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Originally Posted by lurker
Does that concerns you? China is much less urban than the USA. About 40 half megatonn charges will destroy their whole infrastructure, but they will lose only 20% of the population. With 120 of the same warheads you can destroy the whole infrastucture of the USA, but that will mean 40% of the population will die instantly and 80% in the next 3 months. The whole continent willl not only sink to the stone age, nobody wil want to live on it for couple of centuries.
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How do you come up with these numbers? 40%+80%=120% last time I checked.
Just for kicks the U.S. population = 295,160,302 (2005 census).
Did you know a vast majority of U.S. citizens dont live in these major cities that these missles are aimed at but the suburbs of these cities?
You can destroy our whole infastructure with 120 of the warheads?
For starters China doesnt own 120 warheads capable of even reaching the U.S.
Also this must be taken into account that our armed forces took the week off from duty and just gave up or deserted which i certainly doubt in both cases.
If the U.S. detected even one launch inbound from China the game is over and China would probably be showered with warheads that are very capable of reaching them from several different platforms not just mainland U.S. including our subs etc..
IMO if the U.S. fully replies then far more then 20% of China's population
(1,306,313,812) will be gone alot more then just 20%. P.S. I would like to see where this 20% number comes from as well as our 40% dead and 80% there afterwards.
I would bet they wouldnt even chance launching at the U.S. just a bunch of saber rattling like so many others before them that get a new weapon and a hard on to taunt the U.S.
I think we know what that leads to from past examples.
As far as their sub fleets go..they have very long way to go with another countries who's sub force is far more advanced and has been playing the sub warfare game alot longer then they ever have.
And if they attempt to take Tawian, China just may find out that the U.S. not only will respond quickly but is more advanced then they seem to believe we are