if China blockaded Taiwan tomorrow, what should US do?

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or hit the Three Gorges Dam?

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We wouldn't do this unless it was a last resort measure. Hitting that dam would be far worse than dropping a nuclear bomb on them. It would completely destroy their country and cause a global market crash. It would be devastating for the entire world.

Run silent, run deep

A complete blockage of all imports to the US from China first. A large chunk of their economy depends on Americans buying cheap plastic shite and stuff made in their child labor factories, shut off that spigot and yes, we hurt. But they hurt FAR worse.

Then we blockade their blockade. Make it impossible for them to resupply their ships without passing through our own blockade. They still use diesel to power almost all of their naval ships and subs and they must be resupplied with fuel constantly, as well as food and supplies. Even cutting off 50% of that supply sends them home fairly quickly without firing a shot.

We could also blockade Chinese mainland itself while their navy is busy with Taiwan. They'd then have a choice to make, use their naval power to cut off Taiwan or come back and resecure the mainland.

There's also a million ways to put a hurting on them economically through sanctions, the Treasury department and banking against individuals and Chinese institutions, and oil/natural gas imports.

There's several different methods we could use to hurt them dramatically without even going kinetic. And if all else failed, we could sink their navy with our vastly superior technology and logistics if things required kinetic action. Our nuclear subs alone would wreak havoc from beneath the waves.

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A complete blockage of all imports to the US from China first. A large chunk of their economy depends on Americans buying cheap plastic shite and stuff made in their child labor factories, shut off that spigot and yes, we hurt. But they hurt FAR worse. Then we blockade their blockade. Make it impossible for them to resupply their ships without passing through our own blockade. They still use diesel to power almost all of their naval ships and subs and they must be resupplied with fuel constantly, as well as food and supplies. Even cutting off 50% of that supply sends them home fairly quickly without firing a shot. We could also blockade Chinese mainland itself while their navy is busy with Taiwan. They'd then have a choice to make, use their naval power to cut off Taiwan or come back and resecure the mainland. There's also a million ways to put a hurting on them economically through sanctions, the Treasury department and banking against individuals and Chinese institutions, and oil/natural gas imports. There's several different methods we could use to hurt them dramatically without even going kinetic. And if all else failed, we could sink their navy with our vastly superior technology and logistics if things required kinetic action. Our nuclear subs alone would wreak havoc from beneath the waves.

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Thanks for the thoughts, but still
sounds like a greater depression that even the US has never seen before. Maybe unlike Vietnam, we just get used to attrition? Is it possible to untangle from China that quick?

What’s the weak point for economic trade between China and everyone else?

My vote is blockading the Strait of Malacca near Indonesia.

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Im not smart enough to know what we should do if this comes to pass.. but as a guy who lives (mostly) in Southeast Asia, id advise anyone of our fellow Tigers or any other US expats/retirees living in the Philippines to get the hell out of there, post haste.. the US has long had a presence in the PI (Clark afb) and recently has been shoring up our resources there in anticipation of shite between China and Taiwan going sideways, and soon… just wouldnt wanna be a white American guy near the epicenter of that (Manila is just south of Taiwan) b/c id feel like a sitting duck.. maybe a little paranoid, that’s ok , better safe than sorry imo .

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Beautiful women in that area. Lived in SE Asia out of college (non military) and the women and surrounding areas are gorgeous! Wish I could have stayed on a US salary…

Three Gorges Dam is a huge issue and may have to be taken down.

Hearing rumors it is under cutting the foundation, waiting to see prove still.

Revoke their 'Most Favored Nation' status. I think they changed the name of what it is called now.

There is a movement to revoke that in Congress right now.

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Then we blockade their blockade. Make it impossible for them to resupply their ships without passing through our own blockade.

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How far do you think Taiwan is from the mainland? If China goes hot we’re not getting any ships near there.

The reality is that any engagement with China right now would cause the U.S. to enter into the Great Depression 2.0.

It would be extremely painful to endure and would require a world war to get out of, but at the end of it, it’d be for the better (if we actually win, and it doesn’t turn into all-out nuclear war).

We can’t sustain any losses to our navy whether it be damage, mission kills, or God forbid actually losing hulls. We don’t have the yards or capacity to rebuild or make repairs. Our missile stock is already heavily degraded. War planners were estimating that we’d go through our entire stock against China in eight days and the Iran war has shown that to likely be very accurate.

The truth, OP, is that China likely won’t have to fire a shot to get Taiwan. China in the next few decades will commit themselves to draining our resources worldwide with proxy conflicts and show countries like Taiwan that they can’t rely on the United States for protection.

1) Destroy every critical supply chain into China 2) level Taiwan 3) invoke the War Powers Act and force the construction of fab plants.

It will hurt in the short term but it’s really the only option absent a direct attack on the mainland.

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So before it was built the world was devastated????

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Holy shite you might be genuinely retarded.