Originally Posted by Dreadnought

And immediately afterwards? Maybe you sank and or damaged a CV battlegroup but do you think for a moment two more nuclear armed CVB's wont be enroute to such an exchange with their accompanying subs? Do you also think that the U.S. wont respond ten fold with the subs that accompany that targeted CVB group? You would be watching China's mainland get showered by boomers on CNN that night and they would have no need for electric generation as they would be glowing permamnent after such a foolish exchange. If you are dumb enough to attack a CVB group then your also dumb enough to endanger your entire population and there would be no question as to whats targeted or whom is targeted after such a foolish act.

"Also a nuclear torpedos and the like could be used"

Correct, "Could" is the optional word but given the fact the CVB groups go nowhere without their sub escorts you "could" expect a reply instataniously with a nuclear weapon or multiple nuclear weapons on mainland China and the subs go into seek and destroy mode. Which do you think will survive?

Do you think China "could" survive that scenario (a multiple mainland strike) and maintain a hold on its people that would be pretty angry at their leaders decisions to provoke such actions? Not to mention China's neighbors that would be breathing fall out for quite some time because they provoked such an exchange. You could bet the U.N. would turn their backs on any country that chose a nuclear attack right from the start and then where will China be.....SOL. And I'm almost certain that China's neighbors would also turn their backs on them for having their backyards permanently desolated and iradiated. Think they want to risk their own peoples future for China? Doubtfull to say the least.