As I recall, before Gulf War I, a lot of experts explained how US forces were at a huge disadvantage because Iraqi artillery outranged ours.
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Moral: never be complacent when going to war; everything changes when contact made.
China is not iraq. urging complacence is foolhardy. ‘Experts’ are frequently wrong, but there is no way to test their accuracy until after the fact.
Did I urge complacency?