“In my very humble opinion, in all out war with the US China would be flying these planes to Russia to try and save them like Hussein did.”
I can just imagine the chess Shire grin’s and the Russians as they take possession of those Chinese planes. The ChiComs will never get them back without paying a lot of money and the will be stripped to the bone when they do.
Gentlemen. While having full faith and confidence in the abilities of The United States Navy, I must remind you of Proverbs 16:18. I see no reason for China to move their aircraft assets to Russia. Depending on the range of their ASMs they would be able to launch from protected airspace, and should have planned an attack that would saturate (not easily) CVBG defenses. While anyone attempting to sink an American CVN had better pack a lunch, a couple of heavyweight ASMs impacting the flight deck, will have a negative effect on the ops tempo. As a member of the “Federation of Underwater Commie Killers”, I’ve spent entirely to much time at PD watching one of our very own bird farms sail by FD&H, to be entirely sanguine about the sub-surface threat.
Let me leave you with a quote from Uncle Billy:
“I am sick and tired of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”
Good point.
I wonder if Iraq ever got its planes back from Iran?
I bet storage fees were in the billions! (a little s/)