This kind of reminds me of the face off between the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea during WW1. There was only one major fleet action that was unexpectedly indecisive at Jutland, but the Royal Navy always ran the risk of losing the war in an afternoon if it lost decisively.
But America's fleet has been static at best while China has dramatically increased its air, missile, and fleet power. I should not assume China can't pull a reverse Midway on our fleet, eh?
This kind of reminds me of the face off between the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea during WW1. There was only one major fleet action that was unexpectedly indecisive at Jutland, but the Royal Navy always ran the risk of losing the war in an afternoon if it lost decisively.
Good point about Britain's position.
Over the years I've worried that China would lure the Navy into a distracting but totally pointless victory over a PLAN carrier to buy time to capture Taiwan. https://open.substack.com/pub/bjdunn61/p/entering-the-plans-sinkex-around?r=vhgbs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
But America's fleet has been static at best while China has dramatically increased its air, missile, and fleet power. I should not assume China can't pull a reverse Midway on our fleet, eh?