Fun historical fact, one of the main reasons the PLA couldn’t pursue the ROC during their retreat to Taiwan was because the ROC retained greater control over the Chinese Navy. Following the ROC’s retreat, the PLA in China didn’t have a functioning navy, as the ROC had essentially “stolen” it.
Thanks that's very important information that got left out. I was wondering exactly that so I came to the comments thankfully it was the 1st comment I read. K
There was also the Battle of Hainan. In addition to retreating to Taiwan, about 200,000 RoC troops retreated to the Island of Hainan, which is just East of Vietnam. In 1950, the Communist regime invaded that island, using more than 300 junks to move troops across the strait. Although the RoC ships and aircraft inflicted about 4,000 casualties on the communist troops, as the strait was much more narrower than the one between Taiwan and the mainland, they could not stop the majority of the troops getting ashore. The RoC troops had to evacuate or surrender. While this was successful, Mao and his Generals realized that the wider strait and the likelihood of intervention by the US Navy meant that using an extemporized fleet of junks would probably fail to invade Taiwan.
What an outstanding presentation! Well researched, excellent visuals, absolutely first class story telling. You make 50 minutes go by in a flash! The complexity of geopolitics is hard enough to understand, but your channel makes any university professor envious! Bravo 👏
As a citizen living in the Philippines, this is scary AF but all true. The research to make this video especially the Philippine related parts of the video are all extremely accurate.
@@joeycarmona2317 yes it will get worse as China will get more aggressive trying to overthrow Taiwan. Apparently those chips are as valuable as gold and oil combined.
The part that people usually forget is how a war can be dragged on as well. Kind of like the situation in Ukraine. My suggestion is make sure your home country has adequate supplies and hardware for the long haul. Wishing you guys well over there. The Philippines has always been close friends with our country. ✌️🇺🇲🇵🇭
Philippines has been Pro China a long time flip flopping back and forth taking anything from any country they can get for free, except China gives nothing for free and expects paybacks.🇺🇸✌🏻🍻
and I just realized the genocide happening both in rohingya and palestine are the tip of US-China cold war... all these death because China want US to back off and take Taiwan back is... sad... watching this video made me realizes what superpower truly is, how much power they have in other countries, it's scary. And I always find it funny how many people hate americans, but they are the only one keeping both russia and china from invading everything around them, people really need to know politics to appreciate what US has done to keep peace but at the same time instigate all these fear, though I know for sure the "fear mongering" by Russian and Chinese governments are just tools for them to prepare for invasion and still gain the support of their citizens. Huh, writing this comment made me realize another thing huh, fear out of negligence to learn truly is the stupidest part of humans. We all are truly blessed to learn about these wider angle of politics through this channel instead of listening to "higher ups"
@sbeast64 True, always sort of having been like that. They also came into my mom's country and sacked it when my dad's country was being founded. You also got many cultures there in Burma .
Note: Tindal isn’t being built from scratch. It already is (arguably) the most important and largest fighter base in Australia. The US is facilitating MAJOR base upgrades to support the stated B-52s and other visiting aircraft for joint exercises such as Pitch Black and Talisman Sabre. It’s pretty nifty ngl
Tindal is a mere speck on the world war platform. It needs to be ungraded immediately with an expansion suitable to its importance to the new geopolitical situation. Australian military forces have always been focused on defending Tasmania or possibly that big red rock in the middle, but has never been placed in an area where those military forces could project or defend Australia. A time for conscription is near and well past time that the present forces are paid a decent wage reflecting their specialities, their commitment and to attract new enlistments .What other big corporation has such poor conditions for their employees? In Australia, any young person can go to the big mines or big engineering companies to earn three times the wages for much less commitment.
As an American, and like most Americans, I see Australia as our biggest ally in the world. We are siblings, from mother England. Australians seem very similar in spirit. We'll bend over backwards to help people, but once you cross a certain line... watch out. And Australia has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in *every* war and conflict and skirmish since World War II. Even in Mogadishu. No one else can make that claim. We are blood brothers.
as an australian i’m actually ashamed of our government and there level of ass kissing towards the american government, i will never fight in a war for those fools and to be honest after the australian government’s treatment of it’s citizens over the last 3-5 years i’ll be surprised if anyone here wants to stand up and defend australia on the front line of any war 😂… australian IS NOT the lucky country any more - it’s basically china, let’s not forget how the people of melbourne were treated during lock downs, let’s also not forget the lies our government have feed us over the last few years and how citizens had their human rights taken from them for not submitting to the “science” of what they pushed… the australian people are well aware of the bullshit spewing from our governments and i wouldn’t be surprised if they tried forcing a draft and found that half the draftees point there weapons at there own leaders before they do the enemy 🙏🏻
not free our taxpayer dollars pay for this CIA sponsored NGO, and others like it. you are listening to AI voice and content, pretty slick but fake none the less genius 😅
I cant tell you how grateful I am for you keeping background sounds to the bare minimum, so many long from channels render themselves unwatchable/unlistenable for long periods of time due to have obnoxious sound effects for key dates and a very loud background track which does not fit the tone of the topic. Thanks again.
The north of the Great Wall is not Chinese territory. It was ruled by Mongols, Manchurians, and Koreans. Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to block the so-called Northern Orangkai. Later, China was conquered by the Mongolia and also Kim(金) Dynasty founded by descendants of korean Kim Ham-bo. Manjuwonryugo (滿洲源流考), compiled during the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, also reveals that the national name 金(kim) Dynasty is also derived from the family name 金(kim)of King of Silla(ancient korea). Also china wad ruled by the Manchurians for 300 years(Qing dynasty) Professor Sugihara, who presented "Japan's Bronze Age from Korea", said, "The Bronze Age came to Japan from 100 BC to AD50, the end of the Korean Bronze Age society." In Japan, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age were passed down at the same time during the Yayoi period, and the Bronze Age was used only for ancestral rites, so it seems that it went straight to the Iron Age without going through the Bronze Age." Around 100 BC ~ Ancient civilization began in Japan when Koreans landed with iron weapons in Japan, where primitive people lived during the Stone Age. Japanese history is the history of the Korean people. Japanese civic group claims, "It is the same as the annexation of Korea and Japan, reunification of East and West Germany." 2018-11-2008:30 A report was sent to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Korea to demand "correct the fabrication of facts in Korea." // Japanese Yayoi are Koreans.. Chinese = Vietnamese gene... Korean Japanese = Siberian gene. "Our direct ancestors are members of the ancient Asian and Tungus ethnic group that migrated from Siberia in the Neolithic Age, and linguistically belong to the Altai ethnic group." "In addition to the Yayoi (Yamato people) of the Doraein line who crossed from the Korean Peninsula, there are also the Ainu lineal descendants of the Jomon people of the indigenous people of the Japanese archipelago."
Knowing which sounds, when to use them, and at what volume is a surprisingly rare talent I'm starting to notice. I Guess not everyone can be Redban lol
@@neoiskimChina CCP haven’t realized that they are stuck with their greatness four thousand years history will not bring them a peace of mind. They should deal with goods or problems with friends and foes in current times. Otherwise they will kill the golden goose (USA) like they are doing right now. Thirty years they were using US DOLLARS TO DEVELOP their country and Army, because their ambition to be great empire (Mongol) they rush to kill their golden egg goose.
US military terminology: "deployed" implies impermanent presence, which could be work trips and so on. I think the word you are looking for as far as US presence in SK and Japan is "stationed", which is a large majority of those numbers you mention. These are troops, and their families, who have picked up their belongings and moved there on a "permanent" basis, with the expectation to move out after 2-6 years. Meanwhile we have troops "deployed" in eastern Europe, as we have not STATIONED them as in moved all their belongings, but rather packed up a bag and flown them there for a few weeks or months.
Seeing as he also says stationed at times id say he meant what he said. Especially since the people who are in those areas aren't on American soil. So its considered being deployed.
Now you know. that's just what this guy said. Take his videos with grains of salt. i'm an indonesian, and i still can't get over how stupid his video about java island was. it was inaccurate and misleading
@@MylesKillis No. Okinawa, South Korea, Italy, etc is a duty station. The HQ of the MEF or equivalent force is there. You're in a training cycle, not a deployment cycle. It doesn't matter if you're "not on American soil." A deployment is to like Afghanistan or Kosovo. You are conducting forward operations there. Not just training. You are in harm's way in a totally different posture.
Stuff like this is why I think UA-cam is better for being informed about world events and geopolitics than watching broadcast or cable TV, at least here in the States.
Minor correction at 8:20. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake
*@adammistretta5442* I appreciate nitpicking for the sake of accuracy. Thank you. *Reply to:* _"Minor correction at __8:20__. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake"_
Aye. Although this is a hilarious flex, China saying the Liaoning is combat ready. Remember, this ship is the same as the Kuznetsov, which is a floating laughingstock of a CV that can't even move by itself.
@@KevinEnjoyerbut that’s mostly russias own fault because they can’t do maintenance for shit, India also has a carrier of that very same model and they operate it without issue
@@fakedthunder _Seriously... _*_WHAT THE FUCK went wrong with the Admiral Kuznetsov?_* 😑 China and India be here making Russia look like amateurs! What, did Russia start thinking aircraft carriers are not worth it?
@@supervegito2277 A single major actor in a WWIII scenario has more conventional explosive power than all of the forces in WWII combined, I woudn't count on us surviving this Big One.
I KNEW he would tie in the latest Modern Conflicts episode to this one! I’m such a big fan of those documentaries, it’s literally the only reason I’m subscribed to Nebula. I would highly recommend the episode about Russia’s war with Chechnya; it’s one of my favorites 😊
В Чечне действовала Алькаида и это привело к боевым действиям. Точно так же, как 11 сентября Алькаида совершила теракт, который допустили спецслужбы, наблюдавшие за этими террористами. Это был повод начать войну. Изначально Алькаида была создана американскими спецслужбами для контроля территорий и для противостояния СССР. Здесь вам этого не расскажут.
Чеченцы знают, что 300 тысяч чеченцев на их территории убила российская армия, которая туда вторглась People of Chechnya know that 300 000 of their sityzens where killed by russian army that invaded
Australia's cancelled submarine order with France wasn't for nuclear submarines... It was for diesel electric. Going with AUKUS meant they'd gain nuclear submarine capability
It was much more about security cooperation. France is one of the few countries that possesses and produces nuclear submarines, just like the US and the UK, but Australia went with the AUKUS agreement since it's much more important for Australian security if tensions with China rise.
Plus the order with France was hardly going smoothly, it kept hitting snags/delays. With costs on path to be more than double the initial bid, might have been closer to three times the bid already but it has been a while since I looked into it.
@RealLiftLore FYI, Small mistake at 30:28, you state “Prior Nuclear Submarine deal they had made with France” in reference to the canceled Australian deal to purchase French submarines. The Australian submarine deal with France was for conventional Diesel Submarines, not nuclear powered submarines.
Super important point, it was the lack of nuclear power that made the French deal worthless for the Aussie fleet needs, which were essentially generated by Chinese posturing and aggression, and caused them to reconsider, as well as the fact that the US and UK chose to release very important sub tech to the Aussies in an effort to button up the pacific. This would have never happened without the Chinese belligerence of the last decade, but here we are.
At about 30 mins in, you referred to the Australia -France submarine deal as "nuclear." It wasnt, it was for Australia to buy French diesel-electric submarines:)
It wasn't quite as controversial as certain media portray. Lefties winged a little but in general Australia knows the problems we've had with Chinese aggression could get a lot worse.
I have to give major props to the creators of this. You were very clear in the points you made. You did not talk down to your audience while not being overly technical. Your premises were clear. You spent what I feel is about the correct amount of time on explaining the supporting evidence while not getting sidetracked into informational rabbit holes. I was able to follow your thesis and if I want to question your premises; they are presented very clearly so that I could very easily research them myself. You communicated your points with the right amount of clarity and were engaging without patronizing or boring the audience. Setting aside the politics of the topic; from a communication and writing perspective this is a standard that a lot could be learned from. BRAVO! A+ 100 out of 100.
16:08 I'm an ARMY Combat Infantry Veteran that was a Mortarman. Having those 3 guns so close together, sent shivers down my spine!!! TRAIN LIKE YOU FIGHT! 1 well placed round, will leave a crater in that entire area from all their rounds exploring.
@@yuansizhu6271 in the ARMY it's 4 guns, 2nd gun is your Base Gun and FDC is your comms and Fire Direction Comtrol, known as a Mtr Platoon with up to 24 men in the Platoon. It's a specialty unit.
I would like to point out that he mentioned that China had the largest navy in terms of "surface" vessels but the US still has pretty much 10x the tonnage of the chinese
A good report - - -In fact, as a former strategic planning analyst, I find it fascinating that our media technology and information access has progressed to the point of providing an hour-long detailed accounting of the US forces, deployment, capabilities, locations, weapon systems and likely combat tactics in such detail prior to a possible engagement with our potential future enemy. In WWI and even in the Cold War, people were shot or imprisoned for revealing such information at this level of detail. It can be argued that this is simply an elaborate warning sign in the best traditions of the MAD Doctrine but it might be equally valid for China (PRC) to interpret all this as details of the US offensive capabilities for a first-strike invasion of PRC. This latter interpretation is one that Russia has believed for most of the last 75 years.
I agree too. People that put this stuff out, sound the alarm for what we could possibly do. Whoever put this on here, way to go buddy. Think China cared more for this than the intended audience.
Just a footnote: B-52s are designed to carry nuclear bombs, but they also are very good at laying sea mines. The US has upgraded its nautical mines, and a B-52 unit did a concept test off Hawaii earlier this year. Look where RAAF Tindal is, and at the sea lanes where the Chinese move their oil supplies. The B-52s can do a lot of damage without escalating to a nuclear exchange.
The Chinese can also do a lot of damage to the B52s. America's aircraft carriers (today's dinosaurs) are sitting ducks for China's DF carrier killer hypersonic missiles. Don't think that the US military is invincible. Just remember the Titanic. And the US just lost the Afghanistan war and will soon lose the Ukraine war as was widely reported. The US fled Vietnam without winning the war in 1975. It was forced to a truce in the Korean war after the Chinese army pushed the US military out of North Korea. Don't think that the US military is superior - not at all. The US is good at talking big and bullying other countries.
The sea lanes are also use by Japan & Korea, and also commercial ships that move goods to South East Asia and beyond. Anyway, for oil, could easily come from Central Asia & Russia, via land & deserts right? BTW, these days nuclear bombs are carried by intercontinental ballistic missile and supersonic missiles, not planes.
@@cooper1819We are eyeing mod 13 for the B61, meant to be carried by the Raider. At the very least the US likes to keep the option of being able to drop nukes from planes if it needs to, even if it’s not the most likely method of delivery.
Lol poor men you believe everything they tell you 😂 Look question: is it possible that Russia provides China w all the resources they via inland transport!?!? Russia has petrol and anything you want basically...
We need to inform the pentagon of your findings immediately, and just in case pull out all bases and troops from Guam, Hawaii, Midway, Okinawa, Diego Garcia, and all the other islands used as “natural aircraft carriers”
Excellent analysis. Just, one poin: I'm almost sure, you've said that the narrowest point of width of Malacca straight is 1.5 miles. I'd thought it is 24 miles.
nobody wants conventional anymore. too limited and high maintenance. The reactors on nuclear subs are incredibly safe (at least now) and come with incredible benefits such as logistics and longevity.
@@alexross26 the problem was that france offered australia nuclear. australia was the one that insisted on having it be conventional. probably the australian gov at the times fault
@@alexross26 Those nuclear submarines are a colossal waste of money and will be effectively under US control. They're intended to patrol the South China Sea, not to defend Australia's coastline. Paul Keating was correct in his criticisms.
Small correction: the Franco-Australian submarine deal was not for nuclear submarines. It was for diesel submarines. Which explains the strategic reasoning behind breaking the agreement with the French: what they're getting from AUKUS is way more effective.
Greetings from Scotland. I've been loving this channel so much since I found it a few months ago. The production quality and clear explanations of complex political situations are amazing. You also manage to make what can be quite dry subjects seem very exciting in a way I haven't encountered before. I feel like Neo after his first download except instead of kung foo I'm like: "I know geopolitics!" Thanks for all your hard work producing such high quality content.
@@LongIslandIced-TeaWhat has my country's relationship with it's Southern neighbour got to do with my comment about this channel? I'm well aware of our own history.
You are such a shameless villain! Deliberate slander and slander! Where is your conscience? People like you have no bottom line! You are as shameless as the blogger! Slander China? Will you make progress yourself? What is your purpose? You know best!
I've been watching RealLifeLore videos since 2018, but never before I felt so attached to it until the end. Great job, even though it has 1-hour length I simply couldn't stop watching it.
Fun fact: among other projects the US funded the east - west Powerline construction, which includes a high voltage powerline going across over 3000 meter or 10.000 feet high mountainous terrain. The hike through the area is very unforgiving. Can't imagine how difficult it must have been to build that infrastructure.
me, living in latin america, a region ignored from global stage, without any voice or significant alliance outside of the continent, I am quite happy to live here because if both sides choose to start a war, we'll be ignored by every other superpower, we never had anything to lose from the beginning, why matter now
You are being exploiting by US cooperates in daily basis, latin america is natural resource rich but economy weak, due to its “american backyard”status.
Oh, yes it will matter. USA and China colliding will mean the end of our modern economy. Rich countries will survive, but majority of poor countries will go bankrupt
Minor correction: the French submarine contract before the AUKUS deal was for diesel-electric submarines, not for nuclear-powered subs. That's partly why China had some justification for flipping out and threatening that Aus is now a nuclear target
nah france offered their nuclear submarines. australia rejected. australia told france to design and build a diesel electric sub. france spent billions of dollars converting their nuke subs to diesel electric. build new tool machines & facilities to construct what aus wanted. then australia changed its mind again and wants nuclear submarines. now usas-australia-uk submarine deal involves having to pay france for their money spent on diesel sub design.
True, Why purchasing an inferior products from a country losing 3 major wars + 30 other minor wars with the British empire. Australia has a right to go for Supreme product from USA!
I love these videos because they're essentially that kid in world history class who wrote a presentation so bomb even the jocks were silently enthralled. 10/10
@@agps4418 eh, everyone has different perspectives and sources, your idea of bias or untrue may not line up with someone elses, doesnt mean he doesnt research his videos and otherwise present largely accurate information
I'm Singaporean and I really doubt Singapore will want to play any part in an offensive against China. Singapore has very close ties to China and would not risk angering China. However, it is true that we do cooperate with the US to a certain extent.
I believe ASEAN is smart enough to not get themselves involved in other people's internal affairs. Lol. It's obvious the US is the root cause of all problems we have today. Take a look at how the west blocks UN aid to Gaza people. Then saying how they care for Muslim in China LOL 😂😂😂
@@shanerooney7288China is the #1 trading partner of the US, and loaned them several trillion for all those wars in the middle east. That doesn't stop the US from surrounding China with 400 military bases and instigating conflicts with them.
Very informative but one minor correction - the French submarine deal with Australia was non-nuclear i.e. diesel-powered submarine technology. In the vast spaces of the Pacific, nuclear-powered submarines are likely to be more useful.
The problem with the provocation argument is that china is very likely not ready yet. They likely need at least 5 years before they have the capabilities to be capable of overcoming the western response as it stands right now. Basically the bet is that moving now is a loss, and we’re preparing to ensure that moving later is still a loss
No , the last thing you would wanna do is underestimate the enemy , China is ready but they choose not to act yet . We all make fun of Chinese military hardware just to stroke ours ego of western military stronk but with how technology advance , how China keep building up military force while USA and her western allies only care how to add more women to the army while keep burning theirs money on pointless conflicts . A real commander will always be ready for the worst ....
@@MUISHAGGY572 Brics is economic partnership so doesnt matter. If anything India would side with US and fight China. Brazil would do nothing and Russia is a joke. Even if all of Brics went to war with US you get US allies are much more powerful than Brics aside from China.
I really like the way ReaLifeLore always provides informative, objective and convincing analysis without any political bias. From the beginning to the end, he only tried to analyse the reasons and intentions behind each move by the US and China, without concluding who is right or wrong, unlike other channels which insert a lot of personal political opinions into their stories.
When I was in the USAF, I was at Kadena. Also known as the halfway point between Taiwan and Tokyo. You said the main Wing of Kadena but there's a 2nd which I was at. The 353d SOW. It was the 353d SOG when I was there. Has a history going back to WWII as the 3rd Air Commando Group.
Appreciate all your work to layout this information so beautifully and clearly. It’s amazing how little time our mainstream media spends on issues this important. Silently we are positioning for a global conflict that could claim many of our sons and daughters.
@@Sharer01 I’m sorry. Google translate isn’t doing a good job on translating your text. I hope that it says you value your sons and daughters too. Because I know you do. Let’s choose option A, peace.
Yet this guy say china attacks all of US Asian assets somehow forgot that means china attacks like a dozen countries. Literally that means japan, Philippines, South Korea, Australia, and every nations they defense agreements with, would forced to declare war with China. You think japan being bombed and they would do nothing? Come on.
This video is highly detailed with regards to the multi-pronged defense/deterrence strategy currently being implemented by the United States in the West Pacific. What isn't mentioned by RLL, but is also very important, is the increased military cooperation between the US and a few other countries of strategic significance, specifically India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. That's in addition to Thailand, another longtime American ally that directly borders Myanmar and has coastlines on both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. If the Tatmadaw remains in control of Myanmar and helps China to circumvent their Achilles heel in the Malacca Strait, the US _could_ use its relations with Bangladesh, Thailand, and potentially India to navally blockade Burmese ports in the Bengal Bay, thereby eliminating a major alternate route for Chinese energy imports.
@@josejf2089 The infrastructure to move it does not currently exist, and would take years to build. Also, Russia is currently loosing its own war and does not have much in the way of extra oil or food to send elsewhere.
@@李小白-x4vBy stopping ships away from the mainland from accessesing Chinese ports. With the help of various countries of course. You see that is where China dropped the ball. Their aggressive antics has made countries decide that as bad as the US is? They aren't nearly as bad as a world with the CCP. If Xi wasn't such a power hungry control freak, and took pages from Deng who was an amazing leader? China would be well on their way to being the dominate country economically, militarily, and geopoliticaly..
If China doesn’t act what excuse would USA do to continue? USA does have time frame limitations, China is probably waiting until US gets tired of staying in the area and doing nothing and eventually another president comes up and focuses on other things. So either USA strikes first, which the other countries would probably stay neutral as they really have nothing to gain by adding their country to the conflict, or China can wait until USA disengages. Or USA can block the strait, though it would harm everyone’s interest
I would be like ahhhhhhhĥĥhĥhĥhĥĥĥ this is gonna suck u gotta be kidding me I can't believe all this is really gonna happen I must know more to the time machine quickly I must know more
Well… then you would already know that war was coming and you wouldn’t have to worry about world ending nuclear weapons. Nukes because a thing in 1945, with the second and third nukes ever created being used in war.
@@graceneilitz7661 It is ridiculous that these nuclear weapons were used in Japan. Americans killed 200000 Japanese people with nuclear weapons, but now they want to use Japan to confront China and let the Japanese continue to sacrifice their lives for the United States
lol I live on Okinawa and he said Kadena wrong but it’s an amazing island and the people here are so friendly. He’s not wrong about how heavily militarized it is here
No -- he (shockingly) said Kadena right. The way USN/USAF personnel pronounce it is wrong 90% of the time. If you're stationed there, don't be lazy, learn Japanese.
Have Okinawans ever thought that if they help the United States fight against China, they would suffer an unprecedented disaster, as Okinawa is under the firepower of China
Great video. It's length (which I enjoyed) is unequivocally justified by the breadth and depth of research required to fully comprehend the issues surrounding such a large and important subject.
Take his videos with grains of salt. i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading. this is after all just a content from a creator in a views-and-ad based platform
@@agps4418That's fair but it's a vast subject and a lot for one video to cover. I think it's good that people get introduced to the complexities of the South China Sea, Taiwan, and competing interests. Honestly, Java is a hard island for anybody to understand, yet alone outsiders.
@@louisd6410If I recall correctly, both sides have claimed Mongolia is Chinese but Mao couldn't pursue this because Mongolia was protected by the USSR. There's good reason for Mongolian 'communism'.
@@aymonfoxc1442 not true, it's a simple thing: in reality, java is populous because facilities are better there and living cost is much cheaper than the rest of the country, this is due to the past president's programs. in his video, he said, java is populous simply because of food. totally inaccurate. the same thing is potentially happening with all his videos.
Context: The ROC, with support from the USA, came up with the "11-dash line". The 9-dash line is a reduced area. Interestingly, the PRC and ROC are not the only ones with absurd and overlapping claims in the South China Sea.
Wow really? His inflections are pretty good in my opinions, I think that it helps tell the stories. I think y’all shouldn’t be providing recommendations about this to him, because most people who follow him like it.
@@ObamanableSnowman they never recommended anything. it was an observation/opinion that was shared. Stop tryna censor people's opinions while in the same turn sharing your own.
@@stevecariggillio4139 nope. The French deal was for diesel submarines. That got torn up when aukus deal was signed fobbing Australia nuclear powered subs. The video said the French were giving us nuclear powered subs and they were giving us diesel powered subs.
@@lifetimevicwhy does Australia need submarines though. Australia doesn’t have geopolitical rivals unless they want to create rivals. It’s in one of the most friendly neighbours.
minor correction - the pacific northwest base is in BREMERTON, washington, not Kitsap. kitsap is the county bremerton is in, not a city. im an EMT in bremerton, and driving past the nimitz every day is awesome. we also have naval station everett a short distance away that is where most of our destroyers are based, and will be where our guided missile frigates will be as of 2022 also, you included a picture of the trimaran littoral combat ship coronado - she was decomissioned a year ago. we have two of them in bremerton. if i understand, we are converting one or both into museums. gorgeous things but apparently they were complete garbage
very informative video, just a slight correction. The capabilities China is building up is Anti Access/Area Denial, often called A2/AD, not A2D2, which wouldn't match the words it stands for.
You forgot to mention Diego Garcia and point it on the map, US Military Base in the Indian Ocean. I think that base would play a crucial role in the event of a war with China.
Very Informative and Realistic regarding past and present of the total situation… Great and a very Intelligent Work.. Big Ups for the true information.. Cheers Mate… Keep It Up this good work and grow even much much more for the cause of Goodness..
Pakistan's cooperation with China and the unresolved border issues don't sit well with India. I could see them sit out a US/China conflict, unless it was in their interest to join in. I doubt very seriously they would be on China's side. Very well-done video with solid information. Thanks.
Nope The war between india and China is highly unlikely simply because we both have lot to lose and both india and China know this fact There will only be border skirmishes but never a full blown war
I think RealLifeLove tells it much better than Johnny Harris, not only giving a clear historical background, but also analyzing the current landscape of Taiwan and China, rather than just thinking American.
johnny is getting better tho, his recent video on china's boarders was actually quite good. but rll is unmatched in his modern conflicts style of videos
This was so comprehensive and well put together. I learned tons. Normally I never have this issue, but with so many decisions in this video I am 50/50 on which would happen. The preemptive strike against the US, for example. Still trying to decide which strategies China would end up actually employ IF they decide to invade, which itself I am almost 50/50 on.
He definitely presented a lot of hypotheticals for how China would invade… but what evidence was presented that makes you feel 50/50 on if China would actually do it?
@@TyroPirate Because they have alternatives, such as influencing elections, or perhaps other diplomatic option. Or just avoiding the drastic options due to the worldwide consequences. Do you feel 50/50 isn't accurate? I thought it was generous, considering the logistical weight of both the operation itself and how all foreign nations respond.
@@CastSenpai But RLL admits in the vid that the more popular support seems to be going for the Taiwanese Independence political party. So doesn’t seem like they are doing a good job at their propaganda breaking through to the people there… So… what are those other diplomatic options? And besides, it’s all “they could” and hypotheticals here. But what are the things that China is actually doing right now that might lead someone to thing they’ll try to take control of Taiwan (either politically or militarily). That’s why I’m not confident in 50/50. I feel like RLL didn’t give any good proof that China is gonna do it… But maybe I missed something?
@@TyroPirate They have good reason to, they also have good reason NOT to. They also are dealing with a time limit where it will eventually not become an option, similar to what Russia had going on before they invaded Ukraine. Also, China very recently released their claimed territory map, which was a MESS. They claimed land that is part of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and even Russia. Not to mention their extremely aggressive stance on the South China Sea. Point is, They seem to be very focused on projecting themselves very aggressively, which you could argue shows intent to follow through with their map visions.
It is unrealistic to avoid war, Because China and the whole Far East have been American territory since history, American troops can act on this territory at will. However, China has become independent, and Americans can't accept this if they don't listen to Americans.
China has learned a very valuable lesson watching Russia invade Ukraine. The resistance Ukraine has/had because of US/NATO weapon suppor has definitely taken some wind out of China. Ukraine aid $ would be a drop in a bucket compared to what the Pacific theater budget would be.
@@leibian6059 You know India was under the United Kingdom, not the States, it's far from the same thing. What I see is China being unable to accept Taiwan being an independent country.
Thanks for this coverage, very informative and great quality. Not covered in this video: - Continued raw resource acquisition by China from various countries to build weapons (eg. iron) - Their manufacturing capability (eg. for weapon and overall self-sufficiency in a protracted war) - Cyber warfare capability
@@jsmsolutions868 US of course but China made these situation dire for themselves. Imagine pissing off your neighbors with multiple territorial claims. Some of this neighbors are historically US ally. So that got them it to this big trouble were they cannot retake Taiwan anymore. There is simple no way they can fight that many countries.
RLL I just want to say thank you for all the research and work you put in the knowledge that you provide to people, not just on this but even on the Myanmar civil war I had no idea that was going on and now I'm doing my own research on it, keep making videos hopefully you can make a video on Myanmar civil war and bring more international recognition to a country that desperately needs it.
I was about to comment that you'd forgotten one of the few other things than the US keeping China in check, and then I was recommended your video on the theoretical upcoming Indo-China war. 10/10 algorithmic planning.
What’s crazy is we sacrificed the American manufacturing base and middle class desperately trying to stop any China Russia alliance and now we allowed that alliance to form regardless
Hey at 30:34, you mention that Australia had to cancel the agreement with France, the American submarines are nuclear powered and nuclear capable, while France's are frozen diesel powered and nuclear capable. It's the difference between getting a battleship and an aircraft carrier in terms of capability
You are happy that your gov help funding for the nuclear sub that you have absolute no control of and not only give away your naval base but funds for it as well. Looks like a bad business deal. Not to mention that you give the Chinese reason to attack you as well.
Why would China attack Australia in the first place? Australia is the only few countries that didn't suffers the 2008 financial crisis. Australia is raking in rev hand over fist trading with China. @@F00Lsmack
Yeah, IIRC the French deal wasn't for nuclear powered submarines. If Australia was going to get a contract that involved transfer of nuclear propulsion, there's only 2 countries to deal with... The US and Great Britain. No one else is even close to the same level although some are claiming that China might be only about 5 years behind (I seriously doubt that. China only has some new submarines with surprising technologies and zero surface ships). For a number of reasons there's no substitution for nuclear propulsion when it comes to submarines and exceeding large ships like aircraft carriers so although the French understandably harbor bad feelings about the lost economic opportunity, Australia made the only right decision for military reasons. This is one of several Biden administration deals that have significantly strengthened future prospects of allies and potential allies (India is another notable example). Although the partner countries won't see benefits until at least a couple decades in the future, this kind of technology transfer is incredibly momentous altering the path for the future in unexpected and unpredictable ways..
There is one system the US has that you aren't considering when talking about Chinese missile capability. The Aegis system is essentially the skynet of aerial defence. One system is pretty good all on its own, but the fact that each asset with a radar and antenna that can feed info into the system expands its abilities. Each system can also talk to each system to expand its capabilities even further exponentially .
@The136th let's ignore the fact that we have other systems and styles of radar that are able to tie in to aegis then. Oh also, who deals your copium? Seems like the good stuff
@@kevinhowe543 US Aegis are based on PESA radar while Chinese Aegis are based on AESA radar, China has more advanced radar than the US, please keep the boomer cope.
US is developing a few different mobile launch platforms to have in Guam and Philippines. Typhon weapon system which would be armed with SM-6 & Tomahawk cruise missiles, NMESIS armed with NSM, Dark Eagle mobile launchers armed with LRHW. Can't forget about the new HACM.
We've come full circle: once people called aircraft carriers "islands that move" now people call islands "natural aircraft carriers".
It's kinda weird lol.
Each time i hear that phrase my brain goes "so... an airbase?"
Unsinkable, unmovable aircraft carrier
@@JasperKlijndijkuntil it’s nuked
@@JasperKlijndijkoh the US can sink an island, and they have before in the past.
@@ExplosiveLandmineICBMs can be intercepted. Hypersonic missles could not be intercepted. You have no hypersonic missles 🤭
Fun historical fact, one of the main reasons the PLA couldn’t pursue the ROC during their retreat to Taiwan was because the ROC retained greater control over the Chinese Navy. Following the ROC’s retreat, the PLA in China didn’t have a functioning navy, as the ROC had essentially “stolen” it.
Mhm that makes sense. Thanks for info.
USA inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging..
Thanks that's very important information that got left out. I was wondering exactly that so I came to the comments thankfully it was the 1st comment I read. K
@@namantherockstar - someone's really desperate to get their channel monetized I see
There was also the Battle of Hainan. In addition to retreating to Taiwan, about 200,000 RoC troops retreated to the Island of Hainan, which is just East of Vietnam. In 1950, the Communist regime invaded that island, using more than 300 junks to move troops across the strait. Although the RoC ships and aircraft inflicted about 4,000 casualties on the communist troops, as the strait was much more narrower than the one between Taiwan and the mainland, they could not stop the majority of the troops getting ashore. The RoC troops had to evacuate or surrender. While this was successful, Mao and his Generals realized that the wider strait and the likelihood of intervention by the US Navy meant that using an extemporized fleet of junks would probably fail to invade Taiwan.
Take a drink every time RLL uses some form of the words "massively," "vastly," or "dramatically." Godspeed.
Do I look like a Russian General to you? I’d be dead!
I’d be in the hospital for my blood alcohol level being too high!
I don't have that much alcohol at hand
@@kennethmadsen6474 me either and I'm a distillery
“You see…”
What an outstanding presentation! Well researched, excellent visuals, absolutely first class story telling. You make 50 minutes go by in a flash! The complexity of geopolitics is hard enough to understand, but your channel makes any university professor envious! Bravo 👏
As a citizen living in the Philippines, this is scary AF but all true. The research to make this video especially the
Philippine related parts of the video are all extremely accurate.
Do you think, in your opinion, the fear of war gets worse as the years go by?
@@joeycarmona2317 yes it will get worse as China will get more aggressive trying to overthrow Taiwan. Apparently those chips are as valuable as gold and oil combined.
The part that people usually forget is how a war can be dragged on as well. Kind of like the situation in Ukraine.
My suggestion is make sure your home country has adequate supplies and hardware for the long haul.
Wishing you guys well over there. The Philippines has always been close friends with our country.
✌️🇺🇲🇵🇭
Philippines has been Pro China a long time flip flopping back and forth taking anything from any country they can get for free, except China gives nothing for free and expects paybacks.🇺🇸✌🏻🍻
@@eksbocks9438 ,,
GOOD friends. WOULDN'T put their FRIEND'S In Danger .
EVER .
So who is the good friends ?
First time seeing the Myanmar civil war being acknowledged as a major piece of the geopolitical chess board in a video. Good job!
and I just realized the genocide happening both in rohingya and palestine are the tip of US-China cold war... all these death because China want US to back off and take Taiwan back is... sad... watching this video made me realizes what superpower truly is, how much power they have in other countries, it's scary. And I always find it funny how many people hate americans, but they are the only one keeping both russia and china from invading everything around them, people really need to know politics to appreciate what US has done to keep peace but at the same time instigate all these fear, though I know for sure the "fear mongering" by Russian and Chinese governments are just tools for them to prepare for invasion and still gain the support of their citizens. Huh, writing this comment made me realize another thing huh, fear out of negligence to learn truly is the stupidest part of humans. We all are truly blessed to learn about these wider angle of politics through this channel instead of listening to "higher ups"
Same never heard of it until now 😕
Pretty sure us will seize those gas ship tankers
Well it is wedged at a place between nations and could be used as a port for the Chinese and there is like some Chinese already there.
There was a genocide, then a military coup, then a civil war, and many crimes against humanity have been committed since. Total mess =(
@sbeast64 True, always sort of having been like that. They also came into my mom's country and sacked it when my dad's country was being founded. You also got many cultures there in Burma .
Note: Tindal isn’t being built from scratch. It already is (arguably) the most important and largest fighter base in Australia. The US is facilitating MAJOR base upgrades to support the stated B-52s and other visiting aircraft for joint exercises such as Pitch Black and Talisman Sabre. It’s pretty nifty ngl
Tindal is a mere speck on the world war platform. It needs to be ungraded immediately with an expansion suitable to its importance to the new geopolitical situation. Australian military forces have always been focused on defending Tasmania or possibly that big red rock in the middle, but has never been placed in an area where those military forces could project or defend Australia. A time for conscription is near and well past time that the present forces are paid a decent wage reflecting their specialities, their commitment and to attract new enlistments .What other big corporation has such poor conditions for their employees? In Australia, any young person can go to the big mines or big engineering companies to earn three times the wages for much less commitment.
As an American, and like most Americans, I see Australia as our biggest ally in the world. We are siblings, from mother England. Australians seem very similar in spirit. We'll bend over backwards to help people, but once you cross a certain line... watch out. And Australia has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in *every* war and conflict and skirmish since World War II. Even in Mogadishu. No one else can make that claim. We are blood brothers.
as an australian i’m actually ashamed of our government and there level of ass kissing towards the american government, i will never fight in a war for those fools and to be honest after the australian government’s treatment of it’s citizens over the last 3-5 years i’ll be surprised if anyone here wants to stand up and defend australia on the front line of any war 😂…
australian IS NOT the lucky country any more - it’s basically china, let’s not forget how the people of melbourne were treated during lock downs, let’s also not forget the lies our government have feed us over the last few years and how citizens had their human rights taken from them for not submitting to the “science” of what they pushed…
the australian people are well aware of the bullshit spewing from our governments and i wouldn’t be surprised if they tried forcing a draft and found that half the draftees point there weapons at there own leaders before they do the enemy 🙏🏻
@@noahway13shouldn't England also be your biggest ally then? Just wondering
@@Numinus1US and Australia were both colonies of the UK so I think that’s where the brotherly ally phrase came from.
It’s crazy the amount of free high quality videos, this channel it’s at my top along with science channels like Vsuace & Veritasium
Yep
This is all bs do not believe half of these channels. It's all propaganda
not free our taxpayer dollars pay for this CIA sponsored NGO, and others like it. you are listening to AI voice and content, pretty slick but fake none the less genius 😅
Simon whistler has some great stuff as well
I cant tell you how grateful I am for you keeping background sounds to the bare minimum, so many long from channels render themselves unwatchable/unlistenable for long periods of time due to have obnoxious sound effects for key dates and a very loud background track which does not fit the tone of the topic. Thanks again.
Cough Infographics
Agreed. I've tried to politely ask some creators to tone down the music, they continue, and I just can't watch.
The north of the Great Wall is not Chinese territory. It was ruled by Mongols, Manchurians, and Koreans. Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to block the so-called Northern Orangkai. Later, China was conquered by the Mongolia and also Kim(金) Dynasty founded by descendants of korean Kim Ham-bo.
Manjuwonryugo (滿洲源流考), compiled during the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, also reveals that the national name 金(kim) Dynasty is also derived from the family name 金(kim)of King of Silla(ancient korea).
Also china wad ruled by the Manchurians for 300 years(Qing dynasty)
Professor Sugihara, who presented "Japan's Bronze Age from Korea", said, "The Bronze Age came to Japan from 100 BC to AD50, the end of the Korean Bronze Age society." In Japan, the Iron Age and the Bronze Age were passed down at the same time during the Yayoi period, and the Bronze Age was used only for ancestral rites, so it seems that it went straight to the Iron Age without going through the Bronze Age."
Around 100 BC ~ Ancient civilization began in Japan when Koreans landed with iron weapons in Japan, where primitive people lived during the Stone Age. Japanese history is the history of the Korean people.
Japanese civic group claims, "It is the same as the annexation of Korea and Japan, reunification of East and West Germany." 2018-11-2008:30 A report was sent to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Korea to demand "correct the fabrication of facts in Korea." // Japanese Yayoi are Koreans.. Chinese = Vietnamese gene... Korean Japanese = Siberian gene. "Our direct ancestors are members of the ancient Asian and Tungus ethnic group that migrated from Siberia in the Neolithic Age, and linguistically belong to the Altai ethnic group." "In addition to the Yayoi (Yamato people) of the Doraein line who crossed from the Korean Peninsula, there are also the Ainu lineal descendants of the Jomon people of the indigenous people of the Japanese archipelago."
Knowing which sounds, when to use them, and at what volume is a surprisingly rare talent I'm starting to notice. I Guess not everyone can be Redban lol
@@neoiskimChina CCP haven’t realized that they are stuck with their greatness four thousand years history will not bring them a peace of mind. They should deal with goods or problems with friends and foes in current times. Otherwise they will kill the golden goose (USA) like they are doing right now. Thirty years they were using US DOLLARS TO DEVELOP their country and Army, because their ambition to be great empire (Mongol) they rush to kill their golden egg goose.
Real life lore never fails to scare us 💀
yea ture
Whatever gives them views..
i mean now he doesnt back a few years he never failed to spread misinformation just like kurzgesagt
That's what gives him the most views basically.
@@soundscape26 that or misinformation
US military terminology: "deployed" implies impermanent presence, which could be work trips and so on. I think the word you are looking for as far as US presence in SK and Japan is "stationed", which is a large majority of those numbers you mention. These are troops, and their families, who have picked up their belongings and moved there on a "permanent" basis, with the expectation to move out after 2-6 years.
Meanwhile we have troops "deployed" in eastern Europe, as we have not STATIONED them as in moved all their belongings, but rather packed up a bag and flown them there for a few weeks or months.
Seeing as he also says stationed at times id say he meant what he said. Especially since the people who are in those areas aren't on American soil. So its considered being deployed.
Nationalist citizens of these countries see it as an occupation.
In the navy, we refer to our ships stationed in Japan as “FDNF-J” which means Forward-Deployed Naval Forces, Japan. They’re near interchangeable.
Now you know. that's just what this guy said. Take his videos with grains of salt.
i'm an indonesian, and i still can't get over how stupid his video about java island was. it was inaccurate and misleading
@@MylesKillis
No.
Okinawa, South Korea, Italy, etc is a duty station. The HQ of the MEF or equivalent force is there. You're in a training cycle, not a deployment cycle. It doesn't matter if you're "not on American soil."
A deployment is to like Afghanistan or Kosovo. You are conducting forward operations there. Not just training. You are in harm's way in a totally different posture.
Stuff like this is why I think UA-cam is better for being informed about world events and geopolitics than watching broadcast or cable TV, at least here in the States.
Much, much, much better !
But you can't tell this is a very biased video??
@@chew5461-l7fhow?
And that kind of mindset will have the blindfold pulled over your eyes again before you realize it. Believe nothing, consider everything
@@chew5461-l7f I mean if you consider Bias truth, then sure you’re right.
Minor correction at 8:20. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake
Came to the comments to say the same thing.
*@adammistretta5442* I appreciate nitpicking for the sake of accuracy. Thank you.
*Reply to:* _"Minor correction at __8:20__. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake"_
Aye. Although this is a hilarious flex, China saying the Liaoning is combat ready. Remember, this ship is the same as the Kuznetsov, which is a floating laughingstock of a CV that can't even move by itself.
@@KevinEnjoyerbut that’s mostly russias own fault because they can’t do maintenance for shit, India also has a carrier of that very same model and they operate it without issue
@@fakedthunder _Seriously... _*_WHAT THE FUCK went wrong with the Admiral Kuznetsov?_* 😑
China and India be here making Russia look like amateurs! What, did Russia start thinking aircraft carriers are not worth it?
I'm a big fan of your work RLL but I gotta say, your geopolitics videos are the biggest factor in me turning into a doomer.
I mean he is friends with second thought which is just the worse
@@supervegito2277all it takes is one or two idiots like putin to cause all this chaos
@@supervegito2277 A single major actor in a WWIII scenario has more conventional explosive power than all of the forces in WWII combined, I woudn't count on us surviving this Big One.
@@spankpaddle8972 he’s covering what’s going on currently. You gotta cover the good times, and the bad times unfortunate as it is
Lol try Whatifalthist he will make you implode like a black hole of doom.
I KNEW he would tie in the latest Modern Conflicts episode to this one! I’m such a big fan of those documentaries, it’s literally the only reason I’m subscribed to Nebula. I would highly recommend the episode about Russia’s war with Chechnya; it’s one of my favorites 😊
В Чечне действовала Алькаида и это привело к боевым действиям. Точно так же, как 11 сентября Алькаида совершила теракт, который допустили спецслужбы, наблюдавшие за этими террористами. Это был повод начать войну. Изначально Алькаида была создана американскими спецслужбами для контроля территорий и для противостояния СССР. Здесь вам этого не расскажут.
Чеченцы знают, что 300 тысяч чеченцев на их территории убила российская армия, которая туда вторглась
People of Chechnya know that 300 000 of their sityzens where killed by russian army that invaded
@@andreykovyeah, it's no secret that the West has funded terror groups to deter USSR. It's just harder to find info on it
@@andreykov.
Australia's cancelled submarine order with France wasn't for nuclear submarines... It was for diesel electric. Going with AUKUS meant they'd gain nuclear submarine capability
you sir are correct, and you and the rest of us sucker's will pay for this crazy plan.
It was much more about security cooperation. France is one of the few countries that possesses and produces nuclear submarines, just like the US and the UK, but Australia went with the AUKUS agreement since it's much more important for Australian security if tensions with China rise.
@@flavio7180 France builds them for their own navy but they aren't for sale... Only their conventional submarines are for export
Plus the order with France was hardly going smoothly, it kept hitting snags/delays. With costs on path to be more than double the initial bid, might have been closer to three times the bid already but it has been a while since I looked into it.
Australia gains nothing. Those are US virginia subs, crewed by mostly US, and under US command. Australia just pays huge amount for protection racket.
@RealLiftLore FYI, Small mistake at 30:28, you state “Prior Nuclear Submarine deal they had made with France” in reference to the canceled Australian deal to purchase French submarines. The Australian submarine deal with France was for conventional Diesel Submarines, not nuclear powered submarines.
Super important point, it was the lack of nuclear power that made the French deal worthless for the Aussie fleet needs, which were essentially generated by Chinese posturing and aggression, and caused them to reconsider, as well as the fact that the US and UK chose to release very important sub tech to the Aussies in an effort to button up the pacific. This would have never happened without the Chinese belligerence of the last decade, but here we are.
@@DK-ei4ed no. Read the other comments in this thread.
they are now going to buy u.s nuclear subs
At about 30 mins in, you referred to the Australia -France submarine deal as "nuclear." It wasnt, it was for Australia to buy French diesel-electric submarines:)
I caught that too. RLL sloppy.
@@mktj1 Pretty much everybody is sloppy when it comes to global politics that include Australia for some reason
Imagine watching a real life lore video in the 1930s 😳
Though Australia's conventional sub was based on the France's Barracuda class which is nuclear.
It wasn't quite as controversial as certain media portray. Lefties winged a little but in general Australia knows the problems we've had with Chinese aggression could get a lot worse.
I have to give major props to the creators of this. You were very clear in the points you made. You did not talk down to your audience while not being overly technical. Your premises were clear. You spent what I feel is about the correct amount of time on explaining the supporting evidence while not getting sidetracked into informational rabbit holes. I was able to follow your thesis and if I want to question your premises; they are presented very clearly so that I could very easily research them myself.
You communicated your points with the right amount of clarity and were engaging without patronizing or boring the audience.
Setting aside the politics of the topic; from a communication and writing perspective this is a standard that a lot could be learned from. BRAVO! A+ 100 out of 100.
No one gets 100% in my class. Nope, not happening.
16:08 I'm an ARMY Combat Infantry Veteran that was a Mortarman. Having those 3 guns so close together, sent shivers down my spine!!! TRAIN LIKE YOU FIGHT! 1 well placed round, will leave a crater in that entire area from all their rounds exploring.
We see 3 teams of them as 3 units. However maybe the higher leader sees them together as 1 unit... I don't know.
@@yuansizhu6271 in the ARMY it's 4 guns, 2nd gun is your Base Gun and FDC is your comms and Fire Direction Comtrol, known as a Mtr Platoon with up to 24 men in the Platoon. It's a specialty unit.
china has no combat experiance
I would like to point out that he mentioned that China had the largest navy in terms of "surface" vessels but the US still has pretty much 10x the tonnage of the chinese
and Missiles
came here to say this myself
I think the Chinese count inflatable rafts as surface vessels 😅
@@2shay550 Yeah, and they put toy aircraft carriers in the harbor to say that they have more of those too
Number of vessels and tonnage is irrelevant compared to what weapons and defense systems they are carrying. Looking at the wrong data broham
A good report - - -In fact, as a former strategic planning analyst, I find it fascinating that our media technology and information access has progressed to the point of providing an hour-long detailed accounting of the US forces, deployment, capabilities, locations, weapon systems and likely combat tactics in such detail prior to a possible engagement with our potential future enemy. In WWI and even in the Cold War, people were shot or imprisoned for revealing such information at this level of detail. It can be argued that this is simply an elaborate warning sign in the best traditions of the MAD Doctrine but it might be equally valid for China (PRC) to interpret all this as details of the US offensive capabilities for a first-strike invasion of PRC. This latter interpretation is one that Russia has believed for most of the last 75 years.
Was there any information here that reasonably wouldn’t be known by the CCP? I think not.
Just an AI bot. Come on.🤪
I agree too. People that put this stuff out, sound the alarm for what we could possibly do. Whoever put this on here, way to go buddy. Think China cared more for this than the intended audience.
@@kw1178everything in this video is obviously known by Chinese intelligence already. You think the MSS is stupid
You think China doesn't already know all this?@@tonyfiling-h8b
Just a footnote: B-52s are designed to carry nuclear bombs, but they also are very good at laying sea mines. The US has upgraded its nautical mines, and a B-52 unit did a concept test off Hawaii earlier this year. Look where RAAF Tindal is, and at the sea lanes where the Chinese move their oil supplies. The B-52s can do a lot of damage without escalating to a nuclear exchange.
The Chinese can also do a lot of damage to the B52s. America's aircraft carriers (today's dinosaurs) are sitting ducks for China's DF carrier killer hypersonic missiles. Don't think that the US military is invincible. Just remember the Titanic. And the US just lost the Afghanistan war and will soon lose the Ukraine war as was widely reported. The US fled Vietnam without winning the war in 1975. It was forced to a truce in the Korean war after the Chinese army pushed the US military out of North Korea. Don't think that the US military is superior - not at all. The US is good at talking big and bullying other countries.
The sea lanes are also use by Japan & Korea, and also commercial ships that move goods to South East Asia and beyond. Anyway, for oil, could easily come from Central Asia & Russia, via land & deserts right? BTW, these days nuclear bombs are carried by intercontinental ballistic missile and supersonic missiles, not planes.
@@cooper1819We are eyeing mod 13 for the B61, meant to be carried by the Raider. At the very least the US likes to keep the option of being able to drop nukes from planes if it needs to, even if it’s not the most likely method of delivery.
Soft, try us😂
Lol poor men you believe everything they tell you 😂
Look question: is it possible that Russia provides China w all the resources they via inland transport!?!? Russia has petrol and anything you want basically...
Wow, what a most excellent production.
Will definitely follow on nebula.
I knew you where planning something big when an episode didn’t come out last week, love these big episodes ❤
I am concerned that Guam will have too many US bases and tip over, and capsize.
We need to inform the pentagon of your findings immediately, and just in case pull out all bases and troops from Guam, Hawaii, Midway, Okinawa, Diego Garcia, and all the other islands used as “natural aircraft carriers”
Now that would be funny😂
Ayo??
didn’t a georgian politician say that?
@jesseguerra4131 yes, lol, though I don't know if he was joking or just mentally impaired
Dude you are a fucking tank. Just casually dropping another gripping, hour-long film with excellent and consistent production quality. Respect...
full of western propaganda
Excellent analysis. Just, one poin: I'm almost sure, you've said that the narrowest point of width of Malacca straight is 1.5 miles. I'd thought it is 24 miles.
The submarine deal between France and Australia was not for nuclear powered submarine, but for conventional powered submarines.
So France was wanting to sell their leftover junk to Australia and Australia backed out for a better deal? Poor France.
nobody wants conventional anymore. too limited and high maintenance. The reactors on nuclear subs are incredibly safe (at least now) and come with incredible benefits such as logistics and longevity.
@@alexross26 the problem was that france offered australia nuclear. australia was the one that insisted on having it be conventional. probably the australian gov at the times fault
@@Zack-fu4loyeah our government are pussies for anything nuclear
@@alexross26 Those nuclear submarines are a colossal waste of money and will be effectively under US control. They're intended to patrol the South China Sea, not to defend Australia's coastline. Paul Keating was correct in his criticisms.
Small correction: the Franco-Australian submarine deal was not for nuclear submarines. It was for diesel submarines. Which explains the strategic reasoning behind breaking the agreement with the French: what they're getting from AUKUS is way more effective.
Greetings from Scotland. I've been loving this channel so much since I found it a few months ago. The production quality and clear explanations of complex political situations are amazing. You also manage to make what can be quite dry subjects seem very exciting in a way I haven't encountered before.
I feel like Neo after his first download except instead of kung foo I'm like:
"I know geopolitics!"
Thanks for all your hard work producing such high quality content.
Actually, Scotland and England have always been two countries. But China's civil war never ended.
@@LongIslandIced-TeaWhat has my country's relationship with it's Southern neighbour got to do with my comment about this channel? I'm well aware of our own history.
Because of Americans@@LongIslandIced-Tea
You are such a shameless villain! Deliberate slander and slander! Where is your conscience? People like you have no bottom line! You are as shameless as the blogger! Slander China? Will you make progress yourself? What is your purpose? You know best!
Absolutely
I've been watching RealLifeLore videos since 2018, but never before I felt so attached to it until the end.
Great job, even though it has 1-hour length I simply couldn't stop watching it.
The Research is so much yet so true. It easily explains why it takes him time to make videos with good quality. Respect.
Take his videos with grains of salt.
i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading.
Fun fact: among other projects the US funded the east - west Powerline construction, which includes a high voltage powerline going across over 3000 meter or 10.000 feet high mountainous terrain. The hike through the area is very unforgiving. Can't imagine how difficult it must have been to build that infrastructure.
you just have an opinion and your own biases just like the video creator. Saying "trust me bro I'm Indonesian" means nothing. @@agps4418
USA regime propaganda nothing else, bro. Brian Berletic does much more accurate job of explaining what is actually going on
me, living in latin america, a region ignored from global stage, without any voice or significant alliance outside of the continent, I am quite happy to live here because if both sides choose to start a war, we'll be ignored by every other superpower, we never had anything to lose from the beginning, why matter now
Hey uhm... So are you guys still willing to take in a few German war refugees? Asking for a Freund.
clearly you don’t know that there were fleets of Chinese fishing boat fishing in latin American water...
China has been arming indigenous rebel groups in southern Chile.
You are being exploiting by US cooperates in daily basis, latin america is natural resource rich but economy weak, due to its “american backyard”status.
Oh, yes it will matter. USA and China colliding will mean the end of our modern economy. Rich countries will survive, but majority of poor countries will go bankrupt
Minor correction: the French submarine contract before the AUKUS deal was for diesel-electric submarines, not for nuclear-powered subs. That's partly why China had some justification for flipping out and threatening that Aus is now a nuclear target
Why did you have to remind me of that one court hearing with the World's stupidest woman.
nah france offered their nuclear submarines.
australia rejected. australia told france to design and build a diesel electric sub.
france spent billions of dollars converting their nuke subs to diesel electric. build new tool machines & facilities to construct what aus wanted.
then australia changed its mind again and wants nuclear submarines.
now usas-australia-uk submarine deal involves having to pay france for their money spent on diesel sub design.
Nuclear means nuclear powered by a reactor, not that they launch nukes.
True, Why purchasing an inferior products from a country losing 3 major wars + 30 other minor wars with the British empire.
Australia has a right to go for Supreme product from USA!
Let’s face it if a war between the us and china it would be one of the worse wars in history
Excellent work, congratulations.
Prior submarine agreement with France was for diesel submarines, not nuclear
I love these videos because they're essentially that kid in world history class who wrote a presentation so bomb even the jocks were silently enthralled. 10/10
I'd be the class clown the nerd inspired to take history class seriously enough to ace it... (Commenting from experience).
Take his videos with grains of salt.
i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading.
nice try 无毛 ccp pawn, you wont get your salary today
@@agps4418hes often wrong 😂 hes got a strong bias and his research is questionable at times.
@@agps4418 eh, everyone has different perspectives and sources, your idea of bias or untrue may not line up with someone elses, doesnt mean he doesnt research his videos and otherwise present largely accurate information
I'm Singaporean and I really doubt Singapore will want to play any part in an offensive against China. Singapore has very close ties to China and would not risk angering China. However, it is true that we do cooperate with the US to a certain extent.
I believe ASEAN is smart enough to not get themselves involved in other people's internal affairs. Lol. It's obvious the US is the root cause of all problems we have today. Take a look at how the west blocks UN aid to Gaza people. Then saying how they care for Muslim in China LOL 😂😂😂
政府是政府，美军在那里，谁能阻止？李显龙能指挥在新加坡的美军？
To be an enemy of the US is dangerous,
but to be a friend is fatal.
@@shanerooney7288 BS.
@@shanerooney7288China is the #1 trading partner of the US, and loaned them several trillion for all those wars in the middle east. That doesn't stop the US from surrounding China with 400 military bases and instigating conflicts with them.
Very informative but one minor correction - the French submarine deal with Australia was non-nuclear i.e. diesel-powered submarine technology. In the vast spaces of the Pacific, nuclear-powered submarines are likely to be more useful.
The problem with the provocation argument is that china is very likely not ready yet. They likely need at least 5 years before they have the capabilities to be capable of overcoming the western response as it stands right now. Basically the bet is that moving now is a loss, and we’re preparing to ensure that moving later is still a loss
Yeah but BRICS is more than ready and the US wouldn't want to go against that.
Being an aggressor can present quite a dilemma huh :D
"To invade or not to invade - that is the question" - CCP
No , the last thing you would wanna do is underestimate the enemy , China is ready but they choose not to act yet . We all make fun of Chinese military hardware just to stroke ours ego of western military stronk but with how technology advance , how China keep building up military force while USA and her western allies only care how to add more women to the army while keep burning theirs money on pointless conflicts . A real commander will always be ready for the worst ....
@@MUISHAGGY572lmao yea everyone fears world renowned super power South Africa 🤣🤣
@@MUISHAGGY572 Brics is economic partnership so doesnt matter. If anything India would side with US and fight China. Brazil would do nothing and Russia is a joke. Even if all of Brics went to war with US you get US allies are much more powerful than Brics aside from China.
completely amazing..presentation, graphics ...everything!!.
I really like the way ReaLifeLore always provides informative, objective and convincing analysis without any political bias. From the beginning to the end, he only tried to analyse the reasons and intentions behind each move by the US and China, without concluding who is right or wrong, unlike other channels which insert a lot of personal political opinions into their stories.
Your work never ceases to amaze me. Great job
When I was in the USAF, I was at Kadena. Also known as the halfway point between Taiwan and Tokyo. You said the main Wing of Kadena but there's a 2nd which I was at. The 353d SOW. It was the 353d SOG when I was there. Has a history going back to WWII as the 3rd Air Commando Group.
Appreciate all your work to layout this information so beautifully and clearly. It’s amazing how little time our mainstream media spends on issues this important. Silently we are positioning for a global conflict that could claim many of our sons and daughters.
It's the ww1 alliance daisy chain all over again.
The media spends a lot of time covering this subject. I see it all the time
没戏，你们没钱也没制造业
@@Sharer01 I’m sorry. Google translate isn’t doing a good job on translating your text. I hope that it says you value your sons and daughters too. Because I know you do. Let’s choose option A, peace.
Yet this guy say china attacks all of US Asian assets somehow forgot that means china attacks like a dozen countries. Literally that means japan, Philippines, South Korea, Australia, and every nations they defense agreements with, would forced to declare war with China.
You think japan being bombed and they would do nothing? Come on.
well done, great info. i am a Brit , 20 years in Indonesia
This video is highly detailed with regards to the multi-pronged defense/deterrence strategy currently being implemented by the United States in the West Pacific. What isn't mentioned by RLL, but is also very important, is the increased military cooperation between the US and a few other countries of strategic significance, specifically India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. That's in addition to Thailand, another longtime American ally that directly borders Myanmar and has coastlines on both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. If the Tatmadaw remains in control of Myanmar and helps China to circumvent their Achilles heel in the Malacca Strait, the US _could_ use its relations with Bangladesh, Thailand, and potentially India to navally blockade Burmese ports in the Bengal Bay, thereby eliminating a major alternate route for Chinese energy imports.
Russia is a big country in energy and food, so
Blockade China with what? Hollywood movies?
@@josejf2089 The infrastructure to move it does not currently exist, and would take years to build. Also, Russia is currently loosing its own war and does not have much in the way of extra oil or food to send elsewhere.
@@李小白-x4vBy stopping ships away from the mainland from accessesing Chinese ports.
With the help of various countries of course.
You see that is where China dropped the ball. Their aggressive antics has made countries decide that as bad as the US is? They aren't nearly as bad as a world with the CCP.
If Xi wasn't such a power hungry control freak, and took pages from Deng who was an amazing leader? China would be well on their way to being the dominate country economically, militarily, and geopoliticaly..
If China doesn’t act what excuse would USA do to continue? USA does have time frame limitations, China is probably waiting until US gets tired of staying in the area and doing nothing and eventually another president comes up and focuses on other things. So either USA strikes first, which the other countries would probably stay neutral as they really have nothing to gain by adding their country to the conflict, or China can wait until USA disengages.
Or USA can block the strait, though it would harm everyone’s interest
I want to thank you for the amazing amount of effort that goes into these videos
I agree, I just wish he talked a second slower lol, he's pouring out info super fast
USA regime propaganda nothing else. Brian Berletic does much more accurate job of explaining what is actually going on
Idk we've gotten this same content like 4 times now.
@@chuckb1448 I agree - I changed the playback speed in the video settings to 0.75 (did you know we can do that?)
@@thesincitymama nope, I didn't know that
Imagine watching a real life lore video in the 1930s 😳
I would be like ahhhhhhhĥĥhĥhĥhĥĥĥ this is gonna suck u gotta be kidding me I can't believe all this is really gonna happen I must know more to the time machine quickly I must know more
Well… then you would already know that war was coming and you wouldn’t have to worry about world ending nuclear weapons.
Nukes because a thing in 1945, with the second and third nukes ever created being used in war.
@@graceneilitz7661 It is ridiculous that these nuclear weapons were used in Japan. Americans killed 200000 Japanese people with nuclear weapons, but now they want to use Japan to confront China and let the Japanese continue to sacrifice their lives for the United States
Great detailed video ❤
Sir, you are doing so much good for putting out information like this. Your videos are absolutely amazing. Thank you for your work and dedication!
USA regime propaganda nothing else. Brian Berletic does much more accurate job of explaining what is actually going on
lol I live on Okinawa and he said Kadena wrong but it’s an amazing island and the people here are so friendly. He’s not wrong about how heavily militarized it is here
Okinawa is one of the military's favorite duty stations.
I always heard that the Native Okinawans always got the shortest end of the stick in its long history.
No -- he (shockingly) said Kadena right. The way USN/USAF personnel pronounce it is wrong 90% of the time.
If you're stationed there, don't be lazy, learn Japanese.
@@BudiandLeo Well, even now they are forcefully assimilated, denied their language..
Have Okinawans ever thought that if they help the United States fight against China, they would suffer an unprecedented disaster, as Okinawa is under the firepower of China
Great video. It's length (which I enjoyed) is unequivocally justified by the breadth and depth of research required to fully comprehend the issues surrounding such a large and important subject.
Take his videos with grains of salt.
i'm an indonesian, and i can tell you his video about java island was stupid. it was inaccurate and misleading.
this is after all just a content from a creator in a views-and-ad based platform
@@agps4418there are a lot of mistakes and bias in the video, they got the ROC claim wrong. They even claimed mongolia
@@agps4418That's fair but it's a vast subject and a lot for one video to cover. I think it's good that people get introduced to the complexities of the South China Sea, Taiwan, and competing interests. Honestly, Java is a hard island for anybody to understand, yet alone outsiders.
@@louisd6410If I recall correctly, both sides have claimed Mongolia is Chinese but Mao couldn't pursue this because Mongolia was protected by the USSR. There's good reason for Mongolian 'communism'.
@@aymonfoxc1442 not true, it's a simple thing: in reality, java is populous because facilities are better there and living cost is much cheaper than the rest of the country, this is due to the past president's programs. in his video, he said, java is populous simply because of food. totally inaccurate. the same thing is potentially happening with all his videos.
Context: The ROC, with support from the USA, came up with the "11-dash line". The 9-dash line is a reduced area. Interestingly, the PRC and ROC are not the only ones with absurd and overlapping claims in the South China Sea.
Compared to last time I saw a video from you, I think you've vastly improved your vocal inflections to be much more natural. Great job.
It's still a bit bothersome IMO. I haven't watched the others but the inflections still drive me crazy despite the solid content.
Wow really? His inflections are pretty good in my opinions, I think that it helps tell the stories. I think y’all shouldn’t be providing recommendations about this to him, because most people who follow him like it.
@@ObamanableSnowman this is true. He’s obviously extremely successful. I don’t know why I felt the need to share my opinion 😅
@@traviswilkins2864 its okay to share your opinion. dont let anybody police what you say
@@ObamanableSnowman they never recommended anything. it was an observation/opinion that was shared. Stop tryna censor people's opinions while in the same turn sharing your own.
The amount of information presented in such a high quality way essentially for free is unbelievable.
How much research must have gone into this?!
Lots bud. Lots
Propaganda is always distributed and force fed into the minds of masses FREE. Both sides are hell bent upon to unleash .
Information and all the relevant videos and infographics, across an hour long video? It's crazy, crazy good
Correction. The Australian/ France deal was for non nuclear submarines.
It was very funny seeing memes in france about submarines on sale on leboncoin (french ebay) for seemingly no reason
Nuclear powered* not armed.
@@stevecariggillio4139 nope. The French deal was for diesel submarines. That got torn up when aukus deal was signed fobbing Australia nuclear powered subs. The video said the French were giving us nuclear powered subs and they were giving us diesel powered subs.
@@lifetimevicwhy does Australia need submarines though. Australia doesn’t have geopolitical rivals unless they want to create rivals. It’s in one of the most friendly neighbours.
@@1mol831 they are obviously a giant island, they want to protect all that resources they stole from natives.
Very informative..well done !👍
Your videos are getting better, and better and better. An hour pass like 10 minutes. Congratulations. Super interesting Documentary!
Hey man started watching you back when you were just starting. Very proud of you, and hope you do even better in the future
you're like 12 stop
minor correction - the pacific northwest base is in BREMERTON, washington, not Kitsap. kitsap is the county bremerton is in, not a city. im an EMT in bremerton, and driving past the nimitz every day is awesome.
we also have naval station everett a short distance away that is where most of our destroyers are based, and will be where our guided missile frigates will be as of 2022
also, you included a picture of the trimaran littoral combat ship coronado - she was decomissioned a year ago. we have two of them in bremerton. if i understand, we are converting one or both into museums. gorgeous things but apparently they were complete garbage
Brilliant presentation. Finally, someone giving a truthful account of the history of the RoC and the PRC, instead of dishing out one-sided propaganda.
I am such a nerd. This was my favorite video in a long time. Thank you for making it.
very informative video, just a slight correction. The capabilities China is building up is Anti Access/Area Denial, often called A2/AD, not A2D2, which wouldn't match the words it stands for.
You forgot to mention Diego Garcia and point it on the map, US Military Base in the Indian Ocean. I think that base would play a crucial role in the event of a war with China.
Very Informative and Realistic regarding past and present of the total situation… Great and a very Intelligent Work..
Big Ups for the true information.. Cheers Mate… Keep It Up this good work and grow even much much more for the cause of Goodness..
Fantastic detailing coupled with excellent graphics. Every video fascinates me. Looking forward to more such fabulous content.
Pakistan's cooperation with China and the unresolved border issues don't sit well with India. I could see them sit out a US/China conflict, unless it was in their interest to join in. I doubt very seriously they would be on China's side. Very well-done video with solid information. Thanks.
india dont be in china side.. but they also wont sit with u.s . since they will get sacrificed.
Nope
The war between india and China is highly unlikely simply because we both have lot to lose and both india and China know this fact
There will only be border skirmishes but never a full blown war
India knows the betrayal to be on China's side, 1962.
@@Ironbanner12 India never choose sides
Our foreign policy is neutral as always
@@Ankit-d9f4uNot entirely neutral, but yeah the nature of the foreign policy is leaning towards that.
Very impresive. A lot of info, good footage and analysis. Well done.
He talking shit. 80% of this information is not proofed and only based on information of us lgbtq forces.
No he is not. What do you mean 'proofed'. You are the one talking shit.
Thank you for the informative discussion. Good analysis!
I really appreciate the way you explain things with great visuals and information. Thank you.
I think RealLifeLove tells it much better than Johnny Harris, not only giving a clear historical background, but also analyzing the current landscape of Taiwan and China, rather than just thinking American.
johnny is getting better tho, his recent video on china's boarders was actually quite good. but rll is unmatched in his modern conflicts style of videos
aren’t we all looking for RealLifeLove
Jhonny is biased af. That's why I don't watch him anyomore. I know he's always using western lens
You mean CIA Harris?
Dude Johnny is the most biased youtuber ever I stopped watching his shit years ago
This was so comprehensive and well put together. I learned tons. Normally I never have this issue, but with so many decisions in this video I am 50/50 on which would happen. The preemptive strike against the US, for example. Still trying to decide which strategies China would end up actually employ IF they decide to invade, which itself I am almost 50/50 on.
Invade whom? You mean Taiwan, yeah? China aren't dumb enough to attack the US.
He definitely presented a lot of hypotheticals for how China would invade… but what evidence was presented that makes you feel 50/50 on if China would actually do it?
@@TyroPirate Because they have alternatives, such as influencing elections, or perhaps other diplomatic option. Or just avoiding the drastic options due to the worldwide consequences. Do you feel 50/50 isn't accurate? I thought it was generous, considering the logistical weight of both the operation itself and how all foreign nations respond.
@@CastSenpai But RLL admits in the vid that the more popular support seems to be going for the Taiwanese Independence political party. So doesn’t seem like they are doing a good job at their propaganda breaking through to the people there… So… what are those other diplomatic options?
And besides, it’s all “they could” and hypotheticals here. But what are the things that China is actually doing right now that might lead someone to thing they’ll try to take control of Taiwan (either politically or militarily). That’s why I’m not confident in 50/50. I feel like RLL didn’t give any good proof that China is gonna do it…
But maybe I missed something?
@@TyroPirate They have good reason to, they also have good reason NOT to. They also are dealing with a time limit where it will eventually not become an option, similar to what Russia had going on before they invaded Ukraine. Also, China very recently released their claimed territory map, which was a MESS. They claimed land that is part of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and even Russia. Not to mention their extremely aggressive stance on the South China Sea. Point is, They seem to be very focused on projecting themselves very aggressively, which you could argue shows intent to follow through with their map visions.
wow - a pretty full and complex analysis !
One of your best videos. (commenting for the algorithm)
I think of everything I’ve learned from this video the one that stands out the most is: The US is literally everywhere
I hope both countries will avoid war, but the way things are going in 2023, the more likely I see this as a realistic scenario.
It is unrealistic to avoid war, Because China and the whole Far East have been American territory since history, American troops can act on this territory at will. However, China has become independent, and Americans can't accept this if they don't listen to Americans.
China has learned a very valuable lesson watching Russia invade Ukraine. The resistance Ukraine has/had because of US/NATO weapon suppor has definitely taken some wind out of China. Ukraine aid $ would be a drop in a bucket compared to what the Pacific theater budget would be.
@@leibian6059 You know India was under the United Kingdom, not the States, it's far from the same thing. What I see is China being unable to accept Taiwan being an independent country.
@@leibian6059in your mother’s ass you learnt that history?
@@onlyonered3242Taiwan is an island, how would they send arms to an island without railways?
I could literally watch 24 hours of your presentation and your knowledge and not get bored. 👏
Thanks for this coverage, very informative and great quality.
Not covered in this video:
- Continued raw resource acquisition by China from various countries to build weapons (eg. iron)
- Their manufacturing capability (eg. for weapon and overall self-sufficiency in a protracted war)
- Cyber warfare capability
谁在想和中国人开战。
could you tell me which country has been involved in the most wars since War-War-II? Is Taiwan a country?
白看了,讲的很清楚，美国@@大案要案命案在身
Lol
@@jsmsolutions868 US of course but China made these situation dire for themselves. Imagine pissing off your neighbors with multiple territorial claims. Some of this neighbors are historically US ally. So that got them it to this big trouble were they cannot retake Taiwan anymore. There is simple no way they can fight that many countries.
Map error: ROC’s claimed territory includes Tibet and Mongolia
Although very small, the 9-dash Line is also disputed with Indonesia's EEZ with the Natuna Islands
Extremely knowledgeable reporting
RLL I just want to say thank you for all the research and work you put in the knowledge that you provide to people, not just on this but even on the Myanmar civil war I had no idea that was going on and now I'm doing my own research on it, keep making videos hopefully you can make a video on Myanmar civil war and bring more international recognition to a country that desperately needs it.
Every video you put out makes me more and more nervous for a world war haha but thank you for the incredible info
I love how you keep using icons for troops, tanks, aircraft carriers and nukes from the game civ6 it looks really goofy but good in its own way
Great video! Minor error, a couple of times you mentioned China’s “A2D2” network. It’s actually “A2/AD”, anti-access, area denial
I was about to comment that you'd forgotten one of the few other things than the US keeping China in check, and then I was recommended your video on the theoretical upcoming Indo-China war. 10/10 algorithmic planning.
This video is so well informed. This is better then anything you see on main steam news. Well done!
It’s USA based
What’s crazy is we sacrificed the American manufacturing base and middle class desperately trying to stop any China Russia alliance and now we allowed that alliance to form regardless
As someone with deuteropia, I'd liked some more contrast in the Myanmar graphic in 52:16. Great stuff otherwise, as always!
I just have to say that you do this nation a favor. The way you present information is years beyond our educational system.
Hey at 30:34, you mention that Australia had to cancel the agreement with France, the American submarines are nuclear powered and nuclear capable, while France's are frozen diesel powered and nuclear capable. It's the difference between getting a battleship and an aircraft carrier in terms of capability
That is correct, As an Australia that saw the whole saga played out, the Australian Government did cancel it. btw I am happy we cancelled it
You are happy that your gov help funding for the nuclear sub that you have absolute no control of and not only give away your naval base but funds for it as well. Looks like a bad business deal. Not to mention that you give the Chinese reason to attack you as well.
@@sportsonwheelss giving Australia nuclear subs is a deterrent to them being attacked.
Why would China attack Australia in the first place? Australia is the only few countries that didn't suffers the 2008 financial crisis. Australia is raking in rev hand over fist trading with China. @@F00Lsmack
Yeah, IIRC the French deal wasn't for nuclear powered submarines. If Australia was going to get a contract that involved transfer of nuclear propulsion, there's only 2 countries to deal with... The US and Great Britain. No one else is even close to the same level although some are claiming that China might be only about 5 years behind (I seriously doubt that. China only has some new submarines with surprising technologies and zero surface ships). For a number of reasons there's no substitution for nuclear propulsion when it comes to submarines and exceeding large ships like aircraft carriers so although the French understandably harbor bad feelings about the lost economic opportunity, Australia made the only right decision for military reasons. This is one of several Biden administration deals that have significantly strengthened future prospects of allies and potential allies (India is another notable example). Although the partner countries won't see benefits until at least a couple decades in the future, this kind of technology transfer is incredibly momentous altering the path for the future in unexpected and unpredictable ways..
There is one system the US has that you aren't considering when talking about Chinese missile capability. The Aegis system is essentially the skynet of aerial defence. One system is pretty good all on its own, but the fact that each asset with a radar and antenna that can feed info into the system expands its abilities. Each system can also talk to each system to expand its capabilities even further exponentially .
The US has no defense against China's (and Russia's) hypersonic missiles capable of sinking American aircraft carriers (today's dinosaurs).
Aegis system still uses PESA radar and mechanical illumination, it's outdated
@The136th let's ignore the fact that we have other systems and styles of radar that are able to tie in to aegis then. Oh also, who deals your copium? Seems like the good stuff
@@kevinhowe543 US Aegis are based on PESA radar while Chinese Aegis are based on AESA radar, China has more advanced radar than the US, please keep the boomer cope.
Until it is overwhelmed by to many missiles.
Great video thanks
What a damn good video!!!
Thanks!
US is developing a few different mobile launch platforms to have in Guam and Philippines. Typhon weapon system which would be armed with SM-6 & Tomahawk cruise missiles, NMESIS armed with NSM, Dark Eagle mobile launchers armed with LRHW. Can't forget about the new HACM.
Your videos are incredibly good. U deserve all the success that you have and more
@reallifelore The cancelled deal with France was not for Nuclear subs, they were diesel subs.