zachplaysallday-zpad5731]

Ayo??

[@jesseguerra4131]

didn’t a georgian politician say that?

[@MrPlainsflyer]

@jesseguerra4131 yes, lol, though I don't know if he was joking or just mentally impaired

[@Titanium_Cranium]

Greetings from Scotland. I've been loving this channel so much since I found it a few months ago. The production quality and clear explanations of complex political situations are amazing. You also manage to make what can be quite dry subjects seem very exciting in a way I haven't encountered before. I feel like Neo after his first download except instead of kung foo I'm like: "I know geopolitics!" Thanks for all your hard work producing such high quality content.

[@GanLinLiang]

Actually, Scotland and England have always been two countries. But China's civil war never ended.

[@Titanium_Cranium]

@@GanLinLiangWhat has my country's relationship with it's Southern neighbour got to do with my comment about this channel? I'm well aware of our own history.

[@BajsgBsjsj]

Because of Americans@@GanLinLiang

[@rongyaowang1075]

You are such a shameless villain! Deliberate slander and slander! Where is your conscience? People like you have no bottom line! You are as shameless as the blogger! Slander China? Will you make progress yourself? What is your purpose? You know best!

[@bigdogg9644]

Absolutely

[@Chander-im7dk]

Extremely knowledgeable reporting

[@TheQuadrant193]

Let's get it on!!!!

[@nubianking4203]

Your videos are incredibly good. U deserve all the success that you have and more

[@krishnatripathi9576]

The Research is so much yet so true. It easily explains why it takes him time to make videos with good quality. Respect.

[@agps4418]

Take his videos with grains of salt. i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading.

[@Chris.in.taiwan]

Fun fact: among other projects the US funded the east - west Powerline construction, which includes a high voltage powerline going across over 3000 meter or 10.000 feet high mountainous terrain. The hike through the area is very unforgiving. Can't imagine how difficult it must have been to build that infrastructure.

[@gyapa]

you just have an opinion and your own biases just like the video creator. Saying "trust me bro I'm Indonesian" means nothing. @@agps4418

[@vioo-qn6nw]

USA regime propaganda nothing else, bro. Brian Berletic does much more accurate job of explaining what is actually going on

[@viveksanthosh1]

Thanks!

[@jeffreygarcia7779]

Excellent Work/Research @ RealLifeLore.👍👍👍👍👍

[@aymonfoxc1442]

Great video. It's length (which I enjoyed) is unequivocally justified by the breadth and depth of research required to fully comprehend the issues surrounding such a large and important subject.

[@agps4418]

Take his videos with grains of salt. i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading. this is after all just a content from a creator in a views-and-ad based platform

[@louisd6410]

​@@agps4418there are a lot of mistakes and bias in the video, they got the ROC claim wrong. They even claimed mongolia

[@aymonfoxc1442]

​​@@agps4418That's fair but it's a vast subject and a lot for one video to cover. I think it's good that people get introduced to the complexities of the South China Sea, Taiwan, and competing interests. Honestly, Java is a hard island for anybody to understand, yet alone outsiders.

[@aymonfoxc1442]

​@@louisd6410If I recall correctly, both sides have claimed Mongolia is Chinese but Mao couldn't pursue this because Mongolia was protected by the USSR. There's good reason for Mongolian 'communism'.

[@agps4418]

@@aymonfoxc1442 not true, it's a simple thing: in reality, java is populous because facilities are better there and living cost is much cheaper than the rest of the country, this is due to the past president's programs. in his video, he said, java is populous simply because of food. totally inaccurate. the same thing is potentially happening with all his videos.

[@frankdasnake]

Dude you are a fucking tank. Just casually dropping another gripping, hour-long film with excellent and consistent production quality. Respect...

[@Light67057]

As someone who lives in Kitsap county Washington, the fact that your calling the military base Kitsap is one of the must confusing yet understandable things I've heard. In Kitsap county there's Bremerton with it's massive ship yard, Bangor with the nuclear subs, and keyport which I don't know as much about. There's also Indian island by port Townsend which I believe stores the nuclear ordinance when the nuclear subs go to port at Bangor. Absolutely wild to hear you say the word Kitsap cuz like hey, that's me! Thanks haha

[@nataschabaunse9151]

Really good explained with cohecive footage 👍👍👍

[@jaylewis1383]

Just a footnote: B-52s are designed to carry nuclear bombs, but they also are very good at laying sea mines. The US has upgraded its nautical mines, and a B-52 unit did a concept test off Hawaii earlier this year. Look where RAAF Tindal is, and at the sea lanes where the Chinese move their oil supplies. The B-52s can do a lot of damage without escalating to a nuclear exchange.

[@nanbutinanquibotiqui]

The Chinese can also do a lot of damage to the B52s. America's aircraft carriers (today's dinosaurs) are sitting ducks for China's DF carrier killer hypersonic missiles. Don't think that the US military is invincible. Just remember the Titanic. And the US just lost the Afghanistan war and will soon lose the Ukraine war as was widely reported. The US fled Vietnam without winning the war in 1975. It was forced to a truce in the Korean war after the Chinese army pushed the US military out of North Korea. Don't think that the US military is superior - not at all. The US is good at talking big and bullying other countries.

[@cooper1819]

The sea lanes are also use by Japan & Korea, and also commercial ships that move goods to South East Asia and beyond. Anyway, for oil, could easily come from Central Asia & Russia, via land & deserts right? BTW, these days nuclear bombs are carried by intercontinental ballistic missile and supersonic missiles, not planes.

[@mobiusflammel9372]

@@cooper1819We are eyeing mod 13 for the B61, meant to be carried by the Raider. At the very least the US likes to keep the option of being able to drop nukes from planes if it needs to, even if it’s not the most likely method of delivery.

[@michaelj.jordan1732]

Soft, try us😂

[@danielcalvo4635]

Lol poor men you believe everything they tell you 😂 Look question: is it possible that Russia provides China w all the resources they via inland transport!?!? Russia has petrol and anything you want basically...

[@calebdesjardins616]

Every video you put out makes me more and more nervous for a world war haha but thank you for the incredible info

[@ariekorving567]

Thank you

[@karloyu3484]

You hit it right. Good worked. The best possible scenarios in Taiwan invasion of China you ever seen, and the Myanmar Cout d' état and the Rohingyan crisis that still ongoing. You carry them all in one full episode. 👍

[@AugmentedGravity]

There are quite a few inaccuracies in this video but overall, great stuff.

[@mr.bennett108]

I love these videos because they're essentially that kid in world history class who wrote a presentation so bomb even the jocks were silently enthralled. 10/10

[@c.d.j300]

I'd be the class clown the nerd inspired to take history class seriously enough to ace it... (Commenting from experience).

[@agps4418]

Take his videos with grains of salt. i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading.

[@Azuria969]

nice try 无毛 ccp pawn, you wont get your salary today

[@DarrellWilkerson4.6]

​@@agps4418hes often wrong 😂 hes got a strong bias and his research is questionable at times.

[@dopaminedreams1122]

@@agps4418 eh, everyone has different perspectives and sources, your idea of bias or untrue may not line up with someone elses, doesnt mean he doesnt research his videos and otherwise present largely accurate information

[@laity-cb5re]

视频做的太棒了

[@whtiequillBj]

Would you be able to do a more speculative video about this with the current information that you reported on in How the, "Russian Navy Lost to a Country Without Any Boats"? And how this is affecting thoughts on current maritime strategy?

[@KurtisC93]

This video is highly detailed with regards to the multi-pronged defense/deterrence strategy currently being implemented by the United States in the West Pacific. What isn't mentioned by RLL, but is also very important, is the increased military cooperation between the US and a few other countries of strategic significance, specifically India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. That's in addition to Thailand, another longtime American ally that directly borders Myanmar and has coastlines on both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. If the Tatmadaw remains in control of Myanmar and helps China to circumvent their Achilles heel in the Malacca Strait, the US _could_ use its relations with Bangladesh, Thailand, and potentially India to navally blockade Burmese ports in the Bengal Bay, thereby eliminating a major alternate route for Chinese energy imports.

[@josejf2089]

Russia is a big country in energy and food, so

[@user-rh7wk9dj9b]

Blockade China with what? Hollywood movies?

[@GolemRising]

@@josejf2089 The infrastructure to move it does not currently exist, and would take years to build. Also, Russia is currently loosing its own war and does not have much in the way of extra oil or food to send elsewhere.

[@dianapennepacker6854]

​@@user-rh7wk9dj9bBy stopping ships away from the mainland from accessesing Chinese ports. With the help of various countries of course. You see that is where China dropped the ball. Their aggressive antics has made countries decide that as bad as the US is? They aren't nearly as bad as a world with the CCP. If Xi wasn't such a power hungry control freak, and took pages from Deng who was an amazing leader? China would be well on their way to being the dominate country economically, militarily, and geopoliticaly..

[@1mol831]

If China doesn’t act what excuse would USA do to continue? USA does have time frame limitations, China is probably waiting until US gets tired of staying in the area and doing nothing and eventually another president comes up and focuses on other things. So either USA strikes first, which the other countries would probably stay neutral as they really have nothing to gain by adding their country to the conflict, or China can wait until USA disengages. Or USA can block the strait, though it would harm everyone’s interest

[@fencserx9423]

The problem with the provocation argument is that china is very likely not ready yet. They likely need at least 5 years before they have the capabilities to be capable of overcoming the western response as it stands right now. Basically the bet is that moving now is a loss, and we’re preparing to ensure that moving later is still a loss

[@MUISHAGGY572]

Yeah but BRICS is more than ready and the US wouldn't want to go against that.

[@arnold3768]

Being an aggressor can present quite a dilemma huh :D "To invade or not to invade - that is the question" - CCP

[@kampfer91]

No , the last thing you would wanna do is underestimate the enemy , China is ready but they choose not to act yet . We all make fun of Chinese military hardware just to stroke ours ego of western military stronk but with how technology advance , how China keep building up military force while USA and her western allies only care how to add more women to the army while keep burning theirs money on pointless conflicts . A real commander will always be ready for the worst ....

[@dylanbh1]

@@MUISHAGGY572lmao yea everyone fears world renowned super power South Africa 🤣🤣

[@erwina4738]

@@MUISHAGGY572 Brics is economic partnership so doesnt matter. If anything India would side with US and fight China. Brazil would do nothing and Russia is a joke. Even if all of Brics went to war with US you get US allies are much more powerful than Brics aside from China.

[@Keely-ml2gp]

5121 did you put them inside of a tunnel so you can maintain them easier I was thinking to do that and to double case them so when there's a leak on an interior pipe we can have sensors notify us and block off that section and repair it before there's any damage to the environment.

[@chriskincaid6035]

Thank You ...

[@JBG1995zgz]

Your videos are getting better, and better and better. An hour pass like 10 minutes. Congratulations. Super interesting Documentary!

[@markday092009]

Sir, you are doing so much good for putting out information like this. Your videos are absolutely amazing. Thank you for your work and dedication!

[@vioo-qn6nw]

USA regime propaganda nothing else. Brian Berletic does much more accurate job of explaining what is actually going on

[@gideontorno4004]

Briliant stratigy.

[@anarubiajuraszek9288]

Where can we find the sources of this research and what has been said here? Thank you.

[@1lyxbollyvykn714]

me, living in latin america, a region ignored from global stage, without any voice or significant alliance outside of the continent, I am quite happy to live here because if both sides choose to start a war, we'll be ignored by every other superpower, we never had anything to lose from the beginning, why matter now

[@sandrinowitschM]

Hey uhm... So are you guys still willing to take in a few German war refugees? Asking for a Freund.

[@mikami5799]

clearly you don’t know that there were fleets of Chinese fishing boat fishing in latin American water...

[@Cincy32]

China has been arming indigenous rebel groups in southern Chile.

[@tedwong7037]

You are being exploiting by US cooperates in daily basis, latin america is natural resource rich but economy weak, due to its “american backyard”status.

[@jaehongsong4904]

Oh, yes it will matter. USA and China colliding will mean the end of our modern economy. Rich countries will survive, but majority of poor countries will go bankrupt

[@justinolive6171]

Minor correction: the French submarine contract before the AUKUS deal was for diesel-electric submarines, not for nuclear-powered subs. That's partly why China had some justification for flipping out and threatening that Aus is now a nuclear target

[@SuperFranzs]

Why did you have to remind me of that one court hearing with the World's stupidest woman.

[@leihtory7423]

nah france offered their nuclear submarines. australia rejected. australia told france to design and build a diesel electric sub. france spent billions of dollars converting their nuke subs to diesel electric. build new tool machines & facilities to construct what aus wanted. then australia changed its mind again and wants nuclear submarines. now usas-australia-uk submarine deal involves having to pay france for their money spent on diesel sub design.

[@Sparks00psn]

Nuclear means nuclear powered by a reactor, not that they launch nukes.

[@Spaceshps]

True, Why purchasing an inferior products from a country losing 3 major wars + 30 other minor wars with the British empire. Australia has a right to go for Supreme product from USA!

[@Partyrockers540]

Let’s face it if a war between the us and china it would be one of the worse wars in history

[@Johnny-qu9op]

Excellent presentation 😢

[@karenedonald]

well done, great info. i am a Brit , 20 years in Indonesia

[@levth01sct]

You forgot to mention Diego Garcia and point it on the map, US Military Base in the Indian Ocean. I think that base would play a crucial role in the event of a war with China.

[@aarons5689]

I am such a nerd. This was my favorite video in a long time. Thank you for making it.

[@poojay01]

Sometime shortly after 9/11 there was a US military Task Force in Zamboanga Philippines which turned into JSOTF-P Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines. This was active well past 2011. Also the US military is active in the Balakatan military exercise every year.

[@boazmunro478]

Thanks for this! You talked a lot about America's allies and the roles they'd play, but I'm curious how regimes like N Korea and Myanmar might get involved on the Chinese side.

[@weigangfu8826]

You need to learn more about history,and travel around to see the world,to communicat to local people，then you will find the reason

[@boazmunro478]

I'm trying to learn; that's why I watched the video :) @@weigangfu8826

[@chrismccormack8237]

I'm curious if Russia would abstain, take China's side, go against China, or take the opportunity to attack elsewhere. They're Schrodinger's aggressor.

[@UsurperDogheart]

Well Burma would definitely sit this one out, and N Korea would probably refuse to assist china fearing further escalation and relocation of their troops from entrenched defense lines along the DMZ. Which they fear would weaken their power projection in the south

[@eddiecharles6457]

20:28 - The Philippine Navy leases around a third of what was once Hanjin Shipyard now named Naval Operating Base Subic and the remaining portion is owned by an American equity firm. It's located on the northeastern part of the bay, closer to it's exit to the South China Sea. It however was not part of the once known Subic Naval Base which was on the western side of the bay.

[@121Corey121]

You make the absolute best geographic vidoes I the world. You are amazing! Lovee your content!

[@dantetre]

You mean geopolitical and geoeconomical. Geographic is different topic.

[@user-ex1ct1bh5s]

In fact, when China was founded, there were two wars with the United States. The Vietnam War and the Korean War ended in American defeat.

[@zackwhite8274]

Yeah the Korean War was a statement and literally has never officially ended. Neither side completed all their objectives, but the U.S. kept the south from coming under communist rule, and in turn gave rise to one of the most democratic, stable, and free countries in the history of Asia. South Korea also has a booming economy, and overall a great place to live, if you can ignore the fact that south Korea and North Korea both have thousands of weapons aimed at each others capitals lol

[@Keely-ml2gp]

26:56 you have to replace that with the new protection and advocacy units are invented and the self-sustaining rocket engines for your vehicles, that's why. Plus connecting to the hyperloop you can integrate all of your shipping concerns.

[@Keely-ml2gp]

32:32 why would you do that instead of resolving the draft like I was explaining? I don't know why we would even invent all of that instead of things that release the hostages back to protection and advocacy our money got called backwards because of all those guns.

[@Keely-ml2gp]

35:25 I just don't understand why we would invest in that instead of paying the dentist for the dental work.

[@Keely-ml2gp]

36:42 we have to get rid of all that other stuff I just explained converted into all the stuff that we want so we can get rid of those because those are helping you to balance power but that's not how we need to do it that's totally abuse neglect and exploitation it's racketeering and entrapment

[@Keely-ml2gp]

4034 I want you to look like that but with housekeeping groundskeeping maintenance personnel cosmetologists spa days the primary care physicians getting you everything you need and we need.

[@nikos.1644]

The amount of information presented in such a high quality way essentially for free is unbelievable. How much research must have gone into this?!

[@remyphilly5168]

Lots bud. Lots

[@rdsc.455]

Propaganda is always distributed and force fed into the minds of masses FREE. Both sides are hell bent upon to unleash .

[@toasty4000000]

Information and all the relevant videos and infographics, across an hour long video? It's crazy, crazy good

[@dsmichael8080]

I'm Singaporean and I really doubt Singapore will want to play any part in an offensive against China. Singapore has very close ties to China and would not risk angering China. However, it is true that we do cooperate with the US to a certain extent.

[@aredtomato8957]

I believe ASEAN is smart enough to not get themselves involved in other people's internal affairs. Lol. It's obvious the US is the root cause of all problems we have today. Take a look at how the west blocks UN aid to Gaza people. Then saying how they care for Muslim in China LOL 😂😂😂

[@BacaiRob]

政府是政府，美军在那里，谁能阻止？李显龙能指挥在新加坡的美军？

[@shanerooney7288]

To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.

[@robmiller1808]

@@shanerooney7288 BS.

[@strayedarticle2838]

​@@shanerooney7288China is the #1 trading partner of the US, and loaned them several trillion for all those wars in the middle east. That doesn't stop the US from surrounding China with 400 military bases and instigating conflicts with them.

[@rmichaelpeters2794]

aside from explaining the truth behind what really happened to Atlantis, the book, Complete and Total Darkness does an eerily spot on job of explaining the aftermath of a US vs China conflict. definitely worth a look, everything else in that book was accurate to the letter

[@roxannekao9899]

war is so gamified rn it's horrific. can't believe we human choose to go through this.

[@bigk6860]

RLL I just want to say thank you for all the research and work you put in the knowledge that you provide to people, not just on this but even on the Myanmar civil war I had no idea that was going on and now I'm doing my own research on it, keep making videos hopefully you can make a video on Myanmar civil war and bring more international recognition to a country that desperately needs it.

[@kosjeyr]

When I was in the USAF, I was at Kadena. Also known as the halfway point between Taiwan and Tokyo. You said the main Wing of Kadena but there's a 2nd which I was at. The 353d SOW. It was the 353d SOG when I was there. Has a history going back to WWII as the 3rd Air Commando Group.

[@ahima1982]

very informative video, just a slight correction. The capabilities China is building up is Anti Access/Area Denial, often called A2/AD, not A2D2, which wouldn't match the words it stands for.

[@dannychu2014]

Don't worry. China is not stupid to risk everything like Russia to just take Taiwan without provocation unless 1) Taiwan declares independence. 2) The US allows Taiwan to declare independence.

[@johntang4108]

China is also not stupid not to eliminate all the US military bases in Taiwan, Philippines, Japan, South Korea before US can response. When all these US bases are overwhelmed, US may try to counteract by sending all her aircraft carriers and battle groups to Asia but will soon find that they cannot even sail or fly near the island chain.

[@hgddg607]

大家好新年快乐

[@jellemaarten2145]

A video about the tactics in a Europe - Russia war would also be intresting.

[@dustindircks6647]

So glad I found your channel. You do a fantastic job!! Really enjoyed watching and looking forward to watching more of your work!

[@HalfLife83]

Little late for the party boy

[@SirDiamondNips]

Reallifelore is THE best source for infographic-based world history and explanation of geopolitics.

[@Spectre-wd9dl]

Yes and no. As a very general source yes. However he gets things wrong like China designing and deploying 3 carriers. 2 were Russian designs. Only one was an in house design. The 2 Russian type are basically training pieces. They're useless for anything that you would call offensive action.

[@HalfLife83]

@@Spectre-wd9dl China is usless in everything. They have no warfare experience nor combat experience whatsoever.. They have means but no delivery system

[@tritium1998]

@@Spectre-wd9dl By your dumb logic, your helicopter carriers (incl. those in celebrated little countries) are useless.

[@craigkdillon]

FYI - the submarine deal with France was for Diesel AIP subs, NOT nuclear powered subs.

[@Keely-ml2gp]

23:32 emergency vacation rotation!