1ºMaverick Tok America might not have boots on the ground anymore but they do have a significant intelligence and security apparatus in the country and the region. Also American forces have significant striking power in the region so it is not like they have gone anywhere. You might also ask how did it come to that point that people fell off the aircraft at Hamid Karzai? The US armed Afghani security forces so that they were more than capable of fending for themselves but no. You can only walk a horse up to the trough but you can't force it to drink. That's not America's fault.
2ºC J. Artnel Crosby and get dunked on by the US Navy. The US has 5 deployable carrier strike groups at any given time it can send to the south China sea. That alongside the US air force and allied navies in the Pacific will give China a little chance of success. China will have to defeat the US and allied navies and air forces in the south china sea to even approach Taiwan but I just don't see that happening. China has numbers but they don't have any meaningful edge on there and technologically they will go up against Raptors, Lightnings and Super Hornets in the air so they are outmatched. It won't go well for them, their numbers won't make up for the firepower of the allied forces.
3ºRodney Warren they only need one Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs)
The Navy's ballistic missile submarines, often referred to as "boomers," serve as an undetectable launch platform for intercontinental missiles. They are designed specifically for stealth and the precise delivery of nuclear warheads.
Each of the 14 Ohio-class SSBNs originally carried up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with multiple, independently-targeted warheads. However, under provisions of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, each submarine has had four of its missile tubes permanently deactivated and now carry a maximum of 20 missiles. The SSBN's strategic weapon is the Trident II D5 missile, which provides increased range and accuracy over the now out-of-service Trident I C4 missile.
SSBNs are specifically designed for extended deterrent patrols. To decrease the amount of time required for replenishment and maintenance, Ohio-class submarines have three large-diameter logistics hatches that allow sailors to rapidly transfer supply pallets, equipment replacement modules and machinery components, thereby increasing their operational availability.
The Ohio-class design allows the submarines to operate for 15 or more years between major overhauls. On average, the submarines spend 77 days at sea followed by 35 days in-port for maintenance. Each SSBN has two crews, Blue and Gold, which alternate manning the submarines and taking them on patrol. This maximizes the SSBN's strategic availability, reduces the number of submarines required to meet strategic requirements, and allows for proper crew training, readiness, and morale.
4ºBiden saber rattling again. He could not prevent a nuclear attack on the USA, let alone S. Korea. If Kim used nukes it is because he figures he has nothing to lose.
We, the USA, have attacked country after country...but none of them had nuclear weapons or any real means to defend themselves against us.
For all of Biden's tough talk...we, the strongest military in the world, were defeated by a few thousand goat herders armed with Vietnam era rifles. We invaded, stayed for 20 years, and then ran out in a panic after a badly mishandled withdrawal that turned into a retreat.
Yes...our nukes could devastate North Korea...but Kim's will devastate South Korea, Japan and probably a couple of US cities on the West coast.
Biden's tough guy rhetoric has drawn us closer to nuclear war than at any time since 1947 according to the scientists that manage the Doomsday clock. Between Biden, Putin & Kim we could be close to the end of civilization.
"This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been."
Hey Joe...in your own words..."Believe the science." https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/