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Michael Peck, National Review: Even the Russians Think The U.S. Navy Would Defeat the Chinese
Konstantin Sivkov, a member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, says superior U.S. reconnaissance would give it the defining advantage.
Key Point: Sivkov's scenario relies on a lot of built-in assumptions, but it's still useful in designing strategy.
If U.S. and Chinese aircraft carriers were to clash, the U.S. Navy would win.
And who makes that prediction? A Russian military expert.
Konstantin Sivkov, a member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, argues that superior U.S. reconnaissance capabilities would trump China’s advantages in hypersonic missiles.
Sivkov lays out a sort of wargame for an America vs. China carrier clash that seems based on the World War II carrier battles between America and Japan, particularly the Battle of Midway. Those battles tended to be nail-biting, knife-edge affairs where victory or defeat rested on which side first spotted the other side’s carriers, and then dispatched an airstrike against the vulnerable flattops.
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WNU Editor: Seeing the enemy before they can see you is always a big plus in warfare.
