Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) and Ship To Objective Maneuver (STOM) was the doctrinal big deal for the USMC. The S-92s weren’t going to nearly as capable in allowing the marines to do deep insertion and interdiction with ground forces as the MV-22.

They may have shiny new ships but People’s Liberation Army Navy is still a dumb name for a navy.

Why is Taiwan better off as part of China? Aside from the fact it wouldn’t have to worry about invasion.

The MV-22 flies 100 knots faster and flies farther. 3 S-92s does not give you the same mission capability and probably takes more deck space. A cheaper aircraft that can’t do some missions isn't a bargain.

The f-35 also provides survivability against double digit SAMs which the teen series fighters are extremely vulnerable.

Rather than seek the same opinion over and over, perhaps seeking an alternate viewpoint would be more useful to you.

The guy was still doing his job a week before his son was died in a cancer center.

Nobody over there that we would bomb has an intact IADS with double digit SAMs backed by decent 4th gen fighters. A 4th gen strike on Iran would likely result in fewer aircraft landing in the evening than took off that morning. Especially after Russia delivers some S-400s.

Conventional Prompt Global Strike. It’s been experimented with. Heck, they were going to put anti-airfield warheads on Pershings...before deciding that really was a bad idea. Still, a few years ago they tested the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon. If the system is only conventional the odds that it triggers a nuclear…

What a load.

“if he can force NATO into a position where it ignores its Article 5 obligations, then he can essentially destroy NATO altogether.”

Lol. They were in and out in a couple months. By 2009 the opportunity for action was long past.

Sweden believes that Article 42(7) Treaty of European Union (Aka Lisbon treaty) provides a mutual defense clause for CDSP members.

“Finally you’re assuming the warheads would travel in the launch vehicles. You’d almost certainly be wrong. They would have their own space with their own security. The missiles will be armed when needed.”

“There is no free lunch. And if you look at the Gulf War and Iraq invasion you will see that the USMC never based the Harrier at austere fields.”

Should the USAF go all in on the F-35B? No. We have the Marines.

It should be amusing given the Chinese desire to regain control in historically Chinese territory.

According to soviet records they had lost 20,500 tanks between June 22 and December 31, 1941. Russian researchers estimate that British supplied tanks represented 30-40% of the heavy and medium tanks defending Moscow in December 1941. The brits had delivered 466 tanks while the Red Army had been reduced to 670 russian…

Lol. Priceless.

“It was simply a 45,000 ton machine that needed 1000’s of hands and minds to operate in unison. Just amazing to see up close.”