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Originally Posted by ravi12
I was just wondering, how different the strategic depth would be if you had directly invaded china? Being a non-military person, I am frankly unable to grab the finer nuances between these two.
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It's how many battles you have to fight in order to win the war. In the current case of the NKs, all the US and Seoul have to do is to win at the DMZ and they won the war. If you add in the Chinese, they will have to fight all the way to the North Korean-Chinese border and even then, it may not be enough.
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Originally Posted by ravi12
which was what I was alluding to, they needed a land base near the fighting area, cuba provided it - US could enforce a blockade on cuba, but SUs hand was tied. Reinforcements of weapons/ russian soldiers would have been difficult.
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The war was going to be won or lost in Europe. Not Cuba, Africa, Asia, nor China.
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Originally Posted by ravi12
did they challenge the CBGs in open seas? Interesting, may I know what ships/subs were they operating?
I knew that their subs trialled the CBGs almost continuously.
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Soviets or the Chinese?
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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter
Did they ever deploy "Backfires" in Cuba?
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Only on visits which is scary enough.