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    War China could win military conflict in Indo-Pacific region even 'before America can respond', think tank warns

    By Lukas Mikelionis | Fox News




    A new study by a think tank warns the U.S. has lost its military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific region, with China being able to launch and win a military conflict even before American forces are able to respond.

    The University of Sydney's United States Study Center released a study on Friday detailing the profound changes it claims is happening in the region, paving way for China to exert more influence.

    The report, titled “Averting Crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific,” claims that “America no longer enjoys military primacy in the Indo-Pacific and its capacity to uphold a favorable balance of power is increasingly uncertain.”

    The researchers found that although the U.S. military is still perceived as a force to be reckoned with globally, the “combined effect of ongoing wars in the Middle East, budget austerity, underinvestment in advanced military capabilities and the scale of America's liberal order-building agenda has left the U.S. armed forces ill-prepared for great power competition in the Indo-Pacific.”

    More alarmingly, the report warns that China would be able to use the U.S. military’s lack of reach in the region to launch a military attack against America’s regional allies and achieve victory even before the U.S. responds, Newsweek reported.

    “Having studied the American way of war — premised on power projection and all-domain military dominance — China has deployed a formidable array of precision missiles and other counter-intervention systems to undercut America's military primacy,” the report said.

    “By making it difficult for US forces to operate within range of these weapons, Beijing could quickly use limited force to achieve a fait accompli victory — particularly around Taiwan, the Japanese archipelago or maritime Southeast Asia — before America can respond, sowing doubt about Washington's security guarantees in the process.”

    The report comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. While the two countries have repeatedly clashed over trade, with President Trump criticizing the Chinese government over policies that he claims hurt the American economy, the U.S. military cautioned China earlier this year over the islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea.

    Two U.S. warships sailed near islands claimed by China back in May, while two American nuclear-capable B-52H flew over the South China Sea at least twice in March.

    The South China Sea has been the site of ongoing tension, primarily between the U.S. and China, which claims nearly all of the strategic waters despite competing claims from other Southeast Asian nations.

    But as the U.S. and China engage in more symbolic military moves, the Friday’s study claims the Chinese military could launch a “limited war” to retake Taiwan or fully take control of the disputed islands using not only conventional capabilities but cyber and political weapons as well.

    “In all these scenarios, Beijing's aim would be to strike first to secure longstanding political goals or strategically valuable objectives before the United States can do anything to stop it,” the report said.

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    Australia will save us

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal-9000 View Post
    Australia will save us



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    They could send a fleet of their Dingo-Bombers to cripple China.


    *dingo-bombers - scruffy dogs that can swim well with bombs attached to their backs

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    We have hi-tech radar installations

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    We have hi-tech radar installations
    You need some lasers...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    You need some lasers...
    You don't share any of your good shit. We get your old hand-me-down crap

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    We have hi-tech radar installations
    Are those to track the Dingo-Bombers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    You don't share any of your good shit. We get your old hand-me-down crap
    Why can't you develop your own? Don't leave it up to the US and the Russians to come up with all the cool weapons technology

    I'd say the Chinese as well, but all their tech is stolen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Why can't you develop your own? Don't leave it up to the US and the Russians to come up with all the cool weapons technology

    I'd say the Chinese as well, but all their tech is stolen.
    They tried to create an explosive organic paste to punch holes in tanks and ships.

    Not much success with the recipe so now they put the stuff on toast and actually eat the Vegemite

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    We can get the mexican navy






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