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[–]binaryblob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Let me grab my SI-units book and look up "Strong".

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It sounds like it's only turning on its sensor package over the US. Why's China been so interesting in peeping at the US and only the US lately if not for nefarious reasons.

[–]binaryblob 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Starting a war against is only sane when you know the enemy. As such, knowing everything that happens within US airspace would be the absolute minimum that one has to monitor for at least a couple of years before flipping the switch on invasion of Taiwan.

If the US has reverse-engineered saucer technology (this could obviously just be an elaborate hoax, but the Tic Tacs remain an oddity) China would probably want to know that before entering a war (especially, since they aren't any good at fighting wars).

I wish I knew for a fact whether the Tic Tacs are real and that I would get the real data surrounding them, because if you know the real characteristics, it's like that you can figure out how they work (even though, as David Grusch said, they might live in a higher dimension, which would explain a lot and would make it impossible for us to ever match such capabilities, since such higher dimensional beings would control dimensions that do not exist for us).

The only reason to spy on someone is for nefarious reasons. That part is true.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They have said they're trying to build a world class military by 2049 but Asians are devious and I suspect that's a smokescreen, stupid Americans do not worry about war until 2050, we promise

They probably see an opportunity between the US bogged down with Ukranian aid and possibly now Israel, our military issues, and their military advantages at the moment.

It's still a bit early, but like you said recon is the first step. And they probably are looking for those pesky UFOs. That'd put a damper on their plans if we can just send a fleet of UFOs to demolish their forces

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Military generals in the US put the date of the Taiwan invasion at 2025, which is much faster than consensus. There are many reasons for this time frame, but the most important one is the population pyramid and China is unlikely to narrow the technology gap under sanctions. The situation with the US distracted with other wars also helps. So, every day China waits, it becomes slightly worse for them.

I think many people put the declaration of war date at 2035 for a long time; I was one of those people, but if a bad US president gets elected, I would not be surprised if an attack would coincide with such an event. If a rookie president (or essentially Russian agent, like in the case of Trump) sits in the White House, they might hesitate to escalate to a full war.

China has been created islands in the sea. Do you know why the US doesn't just send machines to remove those islands again?