This Is How China Could Defeat The U.S. In A War

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C aircraft prepares to land on the runway of the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier during a tour of the ship in the South China Sea on May 23, 2013.Edgar Su / Reuters

Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic: How the U.S. Could Lose a War With China

It’s not that the Chinese Communist Party would take over Washington. But in its own region, China has the advantage.

If a war broke out between the United States and China, the clash between two of the world’s most powerful militaries would be horrific. And the United States could very well lose.

That’s a concern among current and former defense officials and military analysts, one of whom told Breaking Defense earlier this year that in war games simulating great-power conflict in which the United States fights Russia and China, the United States “gets its ass handed to it.”

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WNU Editor: All of these major war scenarios do not involve the use of nuclear weapons.  Unfortunately, I can see many scenarios where tactical nuclear weapons will be used, and in the case Russia, the use of strategic nuclear weapons.

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