[Regulator]

From Global Firepower:

China
Rank: 3

MANPOWER
Going beyond military equipment totals and perceived fighting strength is the actual manpower that drives a given military. Wars of attrition favor those with more.

Total Population: 1,349,585,838
Available Manpower: 749,610,775
Fit for Service: 618,588,627
Reaching Military Age Annually: 19,538,534]
Active Frontline Personnel: 2,285,000
Active Reserve Personnel: 2,300,000

Let’s see now....450,000 up against 2.3 MILLION.

Only outnumbered 5 to 1. With force multipliers on our side, should be no problem.

Least that’s what the powerpoint presentation sez...

[SamAdams76]

In case you haven't noticed, wars are no longer fought by digging trench lines and lining up across from each other on a battlefield. China can have a hundred million soldiers in uniform and it will give them no tactical advantage - even if it was possible to keep that many soldiers supplied.

Our next major war will be fought with drones, unmanned vehicles, guided missiles and people in bunkers pushing buttons. Hopefully I won't be alive to see it.

[Vermont Lt]

How are they going to get their army here?

And, they need most of theirs are home to keep the people calm.

China is not going to fight us. They are falling apart on the inside. They have no desire to have us wreck heir little navy.