“Again, if China cuts us off, they still have 95% of the world to supply”
What if we cut off the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz to all Chinese shipping. How will China get oil?
“China cuts us off, they still have 95% of the world to supply”
What if we decide to blockade China’s ports?
“What if we cut off the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Hormuz to all Chinese shipping. How will China get oil?”
The Spratley’s for starters. But even without that, what make you think that China has a Third World military? You might want to read the Washington Times sometime - the stuff that China’s doing is so scary that I simply don’t read it anymore.
We will not be able to own the waters, particularly near China, with a navy that’s half the size of even Jimmy Carter’s navy.
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org9-4.htm
You’re thinking of a United States that ended many years ago.