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Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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Well....we were winning when I left!
Really? Where was that?Well....we were winning when I left!
The usual places...Afghanistan, Iraq.
Winning and killing are two different things (I know you know that). I was doing a lot of one day in and day out, still had no idea what winning was. Very frustrating. I’m sure we all have our stories we only tell folks we were there with, but after a time....you just got numb.
America has a “winning” gap, we forgot what it is and how much sacrifice it takes. My opinion of course.
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Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Way to take quotes out of context. Do you work for a major news agency?
No, but if you would like to provide some context I welcome it.
The last time we were doing anything resembling winning in Iraq was in 1991. As best I can tell, we've never reached that benchmark in Afghanistan. So, I guess my question for you is: WTF are you talking about?
Lih
I don’t know what your metric for “winning” is in this conversation, but chill out dude - it was a joke.
Just keepin’ it real around here, G. Between you, Randy and Chuck’s endless stream of harebrained ideas, nothing would surprise me anymore. ?
China is about on par with us for major combatant surface shipbuilding. They obviously fall well short on carrier capability and capacity, but are definitely starting to come up to pace with us there as well. They’re also the #1 shipbuilder in the world for commercial shipping.
I’d guess their sub force is a bit lacking comparatively in quality, though they certainly have a shitload of quantity. Same for aviation (eg absurdly old bombers), but they are well ahead of us in anti ship missiles (making said absurdly old bombers relevant), and theater range ballistic missiles is something where we simply don’t play yet.
There are definitely folks wearing three or four stars on active duty calling China either a peer or near peer depending on context. It’s not just random dudes on blogs.
You should look at some of the open source info on how quickly the PLAN is churning out surface combatants. They can make a Luyang III in about half the time as we can make a DDG. Likewise, even the most cursory review of the JSF program shouldn't be cause for celebration for our aircraft industrial output either.
China is rapidly catching up, and has already surpassed us in some areas of military platform production. People should be clear-eyed about that.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
I mean, the interview is public and you mashed together partial quotes from answers to 3 different questions.
Also, anytime an GO/FO speaks to Congress about world threats there is going to be a certain level of "this is why you need to give me more toys" salesmanship.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
We enjoy maritime superiority over any other nation, to include complete dominance in air and undersea combat. This is an indisputable fact.
Yes, China is able to churn out large numbers of ships, missiles, and aircraft that are outmatched by the weapons we employ. They are also unable to invest the resources to keep all of those machines operational to the level we can.
The U.S. has the infrastructure to ramp up production when we need it.
Military leadership losing its mind because Russia deployed an (that's one) SSGN outside of its local waterspace for the first time in 30 years and the Chinese *might* be able to figure out how to operate an aircraft carrier in the next decade. Let's be clear eyed about that.
Rarely does someone need to post entire papers or interviews to pick out the critical points. As for the other part of your statement, fair enough, but it still doesn’t imply anything different from the initial point - China is a dangerous near peer adversary.