Could we win a war against China?

Question

Could we win a war against China im talking about a full fledge war bigger then WWII.Our military is alot more advance then China.I think we have a better Air Force then them but they have Numbers.If they Invaded us could we Repel the Invasion or would the country be overran.Ok Vice Versa do you think we could win if we invaded them.Do we have the men and the supplies to wage a 5 to 10 year war with them

Why not Robert Because americans are stupid American government waged war on a country who didnt have anything to do with 9/11

Answer 1

We can't even win a war against IRAQ!

Answer 2

Nuclear weapons are the great equalizer! A full-fledged war with China would probably leave most of Asia and North America plagued with nuclear fall-out after the missile salvos.
But, lets assume that somehow, nuclear weapons will not be used. The most likely reason for a war with China will be tensions over Taiwan.
More than likely, Russia, India and the EU would remain neutral. Noone would like to risk angering either the US or China.
First, China would immediately shoot down all 30 US GPS satellites and the countless other US spy satellites orbiting, and US will respond like-wise. This would greatly impede the US's ability to launch guided cruise missiles at specific targets on the Chinese mainland.
The next probable facets of the war would be held in the economic and cyber realms, as China would immediately dump their ~$1 trillion national reserve for a more neutral currency like the Euro and will send the dollar tumbling to all-time lows. Since the US is a debtor nation anyway, this might not really affect them apart from the huge drain to buy oil to sustain the war effort with a weakened dollar.
During, this time, the US would order all carrier battle fleets to the pacific and indian oceans.
China would next ally with North Korea and invade and defeat South Korea and Taiwan, reunifying the Korean peninsula and depriving the US military of convenient landing spots to launch military attacks from.
A key point of contention would be which side would Japan be on. Naturally, Japan tends to be on the US side because of all the bad blood btw Japan and China from the last World War, but if China keeps growing economically and militarily, Japan might not want to risk angering China and might decide to stay neutral. I think the Japanese are too afraid of Chinese hegemony at the moment that there would take the US side and provide a valuable piece of real-estate for the US to launch attacks at China from. Naturally, China would respond with missile attacks on Japanese soil, and the millions of Chinese would flock to Chinese war factories and churn out an endless supply of technologically inferior but numerous weaponry............
A full fledged war between the U.S and China would be the most stupid idea anyone in the US or Chinese military would ever make. It would literally hand the world to Russia on a silver platter.

Answer 3

yes, it depends on the objective, but the chinese economy is like a house of cards in that it depends heavily on foreign markets. blockade the eastern ports and cut off the burma road and the watch the collapse. the chinese could not effectively oppose a blockade by the us navy. the us economy is almost as dependent on foreign trade, however china has no means to cut off us trade routes.

oh btw just to put it in perspective to compare chinas economy to the us is not much of a comparison. us ranks #1 in gdp at 13.2 trillion, china is 4th (between united kingdom and germany) at 2.6 trillion (2006 international monetary fund figures). china would have to more than quintuple its productivity in order to match the us while the us economy stays stagnant. now, i know that the hang seng has been going like gangbusters but thats a pretty tall order. also china cannot possibly continue with this growth, the energy requirements are just too much. the rest of the world will not stand much longer for the added burden of 2 new coal fired power plants a week on our collective environment. growth to date has been very impressive but its a house of cards. remember japan in the late 80s? and for all those environmentalists china is now the leading emitter of carbon, exceding the us earlier this summer. how long will the free ride last?

one last point, having a trade deficet with an opponent during a time of war would actually benefit the us. should their flow of goods into the us be interrupted that would be a tremendous blow to their economy. much greater than the liquidation of chinese/american loans would be to the us. the chinese leadership know the situation and they are quite happy feeding their tiger, at least until the supply of oil and/or clean water becomes scarce!

Answer 4

Economical China will beat US easily within 10 years.
Military?
Well the Chines are not stupid and will not think of to invade any one if they don't have to defend them self.
If USA intend to invade China. Forget about it you will loose easily.
Look here, you lost the war in Vietnam didn't you?
In Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the world, the US Marines had to fly out of the country, with the tails between their legs when they stood face to face with poor farmers in the allies with old Kalashnikovs in their hands - no sophisticated weapons. And look at the war in Iraq even if you will win USA will be the looser in the long run. You could have bought the oil much cheaper from Norway, why not?

Answer 5

We could win, but we'd need allies to deploy troops as well. Japan and South Korea would be a big help. I'm a military fiction author and found a way to beat China. We would have to invade them and bring back the Iowa-class battleships to do so. The Chinese have a lot of outdated stuff and put more emphasis on quantity over quality.

Answer 6

Militarily, yes. Economically, no. More than 60% of everything on every store shelf in America comes from China. A war would collapse our economy.

However, militarily we would win. We have 12 nuclear powered super carriers, they have 0. They could never get across the Pacific to invade. Furthermore, the best guess is that they have 100-200 nukes, we have ~10,000. It probably would never go nuclear, but if it did, we have the advantage.

Answer 7

U.S. vs. China " The Nightmare Scenario " :

China's military buildup and power projection capabilities are still focused primarily on Taiwan, and the country has positioned as many as 790 ballistic missiles opposite the island.

The equalizer is Operations Plan (OPLAN) 5077, one of only three completed and full-fledged war plans of the U.S. military

The 5077 plan to defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack dates back from the Reagan administration.

Pacific Command OPLAN 5077-04, as it is currently known, includes air, naval, ground/amphibious, and missile defense forces and "excursions" to defend Taiwan.

This is what most likely America would use to win a war if the Taiwan thing gets bigger . ( Say hello to my little friend )

A neutron bomb is a type of tactical nuclear weapon developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation. This contrasts with standard thermo-nuclear weapons, which are designed to capture the intense neutron radiation inside the bomb to increase its overall yield. The technical term for this type of weapon is "enhanced radiation weapon" (ERW). In terms of explosive yield, ERWs are about one tenth that of a conventional fission type weapon.[1] While significantly less in explosive power, they are still much more potent than any conventional bomb, so it should be understood damage to material is reduced and not eliminated

Yes , we would " win " and China would be reduced to 10 % of its former population .

Answer 8

lol......will they loan us the money to invade them?

The United States currently owes China over $650 BILLION in debt. That number is expected to grow to over $1 Trillion during the next 2 years.

How is this possible?

In order to pay for its two recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration has been forced to loan money from, you guessed it, China.

Meanwhile the US Economy is slipping, and small wonder why. They are currently locked into a $162 billion/year trade deficit with China. The Chinese keep manufacturing products that Americans NEED and Americans keep on buying them. The problem is that the United States isn't manufacturing much in return and sending it back to China. In fact, they're manufacturing very little these days.

The airplane industry took a huge dive ever since September 11th. So the US isn't selling very many planes to China.

The automotive industry has went sour in the United States too. The major car manufacturers have moved out of the States. The funny fact is that Canada now builds more cars/trucks/SUVs than the United States does. And in the future, China is going to be building even more than Canada, the US, and Mexico combined.

So just WHAT is driving the US economy?

War profits.

When the war in Iraq eventually ends (and it will end someday), the US economy will fall flat on its back.

The only solution will be to have another war.

Which will mean more national debt, and more loans from China. The United States is currently $7,782,816,546,352.00 in debt, and much of that debt is owed to China.

Answer 9

Quality beats Quantity.

Answer 10

You can't even win a war in Iraq and its a much smaller country! You couldn't win the war in Vietnam and its smaller than Iraq. Why?
Because your political leaders tie the military up in not being able to this or that. You go into a war to win, no holds barred. You get down and dirty in fighting the enemy. There is no moral high ground. No one questions your tactics when you've won and the war is over.

Answer 11

An all out war with China would involve nukes. This would mean the world (especially them and us) would never be the same. It would never last 5-10 years...maybe 5-10 DAYS!