America predicts war with China in 2025

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  • @thomas_tk330
    @thomas_tk330 ปีที่แล้ว +882

    China is not gonna invade Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan all at once. That's an absolutely moronic prediction.

    • @rick67hou
      @rick67hou ปีที่แล้ว

      While i agree, that may not matter to those at the top.
      Ukraine is a prime example of those believing their own propaganda and moronic military decisions.

    • @zrize101
      @zrize101 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Exactly. Feels like a big headline a run-of-the-mill news channel would use to get views, even though it's just based on what one guy said.

    • @paoloorate2265
      @paoloorate2265 ปีที่แล้ว

      What the F is USA doing in this region anyway?? Go back to your own country and fix your healthcare!!

    • @sharp_ant4651
      @sharp_ant4651 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Aren't they reliant on them with trade too?

    • @widodoakrom3938
      @widodoakrom3938 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol yeah

  • @fostersaid
    @fostersaid ปีที่แล้ว +4016

    I normally love Caspian Report's vids but this one is truly insane. Everything from India's $276B budget being a smaller slice of the pie than China's $230B budget at 3:32, to the idea of China invading half a dozen countries at once, and even how this whole video is based off a memo from a single dude.
    There are valid reasons to fear potential future conflicts with China, but this analysis covered none of them. Glad the other comments here have also noticed how out of character this video is.

    • @kimberleymarkova3641
      @kimberleymarkova3641 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Out of character.... exactly

    • @egg-iu3fe
      @egg-iu3fe ปีที่แล้ว +106

      dude got lazy

    • @misha791
      @misha791 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Germany did it and so as Japan during ww2. PLA red army was in the Korean Peninsula War together with the Russians flying MIGs.

    • @sosheeanand3537
      @sosheeanand3537 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@badofiagree with you. His analysis lacks facts when it comes to China, India or Asia

    • @cccc-zz8cy
      @cccc-zz8cy ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Im sorry but did any of you pay attention? The CCP’s net budget is not publicly reported. Taking into account other activities, it puts them somewhere into range of the US, vastly outstripping the Indians (who also prob dont report their net budget)
      Either these comments are lazy themselves, or disingenuous

  • @stomachegg041
    @stomachegg041 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Your pronounciation of the Philippine islands like Mindoro and Loboc is really good. Thank you for taking the time to learn them.

    • @Justin1an
      @Justin1an 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right? I always wonder where he is from. His accent sounds good.

    • @ninja.saywhat
      @ninja.saywhat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he's from surigao del sur @@Justin1an

  • @tlightning8383
    @tlightning8383 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This video has received a lot of criticism and a lot of it is justified. In hindsight, I think they should have done a better job of explaining that this is a very hypothetical scenario and more of a “food for thought” discussion. But the fact that a US general made this claim at least warrants a legitimate conversation to be had. You have to remember, they need topics for videos.

  • @NathanielLuke
    @NathanielLuke ปีที่แล้ว +1766

    You just described China declaring war on many countries around the South China Sea. Those goals are not feasible for China, not in ten years, let alone in two.

    • @ni9901
      @ni9901 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Let alone the us too

    • @megafilmlover
      @megafilmlover ปีที่แล้ว

      I seriously doubt China even consider doing that 🤔 But of course this kind of narrative makes China look more threatening..and that again helps the USA & others to sell weapons to the countries in the region.

    • @John-us9rm
      @John-us9rm ปีที่แล้ว

      China already had defacto control of SCS with 24/7 patrol and control ....

    • @user-DongJ
      @user-DongJ ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Absolutely. Fortunately/Unfortunately, for those who are familiar with Warfare 101, the ultimate excellence doesn't lie in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

    • @condotiero860
      @condotiero860 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Neither was russia, yet here we are.

  • @johnladuke6475
    @johnladuke6475 ปีที่แล้ว +819

    I don't know how you guys feel about world events lately, but I think we better not let an Archduke take a trip to the Balkans any time soon.

    • @user-kl4iz8ut1w
      @user-kl4iz8ut1w ปีที่แล้ว +153

      and better tell the austrians to let them loosen the admission criteria for art colleges😂

    • @azcontrols95
      @azcontrols95 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-kl4iz8ut1w😂😂😂

    • @Richard-yy8tn
      @Richard-yy8tn ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This comment is very underrated lol.

    • @averagegamer6912
      @averagegamer6912 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The only one who can save us is a British aristocrat who doesn't like appeasement but likes to have a drink and do hand gestures (Churchill).

    • @averagegamer6912
      @averagegamer6912 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      A former Italian socialist might join in on the fun, but don't worry, they'll switch sides as soon as things start to turn against them.

  • @SawBuii
    @SawBuii ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What they didn't expect is that it going to happen sooner than 2025.

  • @franciscoguzman1524
    @franciscoguzman1524 ปีที่แล้ว

    interesting, thanks for the video and great analysis, cheers

  • @tobiasL1991
    @tobiasL1991 ปีที่แล้ว +2181

    Wait the strategy at 9:11 is to invade most of South East Asia? Like how's that a doable strategy? That's world war 3 right there.
    I mean let's be real here, they'd need to invade, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodja, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Fillipines and Indonesia.
    How is such a scenario even remotely doable? Why is it not mentioned that this is a huge undertaking?
    Not to mention even if that works and China hold Sumatra and safeguards the Mallaca strait, the US could just choke right below India and Sri Lanka.
    Why is it not mentioned that this scenario is batshit crazy and simply undoable?
    This isn't the Germans through the Ardennes this is expecting the Germans to take Moscow in 2 months...

    • @OG91
      @OG91 ปีที่แล้ว +373

      Vietnam is a Fortress The USA and China both lost to them so this strategy is flawed

    • @paranoid1377
      @paranoid1377 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      China doesn't want war with anybody in East Asia. They want to do business not war. The one who hopes a war to break out in this region is the US. And the interests of East Asian states with regard to the western part of the Pacific is almost identical, namely secure and lasting trade routes and partners.

    • @anhduc0913
      @anhduc0913 ปีที่แล้ว +519

      @@paranoid1377 The US also doesn't want war. But China, while not wanting war, still try to push as close as possible and still not cross the line. China believes that if they keeps on pushing in the East China Sea, the US would eventually give in and they can claim the whole area. It has worked so far, and they will continue to do it.

    • @beetlejuice4827
      @beetlejuice4827 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      nice timestamp

    • @frl8031
      @frl8031 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paranoid1377 "China doesn't war with anybody", Also, China militarizing as fast as they can and provoking all its neighbors. Ok Whinnie

  • @FrancoCastro
    @FrancoCastro ปีที่แล้ว +754

    This video felt more like an infographics video than a caspian report

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      LMFAO That is exactly it. It felt like Shivran was just reading one of their scripts.

    • @WallNutBreaker524
      @WallNutBreaker524 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed.

    • @grtwhtbnr
      @grtwhtbnr ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Ok so I'm not the only one who noticed Infographics crew have lost their minds?

    • @bnfcj8987
      @bnfcj8987 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @bnfcj8987
      @bnfcj8987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Calling Okinawa "Ryukyu" in this context is one of signs that this Channel may be a Chinese propaganda tool.

  • @josesamala1801
    @josesamala1801 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great reporting. please continue your great projects.

  • @gameboyzz407
    @gameboyzz407 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice vide and analysis. Thank you

  • @yoshisdad1867
    @yoshisdad1867 ปีที่แล้ว +1320

    The “2025” memo you cited has been pretty widely mocked in the military community and was made by the guy in charge of transport planes, not some high-level military strategist.

    • @colinjohnston5734
      @colinjohnston5734 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Just the guy in charge of transport planes! Lool. I’d argue the guy in charge of transportation had a bigger picture than the guy in charge of a division.

    • @MattyJ55046
      @MattyJ55046 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@colinjohnston5734I suppose he would know where most the supplies are going.

    • @maartent9697
      @maartent9697 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yeah that's why China has been stockpiling steel the last decade and massively increasing their Navy, all that steel must've been used for fishing boats it must be for all the fish they wanna gather right?

    • @nicono123
      @nicono123 ปีที่แล้ว

      China told it's generals he wants his military strong enough to decisively take out China by 2027. Japan, America and Australia all boosted their military spending aiming for a potential conflict in 2027. Months later China announced that it must be prepared to take over Taiwan by 2025.

    • @Noble713
      @Noble713 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      You should read the biography of that "guy in charge of transport planes". He spent the better part of a decade in senior positions here in the Indo-Pacific Command, including Deputy Director of Operations, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Commander. And a bunch of billets with US Forces Korea as well. He knows this AO, he knows our adversaries.

  • @JoSh-op6gu
    @JoSh-op6gu ปีที่แล้ว +562

    Lets not forget that MOST Chinese generals if ww3 happens would be their 1st experience in commanding en masse all out war, not just very secretive operations.

    • @bennelong8451
      @bennelong8451 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      the only thing they would do is press a button and we’d be in the fallout universe

    • @ConspiracytardHunter420
      @ConspiracytardHunter420 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@bennelong8451 it goes both ways, no one is gona do that

    • @sksksks5072
      @sksksks5072 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      most american general have not commanded in conventional warfare with someone stringer as them

    • @ironspaghett
      @ironspaghett ปีที่แล้ว +99

      ​@@sksksks5072 The US has constantly been at war. We have more experience.
      And the Chinese military isn't comparable, or stronger. Lol

    • @xyy9040
      @xyy9040 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ConspiracytardHunter420 you underestimate how evil people are. especially those who hold a lot of power.

  • @mikeycanter3788
    @mikeycanter3788 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, much appreciated.

  • @Fred-fl2fo
    @Fred-fl2fo ปีที่แล้ว

    Looking forward to it. Should be very interesting.

  • @dewoitine
    @dewoitine ปีที่แล้ว +1955

    Normally CaspianReport hits it out of the ballpark but this is just ridiculous. The possibilities laid out here are closer to something out of a Paradox game than an actual war.

    • @jesssy1315
      @jesssy1315 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol was thinking the same.
      I think some people want this as head cannon or just to calm their anxiety of an uncertain future. As it feels morally good if China attacks first as the aggressor and we know US will win in direct war.
      Like why would China even do this if they know it would fail, but people keep bringing this up, thus why I believe mostly to calm their own anxiety.

    • @Lego455200930
      @Lego455200930 ปีที่แล้ว

      The only aggressor here is the US lol, my guy listed only Chinese security concerns and think it's reasonable that they just let the US military be in charge

    • @PaulColclough47
      @PaulColclough47 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      He's actually being a lot more brazen lately. His last video on the African currency union was a prime example of a straw man argument. He cherry picked his data points. The most egregious example was comparing the economies of war torn Ivory Coast and peaceful Ghana and then saying that the differences were down to the currency.
      He also very intentionally downplayed the benefits of the union. Clearly there are some if former Portuguese and Spanish colonies joined it.

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Come on man believe the propaganda, they pay him very well for you to make fun of him 😂

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson ปีที่แล้ว +56

      His "France still has colonies in Africa" was just as bad. Some of his recent videos are too alarmist or exaggerated. I've noticed the same with RealLifeLore going more alarmist and exaggerating events or possible events.

  • @Hamlet137475
    @Hamlet137475 ปีที่แล้ว +603

    One issue I have is while nationalism, jingoism and hate for Americans is high in China, I don't know how willing parents are to send their only male sons into battle. Especially when the demographic pyramid says children are more and more burdened with supporting retirees. Losing more youth, while trying to support your retirees and trying everything to stimulate birth rate, doesn't sound good in the long run. Even if China wins the war, they may collapse internally because of the demographics becoming even more lopsided than they already are.

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Basically what’s happening to Russia right now

    • @chilipepper9938
      @chilipepper9938 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Exactly. It is happening to Americans as well. Their is a 30% drop in population from milleniels to Gen z.

    • @skipperclinton1087
      @skipperclinton1087 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Hamlet: You think the party really cares?

    • @dennisestradda9746
      @dennisestradda9746 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chilipepper9938 USA easily takes immigrants, China being mostly han refuses anything.

    • @bokiNYC
      @bokiNYC ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's a very good point.

  • @travelbagphotography
    @travelbagphotography ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What map program do you use? Great doc!

  • @Minho-nj8bl
    @Minho-nj8bl ปีที่แล้ว

    Good content!

  • @jms3827
    @jms3827 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    This 2050 prediction is so ridiculous. It’s impossible to even predict how events will turn out even 5 years from now let alone 27 years from now. I find it hard to believe that the US gross tonnage will remain more or less the same considering the US navy is currently working on a battle force 2045 plan to field a navy of 500 ships up from under 300 right now. The US is not staying idle while China rises. It will likewise respond in kind and we haven’t even mentioned regional Allie’s like Japan and Australia.

    • @user-DongJ
      @user-DongJ ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Totally. Fortunately/Unfortunately, for those who are familiar with Warfare 101, the ultimate excellence doesn't lie in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting

    • @daeclipse03
      @daeclipse03 ปีที่แล้ว

      We need to peel India away from Russia/China. We could contain China then easily.

    • @MuantanamoMobile
      @MuantanamoMobile ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The USSR had a formidable army, ships and weapons, yet collapsed suddenly. This is the US Empire's fate. The failure that heralded their demise was allowing themselves to get dragged into the Afghan conflict to protect their ally and puppet from muhadeen rebels. It became a money pit.
      The US made the same mistake with getting involved with Ukråine.

    • @nntflow7058
      @nntflow7058 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      2025 NOT 2050.

    • @STJukes
      @STJukes ปีที่แล้ว

      Considering the average prediction of AI experts of reaching human level intelligence is around 2040, and human level intelligence will basically change everything... Anyone who makes predictions beyond say 10 years is probably not making enough assumptions.

  • @grampajim1595
    @grampajim1595 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    In any war, the first casualty is trade .. and China is very heavily
    dependent on trade. China is heavily dependent on gas and food
    imports, and on exports to finance it. You also underestimate the
    Japanese and Korean navies.. they're actually really good.

    • @sharketm7655
      @sharketm7655 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the US is not dependent on trade? Russia has all the gaz and oil China need. plus China will be carbon free by 2050.
      If the US is a naval power with long reach. Russia and China are continental power with great depth with all the necessary natural ressources to be self sufficient unlike Japan and south korea.

    • @induspherix
      @induspherix ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Indeed, from what I've read recently, it sounds like Japan is aggressively expanding their military expenditure with the clear intent of deterrence. I have not learned where Korea stands lately, but I usually got the impression that military readiness has been a high priority for Korea.

    • @caven7056
      @caven7056 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      South Korea, Japan and China have not been in modern warfare. Results might actually shock you

    • @sharketm7655
      @sharketm7655 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course without the US market China will grow slower but China does not need the US to grow anymore. While US can't produce with same competivitity as China, so the West is losing global market.

    • @buzz-es
      @buzz-es ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Actually, TRUTH has always been the first casualty of war.

  • @TheTopher3000
    @TheTopher3000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A correction: PRC refers to the line as the 9 dashes line. ROC calls it the 11 dashes line.

  • @useemehere2
    @useemehere2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow nice info.

  • @FeatheredPheonix
    @FeatheredPheonix ปีที่แล้ว +113

    This reporting puts way too much stock in internal theorizing by one U.S general, and the fantastical idea of China launching land occupations of basically every ASEAN member state does little to ground Minihan's flight of fancy. The topic is understandably an interesting one to examine and wargame-out, and obviously there are incentives here to maximize claims in pursuit of an audience, but I feel we have fallen afoul of a brand of sensationalism here that ultimately hurts the credibility of the channel. I look forward to more CR content, but am disappointed in this video's release

    • @no_more_spamplease5121
      @no_more_spamplease5121 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And there is also the possibility that the general intends to spread fear and sense of urgency in order to command over yet another huge mountain of cash from the federal budget.

    • @jonathanpfeffer3716
      @jonathanpfeffer3716 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed, this is a very unusually low quality video from an otherwise pretty decent creator. Guess we all fall into the “government official” trap sometimes.

    • @bnfcj8987
      @bnfcj8987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Calling Okinawa “Ryukyu” in this context is one of signs that this Channel may be a Chinese propaganda tool.
      🇯🇵🇺🇦🇹🇼🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇯🇵

  • @X1GenKaneShiroX
    @X1GenKaneShiroX ปีที่แล้ว +221

    I’m actually surprised that there isn’t more ASEAN countries or any South Asian countries wanting to go to war against the USA who is the true aggressor. The USA have about 800 military bases around the world that makes you wonder that the US is wanting to invade several other countries. The US already have a huge massive border dispute & literal war in Mexico-American border. That and the negative NATO imperial expansionism currently happening nowadays that makes you very concerned why there isn’t more countries willing to fight or wage war AGAINST the United States or even awful imperial NATO. Truth is, USA is a way bigger awful aggressor than China and sort of shocks me that more countries align with US than China. Not to forget that the US is literally facing 5 massive wars at once currently.

    • @fool9111z
      @fool9111z ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because they are no match. But once a worthy challenger appears, these countries can flip. Peoples often overestimate the strength of an alliance and are surprised by its sudden collapse (organizational theory). It is precisely because many members of an alliance are hedging only. They have been forced into alliance.

    • @doujinflip
      @doujinflip ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The US is a relatively distant power whose bases are often _wanted_ there to subsidize their national security and/or provide a convenient lightning rod to deflect domestic political anger at. Often there's more concern about the subsequent costs and consequences should the Americans leave. Ask the Philippines or Iraq or Afghanistan how secure they felt after US forces departed like they had asked.
      Meanwhile China is viewed with significantly more suspicion especially as Chinese locals throughout history don't readily intermingle and integrate with the local majority. Chinese division and exclusion (and sometimes literal invasion) was seen akin to colonization, a sentiment that simmers at various strengths within ASEAN to this day.
      "Don't you realize what it means if the Chinese remain? Don't you remember your history? The last time the Chinese came, they stayed a thousand years... As for me, I prefer to sniff French shit for five years than to eat Chinese shit for the rest of my life."
      -- Ho Chi Minh, in reference to asking China to help liberate SE Asia

    • @fool9111z
      @fool9111z ปีที่แล้ว

      @@doujinflip Do Americans mingle and integrate into the foreign countries?

    • @booboo8706
      @booboo8706 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​​@@fool9111z Some do and some do not integrate. Americans that retire to other countries, live in the country as temporary workers, and digital nomads do not. Those who immigrate to other countries with the intention of becoming a citizen typically do integrate. However, there are significant differences between American immigration and Chinese immigration so equal comparisons between the two would be intellectually dishonest. Americans currently and historically emigrate in small numbers and never constitute a significant minority. Historically, the Chinese have emigrated in large numbers and still constitute a significant demographic in many southeast Asian nations.

    • @calaghan6629
      @calaghan6629 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@doujinflipHow did the war in Afghanistan solve the issue of American national security? The Taliban won and something is not visible threat to the nation? And Afghanistan itself is destroyed

  • @patrickpacheco4648
    @patrickpacheco4648 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video

  • @aspirant9634
    @aspirant9634 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thaaank youuuu❤️

  • @hamzamahmood9565
    @hamzamahmood9565 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    I generally love CaspianReport videos, but let's be real. China cannot eat up its neighbors like cake. If Japan, S.Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Vietnam banded together, America wouldn't even have to lift a finger. And this is assuming India stays out of the conflict.

    • @adelinad3513
      @adelinad3513 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is divide and conquer tactics. Ridiculous idea put out there just to convince the neighbours of war coming

    • @ivarbrouwer197
      @ivarbrouwer197 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yep, a NATO of the pacific would be easy to imagine, also, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

    • @adelinad3513
      @adelinad3513 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Australia will follow whatever order gets barked from US. Very low self-esteem there ( militarily wise).

    • @ivarbrouwer197
      @ivarbrouwer197 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@adelinad3513 more like: only +- 20 million people. It looks big but population wise they are too small to take initiative on their own.

    • @deuterium2718
      @deuterium2718 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but good luck sailing a non-aligned navy into southeast asia without their consent tbh

  • @abhibatchu940
    @abhibatchu940 ปีที่แล้ว +1095

    This is one of those videos which is closer to fiction than reality. Unlike the regular Caspian videos.

    • @bnfcj8987
      @bnfcj8987 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Calling Okinawa “Ryukyu” in this context is one of signs that this Channel may be a Chinese propaganda tool.
      🇯🇵🇺🇦🇹🇼🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇯🇵

    • @franksalz9114
      @franksalz9114 ปีที่แล้ว

      Backwards indian tamil darky

    • @dzejrid
      @dzejrid ปีที่แล้ว +22

      What did you expect? There's a card with Peter Ziehan's name in the first minute and a half.

    • @adamyami2902
      @adamyami2902 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      More like is shows how regular Caspian videos have a base of fiction and reality, but until now you where considering them as just be truth.

    • @PhelanVanFloof
      @PhelanVanFloof ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@bnfcj8987 This whole video was indeed a mess, but what you're trying to point out isn't a mistake. Okinawa is just one of the many Ryukyu Islands, which is their official name in English. In Japanese they're called the Nansei Islands.

  • @UGANGOLUM
    @UGANGOLUM ปีที่แล้ว

    THANKS FOR THIS NICE EXPLANATION

  • @space_guy_04
    @space_guy_04 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is the reason why its impossible to contain this war in Taiwan. For Example, even if the US has no bases in the Philippines, 99% china will occupy island belonging to the Philippines near Taiwan to secure the area around it, same goes for Japan. Both countries will definitely be dragged in the war, thats why Ph and Japan is now working on a possible defense treaty. They well know that time is running out and that they both need to learn how to interoperate once war breaks out to protect their territories.

  • @caza9758
    @caza9758 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    9:06 As someone living in Luzon. The terrain would be a nice welcome to the PLAN, beaches overlooked on by mountains with fortifications would be China's Normandy. Sure China may take small islands in the Archipelago but Chinese soldiers will face a meat grinder against a force that is so battle hardened in infantry warfare despite being underdeveloped.

    • @charlesharper2357
      @charlesharper2357 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Filipinos have a long history of guerrilla warfare.
      I wouldn't want to be a Chinese city kid conscripted into the Red army trying to patrol the Philippine jungles.

    • @Nick-bh5bk
      @Nick-bh5bk ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It would be a mess. And with those new Brahmos missiles, I wonder what targets they might find.

    • @mahnillagk
      @mahnillagk ปีที่แล้ว +34

      it will be vietnam 2.0, but this time, the trees speak filipino.

    • @jrdsm
      @jrdsm ปีที่แล้ว

      npa, abu sayaf and milf will join forces 😆

    • @MrDemoMan01
      @MrDemoMan01 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello!!! We beat the Germans in Normandy!!!

  • @user-YuHaoHuang
    @user-YuHaoHuang ปีที่แล้ว +99

    The scenario at 8:56 suggests that China declearing war on just about everyone in the south east asia, which is literally impossible.

    • @harukrentz435
      @harukrentz435 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Caspian is either an idoit or hes toying with westerners in their war fantasy....

    • @looinrims
      @looinrims ปีที่แล้ว

      The Japanese did it…It would be foolhardy to assume an authoritarian regime fighting for its political existence wouldn’t go all in just because, reasons, only Vietnam could put up a real fight without American support, the rest are likely to bend the knee even to China

    • @pytlar
      @pytlar ปีที่แล้ว +8

      they already have border conflicts, with almost every neighbour, not to mention claiming almost the whole south china sea. This is quite an aggressive move

    • @skipperclinton1087
      @skipperclinton1087 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      After living in SEA, all that matters to these countries is Chinese money!

    • @Gentleman...Driver
      @Gentleman...Driver ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont see that in the moment either, because the terrain is stopping them. There are deserts and mountains in the west. And in the south they have jungles and mountains. And to the east and south there is an ocean.
      But lets not forget that the Chinese have a very large population. They will not have the same problems as the Russians right now. They will have the man power, but will struggle to get heavy equipment into those regions...

  • @lucerofam5
    @lucerofam5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great presentation

  • @runxipang-ld5xr
    @runxipang-ld5xr ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you .

  • @ucminhvo295
    @ucminhvo295 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "China will have to invade it's neighbors"
    Vietnam: Lol

  • @daniell1483
    @daniell1483 ปีที่แล้ว +652

    The channel's coverage of everything related to China has really suffered. It tends to make sweeping strategic endeavors as its base and goes downhill from there. As if it would just be super easy for China to take over Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines (among others) before the US has a chance to make a single move. Real life isn't a turn-based game; events happen in real-time, and the other players on the board wouldn't take a single one of these actions laying down. There are frankly many other problems with this "analysis" that make it so flawed as to be useless, even for purely educational or entertainment value.

    • @electricspeedkiller8950
      @electricspeedkiller8950 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coups have to be masked in peace time. During wartime, divisions killing a president and the pro-CCP armies taking over seems plausible. You don't need administrative or judicial power to keep your country together, you need the military.

    • @thedarkdragon1437
      @thedarkdragon1437 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      end of the video he says EXACT OPPOSITE to this. So, what are you, a mad bot? or didn't you even watch the video till the end?

    • @just1it1moko
      @just1it1moko ปีที่แล้ว +27

      nah Vietnam is ez pz, quick war home by christmas boys!

    • @LordZetera00
      @LordZetera00 ปีที่แล้ว

      China already tried invading vietnam once and lost. Why would they try again? Holy hell.

    • @cloroxbleach9222
      @cloroxbleach9222 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@just1it1moko Which Christmas?

  • @dianepeel7154
    @dianepeel7154 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The Japanese Military was able to control vast swaths of territories in a relatively short amount of time in the 1930s/1940s, but the U.S. had a small navy and tiny army back then until it mobilized its industrial might. Vietnam had no viable military, nor did the Philippines, Korea, or Australia. The situation is drastically different now in the 2020s. China would need to fight Japan which has a powerful high-tech navy, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and NATO (UK, France). That doesn't even include the US military powerhouse. China would be quickly cut-off and starved ... a war of attrition and/or siege it could not win. China is pinned in a corner geographically and otherwise.

    • @eljefe5858
      @eljefe5858 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No. Japan after WWII depende on U.S army, but agreement can not have more than × number of soldiers and equipment.
      But think read a year ago they were reconsiderar that

    • @lovenutzhate4981
      @lovenutzhate4981 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love how people automatically assume Vietnam is an American ally despite the officials repeatedly rejecting their bases in their country and keep saying they’ll not ally with ANYBODY.
      Also, why would Thailand go to war? Having a few bases is one thing and having the entire population fight is another. Did any Thai ever even remotely say they’ll fight on the behalf of Americans that treat their nation like an open-air brothel?
      South Korea do something funny and they’ll be fighting their own nuclear-armed brothers in the north.
      Why would Indonesians fight? What beef do they have against China besides the SCS claims which they both can and have easily ignored for the past decade.
      Even ignoring whatever other disincentives that people may have to go to war, only accounting the nationalist sentiment people have toward each other and not thinking anything about the economy which will be the quickest way to a revolution in their own respective country is the stupidest take armchair generals can have.

    • @adadurraman9778
      @adadurraman9778 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      typical poor american thinking

    • @lucacastellaro1615
      @lucacastellaro1615 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you americunts only can think about war and destruction of other people aren't you?

    • @Li.Meng.
      @Li.Meng. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      只需要一个氢弹就可以消灭整个东京。你们需要尝试一下吗????

  • @bigchunk1
    @bigchunk1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice report chess man.

  • @asahiorbit4565
    @asahiorbit4565 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    There has been a recent implementation of the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the USA and the Philippines, wherein US troops and ammunition are allowed to be stationed within an additional 5 bases (was already 4, the goal is 10). Furthermore, any declaration or act of war to the United States or the Philippines would activate the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty. These factors could greatly lower the chance of a Chinese attack on both countries or act as a deterrent. As a Filipino, I surely hope that diplomacy prevails and that we free our EEZ from the hands of the CCP.

    • @dunnoewatzgood
      @dunnoewatzgood ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the dragon the bear and the Eagle are all evil my friend

    • @randomguy6152
      @randomguy6152 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the American team is quite obvious I'll name all allies guranteed to fight china in a ww3 situation whether they like it or not
      USA, SKorea, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, UK, Australia, Phillipines, and Zealand

    • @hunterhaire1327
      @hunterhaire1327 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      This coming from the morally straight camel right?

    • @Student0Toucher
      @Student0Toucher ปีที่แล้ว +2

      USA has been working with its allies more and its been doing quite a good job…Another thing a U.S mainland invasion is impossible because Americans are armed to the teeth plus our military plus rugged terrain plus we have a large population too….The only thing I can maybe see China attack thats not the mainland is Alaska along with Russia or Hawaii,Guam,Puerto Rico but I doubt all of them besides Guam and Hawaii.

    • @randomguy6152
      @randomguy6152 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Student0Toucher the war is for Pacific controls tbh after we destroy chinas navy we should ceasefire rather than land invading, once we absorb Nkorea we should halt the line

  • @DavidF3
    @DavidF3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Why aren't the Japanese, Indonesian, Singaporean, Malaysian... Navyes mentioned? I don't think they would take kindly to China invading all of southeast Asia not to mention the Japanese would likely intervene even in a Taiwan invasion scenario.

    • @fabianmok2206
      @fabianmok2206 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The Singapore is advanced but too little to stop the PLAN, the Malaysian Navy is behind the modernization and procurement curve the last decade due to fiscal issues, the Japanese are increasing their budget but they are having a demographic and debt problem. ASEAN alone can’t prevent either the US or the Chinese from moving their fleets around. We lack the hard assets to do that.

    • @widodoakrom3938
      @widodoakrom3938 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Really? They will choose USA sides? Or they will choose china sides?

    • @lloyd9500
      @lloyd9500 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@fabianmok2206 It's not that the Chinese wouldn't hypothetically be able to beat back SEA states or Japan and Korea on paper. Rather, to do so while simultaneously wrangling the US would be absolutely bonkers and nigh impossible. Shirvan's illustration of China taking over SEA in order to oust the US is purely hypothetical and demonstrates one (crazy stupid) way the Chinese *could* overcome the US in the first island chain. I personally think Shirvan made a mistake showcasing this example as there are far more important obstacles China would need to overcome before they can even put an ounce of thought into that plan.

    • @user-kl4iz8ut1w
      @user-kl4iz8ut1w ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You don't know how many Chinese want Japan to disturb us when we unify Taiwan, then we have a chance to avenge the tens of millions of people in WWII, after all, Japan has not apologized for their deaths so far

    • @lloyd9500
      @lloyd9500 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-kl4iz8ut1w two wrongs don't make a right. Move on, coexist with Taiwan and Japan. Start anew. What difference does it make if they live a different way to you all in China? It's worrying that this level of nationalism exists, potentially thrusting the world into the third world war. As an aside, you're utterly fucked in a war with Japan and the West so I wouldn't wish for that either.

  • @DR.Detroit11
    @DR.Detroit11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let's go!!

  • @beginnerquant6261
    @beginnerquant6261 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In fact, before PRC, the ROC government claimed 11 lines. PRC reduces two lines agreed with Vietnam.

  • @spookyengie735
    @spookyengie735 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    As a Vietnamese and a big fan of the channel, this video is wildly improbable, the chances of China even remotely knock out Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand in less a year is already nearly impossible consider the combine military power of this 4 country alone could hold back China endless assault for longer than needed for the international community to react. Vietnamese military have incredible amount of experience fighting on their own land, topped that with experience fighting against the chinese not that long ago, added extra air support and reinforcement from thailand and other south east asian country, there no chance China could breakthrough this line within mere weeks or months.

    • @sudhanvahs9173
      @sudhanvahs9173 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      As an Indian, I have heard that Vietnamese are very brave fighters they know to defeat their enemies.

    • @lloyd9500
      @lloyd9500 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@sudhanvahs9173 I don't think anyone has ever questioned Vietnam's resolve in battle apart from France and the US and they were both absolutely crushed.

    • @NameIsKyy
      @NameIsKyy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agree, as part of asean i think that will be waste time to make this. looking to old japan empire that take east and south east asia just got nothing but their country got huge wound and much debt. I think olso claim neighbors maritime zone olso not good, just being normal asian i mean maybe we have uncontrolled emotion and dream but didnt make we need to be fight, just sit and talk together with some tea at table.

    • @tommynobaka
      @tommynobaka ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I'm Cambodian and logistically, it seems improbable. Laos and Cambodia still have active landmines leftover from the communist regimes. Dense jungles, mountains and active landmines will make it extremely difficult to take these two countries by land and air invasion.
      Plus the resolve of the people being bullied to submission is also improbable. They've been through Japanese occupation, communist occupation and in fighting for years

    • @user-vw7qu4or5z
      @user-vw7qu4or5z ปีที่แล้ว +3

      大哥,你睁眼看看中国绝对优势的下水吨量还有领先数代的装备以及绝对优势的空军,怎么可能…………

  • @Trin978
    @Trin978 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    What a time to be alive.

    • @julianstj
      @julianstj ปีที่แล้ว

      WW3 is going to be lit!

    • @havencat9337
      @havencat9337 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      hopefully we will stay like that

    • @chriswalford9228
      @chriswalford9228 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a time to die you mean

    • @joaocerceau5810
      @joaocerceau5810 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hope someone finally has the balls to shot the fireworks, it's about time fun goes nuclear.

    • @istvanbera9893
      @istvanbera9893 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joaocerceau5810 I hope it lands in your backyard.

  • @markrios3256
    @markrios3256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The 🐐 of commentary , his raw emotions and sense of humor and him just being himself and being damn good at What he does 🔥 never will have another one like him 🔥🔥🐐

  • @dancoroian1
    @dancoroian1 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Wanted to let you know, "come to blows" is kind of its own idiom, phrased just like that...there aren't really other contexts where one would refer to violent conflict as "blows" except in that phrase, and while I can totally understand why you'd want to make it singular (i.e. "come to a blow," as you said) it just isn't really used in that way. Even one punch getting thrown would still be described as things "coming to blows"

  • @christopherjohnson5486
    @christopherjohnson5486 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Reality is demographically China won't be able to carry it off, which is why the 2020s are the riskiest time. China knows its "now or never" with Taiwan for example.

    • @TheMrCougarful
      @TheMrCougarful ปีที่แล้ว +42

      The same applied to Russia. Putin had to move, or the window would close for all time.

    • @elephantman2112
      @elephantman2112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Demographics don't matter to naval power because navies are captal-intensive. That's why Britain and the US have historically dominated the global oceans with a fraction of the world population.

    • @xyio9320
      @xyio9320 ปีที่แล้ว

      By 2050 if a miracle doesn't happen, chinese demography will be in total unbalance and won't be able to fix it on the short run... sending their young to war now is a demographically suicide, they just can't lose them

    • @elephantman2112
      @elephantman2112 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@user-ln6wn5po2w Of course, they always repeat the same talking points, lol.

    • @tony16991
      @tony16991 ปีที่แล้ว

      @A B Zeihan is the cult leader of American teens who previously used to hoard toilet papers for the end times. They found a new toy.

  • @tusharsaikhedkar9808
    @tusharsaikhedkar9808 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    03:37 error, India's defence budget is not 276 Billion USD. It is 76 Billion USD.

    • @sommmeguy
      @sommmeguy ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That would make that chart mke more sense

  • @jeffgrove1389
    @jeffgrove1389 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done

  • @clownman9404
    @clownman9404 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Did you know that there is EDCA deal between Philippines and USA? There's a "mutual defense treaty" between the 2 countries too and it's one of the oldest. So it's unlikely that they will land in the Philippines.

    • @quasimotto8653
      @quasimotto8653 ปีที่แล้ว

      EXACTLY!! And the process of building at least 4 more US bases in the Philippines is already underway. The renewed commitment of US and Filipino mutual defense is VERY bad news for China.
      China already has had to rethink it's strategy regarding bullying the Filipino Navy and Coast Guard in the Philippines' territorial waters.

    • @itch4travel
      @itch4travel ปีที่แล้ว

      In case of shooting war, China need not to invade the Philippines to destroy all the EDCA sites. China will just send their hypersonic missiles. Google China's Rocket Force.

  • @yeast7485
    @yeast7485 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Its nice to predict these things like China achieving parity with the US fleet, but in reality I heavily doubt that will happen, as US will ramp up its own ship production should they feel threatened by China, just like the German-British naval arms race before WW1

    • @scottwatson4584
      @scottwatson4584 ปีที่แล้ว

      We don’t know what the US or China is going to do. The US may cut military production.
      There is a lot of information missing in this episode. Why would the Chinese go to war with Taiwan when they can change the political structure? We always try to plan the adversaries move as if they are our own. There is no proof of China going to war with Taiwan. Obviously they are close enough to negotiate with there neighbours and I’m sure their neighbours have been watching the moves of the West.

    • @ajaykumarsingh702
      @ajaykumarsingh702 ปีที่แล้ว

      China has already surpassed the US navy.
      It's up to the USA now how they will keep up because China has a target of 1200+ naval vessels by 2030.

    • @Nick-bh5bk
      @Nick-bh5bk ปีที่แล้ว +36

      US fleet production is already at 100% so we can't increase production. Its the reason why we can't build nuclear subs for Australia like they want. For the US to increase ship production, we would need a few more new ship building facilities, which takes a few years itself to build, after which, the ships being built there would take years to build and then some time to test and train more crews. Realistically, even if the US started today, we would be looking at 10 years before any rate increase saw dividends. But nobody is talking about new shipbuilding in the US right now, so it could be much further off.

    • @chrisreed4065
      @chrisreed4065 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The main issue with that is how the U.S. is going to man it. The U.S. Navy is already having manpower issues with a fleet of less than 300 ships, a 500 ship navy looks to be impossible with the current manpower pool. One solution is to reintroduce the draft but that's politcally unpopular, the Navy higher ups want to go with fully automated warships but nobody outside of the Pentagon thinks that's a good idea. At best they'll just be replacing older hulls with newer ones which isn't a bad idea and seems to be the plan they're going with considering the early retirement of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers.

    • @Politics-gr2pr
      @Politics-gr2pr ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The war ship now is not like ww2 easy to build, it's take long time to build a fleet now

  • @soundknight
    @soundknight ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Your analysis is simplistic, like something from a video game.

    • @davesprivatelounge
      @davesprivatelounge ปีที่แล้ว +31

      It's ridiculous is what it is. Huge drop in quality these past few months.

    • @matt-88
      @matt-88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely. The expectation that China would invade the entirety of SE Asia is garbage, and ignores some other very real scenarios such as North Korea attacking South Korea as a means to divide the US and Japanese forces. This video I feel will bite Caspian in the ass.

    • @originalempa7037
      @originalempa7037 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ripvanwando hey man, kings and generals produce high quality content though

    • @odilusporce8814
      @odilusporce8814 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@originalempa7037 in the past. now that they started doing propagandistic content about Ukraine and modern wars the quality of the channel has become very questionable. I preferred it when they made videos about ancient civilizations than ""proto Ukrainians"" now....

    • @LukSter18998
      @LukSter18998 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@odilusporce8814 what’s the flag?

  • @anguslockhart6693
    @anguslockhart6693 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm literally on the edge of my seat

  • @tfalani3861
    @tfalani3861 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didn’t reaslise America was in the China Sea🤦🏽‍♀️😂😂😂

    • @TrippyVerse
      @TrippyVerse ปีที่แล้ว

      America is everywhere... They think they own the world but will get a reality check soon. The first step is on the way, with the refusal of so many countries to use the dollar... Get the popcorn, we are in for a ride ahahahaha

  • @kayjr9795
    @kayjr9795 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    As a Malaysian, shit we dont wanna be dragged into a war nor do we want war in our region

    • @havencat9337
      @havencat9337 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      if its starting you all will be dragged, so pick sides!

    • @muhammadsabri3481
      @muhammadsabri3481 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      China's 9 Dash line cut through your EEZ, so your sea will be pretty much be the battlezone.

    • @faiq026
      @faiq026 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As an indonesian, same

    • @OkarinHououinKyouma
      @OkarinHououinKyouma ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Drink milo chill in the sun overlooking the SCS warfare

    • @user-kl4iz8ut1w
      @user-kl4iz8ut1w ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I have always believed that China and Malaysia cooperate more than compete in most places, and there are many Chinese friends from Malaysia by my side. To be honest, I think your worries about war are unnecessary

  • @ValterStrangelove4419
    @ValterStrangelove4419 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "The bottom line is that an American-Chinese war is unlikely in the next decade."
    There, saved you 13 minutes.

    • @thehealthychefri
      @thehealthychefri ปีที่แล้ว

      China took care of business with the U.S. in 1950 when it smashed the U.S. Army during the Korean war and declared it's independence from the U.S.!

    • @ramonmaturano
      @ramonmaturano ปีที่แล้ว

      This

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fucking, thank you lol 🎉

    • @demikavato4275
      @demikavato4275 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you sure that the U.S and China won’t go to war in the next decade? Also is there any chance of a draft coming back in the U.S

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@demikavato4275 I doubt there would be a draft. Western countries rely on votes, voters don't vote for anyone who would even mention a draft. Plus it lowers the quality of your army generally. Higher casualties are bad for votes and public opinion. Sad but that's the science behind it.

  • @emypena
    @emypena ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unsinkable aircraft carrier islands initially appear to be a good idea until it became unrealistic as in the Snake Island of Ukraine.

  • @jvonhousen3055
    @jvonhousen3055 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey caspianreport, how much was it?

  • @meatrocket4830
    @meatrocket4830 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    The 2020s just keep getting better!

    • @alexlabs4858
      @alexlabs4858 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just wait till 2026 😉

    • @I.I.I.A2
      @I.I.I.A2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh believe me. There will be nothing better than 2030...

    • @Gentleman...Driver
      @Gentleman...Driver ปีที่แล้ว

      @The13thRonin That has nothing to do with Biden... By the way, he was the first president to say that in case of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan the US would step in with military force. Even Trump didnt say that. It was all the years just an open secret. I am not even from the US and I know this. ;)

    • @bootybandit3228
      @bootybandit3228 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The roaring 20's

    • @widodoakrom3938
      @widodoakrom3938 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol yeah

  • @blackdiamond5977
    @blackdiamond5977 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Me, a healthy, physically fit college-aged male: *no no pls don’t do this*

    • @andrewlechner6343
      @andrewlechner6343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Look on the bright side. History will be made!

    • @johnbabylon7626
      @johnbabylon7626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't worry about it. The US will be out of the war before you can make it out of basic training

    • @treeinafield5022
      @treeinafield5022 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@andrewlechner6343But your contribution to the history books is likely to be as a number on the casualty count.
      If you're some high ranking officer or some other high status member of the ruling elite then this kind of stuff should be exciting for you, you have a good chance of marking your name in history. But if you're just some random nobody, then your place in history will be "conscript number 0164786, lost both his legs, lost 6 fingers and fuction to his left eye due to enemy artillery rounds while he was sleeping in his trench."
      War is not kind to normal people. Not exciting at all.

    • @gamincaimin9954
      @gamincaimin9954 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We’ll be home by Christmas?

    • @andrewlechner6343
      @andrewlechner6343 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gamincaimin9954 Exactly! Just don't ask which Christmas.

  • @braydenwatts2968
    @braydenwatts2968 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My military contract ends in 2024

  • @effingsix3825
    @effingsix3825 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I think the irony in all this is how Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian oblasts is similar to the prelude to World War Two, while Russia’s ‘entente’ with China is analogous to the Soviet entente with Nazi Germany before Barbarossa.

    • @Smytjf11
      @Smytjf11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We haven't learned *anything*, have we?

    • @Zyo117
      @Zyo117 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lol no. War never changes, and history is doomed to be repeated.

    • @Rustie_za
      @Rustie_za ปีที่แล้ว +2

      while Russia’s ‘entente’ with Russia - you contradicted yourself there, fix it?

    • @kevinyoung9557
      @kevinyoung9557 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Smytjf11 Not much.

    • @son_of_alandalus
      @son_of_alandalus ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All these mastermind historians in the comments man, let me try aswell
      War never changes
      History is written by the victors

  • @Martin-yg3io
    @Martin-yg3io ปีที่แล้ว +292

    One thing I think is always missed in analysis like this is that it doesn't put into account that countries like Taiwan, Japan, and Australia would also get involved tipping the balance of power even further to the allies. Although you mentioned it briefly you didn't take into account the Japanese armed forces or Taiwans armed forces etc.

    • @campfireeverything
      @campfireeverything ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Australia is getting a nuclear submarine capable of hitting the Malacca Strait. That would end most of China's ability to import and export. Even stopping the sale of Australian raw materials to China would heavily disrupt their industrial capacity. And to speak of Japan - alone they have a better navy than China and probably always will.

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa ปีที่แล้ว +22

      also, he made no mention whatsoever of the new deal between USA and the Philippines for a few land based military bases on North Luzon, and Palawan as of around 3 weeks ago.

    • @jonjeskie5234
      @jonjeskie5234 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Gizziiusa yeah I thought that was going to be his final point but maybe he started this video before the news broke 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jonjeskie5234 very possible.

    • @benjo1960
      @benjo1960 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Japan will never leave us as we ready to fight for our allies like Japan, S. Korea, USA, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Australia.

  • @user-ip9ec1zv6y
    @user-ip9ec1zv6y 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The weakness of hypersonic missiles is their speed. Deploying a cloud of suicide drones close enough to the path of the missle removes it ability to maneuver.

  • @timkahn2813
    @timkahn2813 ปีที่แล้ว

    insane when you know that in 40 years almost 100% of us will be forgotten .

  • @bryanbarnard6009
    @bryanbarnard6009 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Love the videos as always, but the chart at 3:35 shows Indian defense spending at $276.6B whereas it is only $76.6B

    • @darthashpie3370
      @darthashpie3370 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah as a Indian i wish that was the budget lol , But yeah maybe in 2033.

    • @Kilen_BE
      @Kilen_BE ปีที่แล้ว

      I have same concerns concerning US numbers in his charts tbh. $816bn for the US seems already quite far from the real spendings.

    • @fleunteur
      @fleunteur ปีที่แล้ว

      2 and 7 wasn't so close lmao, i guess he did on purpose to his delusional indian fans

    • @hj2711
      @hj2711 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darthashpie3370 yeah in 2033 for sure

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      True. Not to even mention Japan's titanic defense budget increase.

  • @TannerSwizel
    @TannerSwizel ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Like many other things, almost all wars build gradually and then suddenly. That sudden part this time around will be particularly deadly

    • @muhammadadeel8639
      @muhammadadeel8639 ปีที่แล้ว

      US Master Plan is to maintain its economic superpower status by engineering wars in Asia and Europe while US stays out of them so that it comes out as the dominant economy just like after ww2.
      European war has already started! Asian war is under construction and will start when Taiwan declares independence, provoking China to invade.

  • @anathardayaldar
    @anathardayaldar ปีที่แล้ว

    3:40 that's a wierd pie chart. But I can see how that is more easier to view than a usual one.

  • @rajonomistika
    @rajonomistika ปีที่แล้ว

    On 60 minutes which is US national TV news journalist we're talking to Navy Commander that China and America tensions are real in the pacific. So this video makes sense

  • @rushmore100
    @rushmore100 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    2050 seems like the more appropriate key year.

    • @_ata_3
      @_ata_3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If we are all around.

    • @mikhailfranco
      @mikhailfranco ปีที่แล้ว

      Change in the Mandate of Heaven at the next major planetary alignment: 8 September 2040.
      The 2040 grouping will include Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the crescent Moon.
      Fall of the CCP?

    • @muhammadadeel8639
      @muhammadadeel8639 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is the US that wants war in 2025, it wants to blockade china to plunge its economy. So that US remains the sole financial/economic power of the world

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Except for the fact that China's power projection is set to wane in 2030.

    • @jessebrucepinkman9353
      @jessebrucepinkman9353 ปีที่แล้ว

      Xi Chung Un will be dead by then yo

  • @epsilonT
    @epsilonT ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The footage shown at 4:31 & 5:49 is actually from Mexico City's Independence Parade, celebrated every September 16th.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn, Mexico didn't have to flex that hard.

    • @jamchavez3330
      @jamchavez3330 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not the cartel?

    • @epsilonT
      @epsilonT ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamchavez3330 Chill chavo Chavez, if you're looking for the cartel, you know where to find it, is not like its hiding.

    • @justinrockmore327
      @justinrockmore327 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paseo de la Reforma avenue.

    • @justinrockmore327
      @justinrockmore327 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamchavez3330 hahaha. The cartel parading in the capital city? That would mean that the government is over. That won't happen anytime soon.

  • @Cecil_Augus
    @Cecil_Augus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:40 "Freedom of navigation" when the main colonial powers are naval powers is just a nice wording for empire domination.

  • @expiredcheetos1985
    @expiredcheetos1985 ปีที่แล้ว

    When i get drafted im making sure im not getting a combat MOS

  • @Lucas-uo9ml
    @Lucas-uo9ml ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This channel is becoming more and more comical

  • @matthewandrews3036
    @matthewandrews3036 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This whole situation is complicated so I sympathize with trying to sum up the possibilities in this situation. You didn't even mention subs. The US had japans shipping almost completely shut down by the time we reached the mainland in WWII.

    • @muhammadadeel8639
      @muhammadadeel8639 ปีที่แล้ว

      US in order to sink Chinese economy wants china to invade Taiwan so that US can then blockade china - plunging china's economy. China is aware of this and wont go to war unless US really provokes it.
      Only way china will invade Taiwan is if it declares independence. China has repeatedly conveyed this to US that Taiwan's independence is a red line. Just like Russia considered Ukraine joining NATO - The Red Line. But US still went on to provoke Russia to go to war.
      US Master Plan is to maintain its economic status by engineering wars in Asia and Europe while US stays out of them so that it comes out as the dominant economy just like after ww2. European war has already started.

  • @wyattearp7370
    @wyattearp7370 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU CASPIAN REPORT FOR POSTPONINGTHE WAR TILL 2025

  • @nicktrevi2990
    @nicktrevi2990 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    C could acquire hypersonic from R. Haven’t you heard about bilateral trade?

  • @QuietEscapism
    @QuietEscapism ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I dont think it would be easy for China to take over the countries around the South China Sea as you make it seem. Philippines and Indonesia are massive archipelagos which are absolute hell in terms of logistics. Imagine trying to coordinate an attack on Indonesia ; hundreds of islands full of mountains and harsh terrains., which is perfect for guerilla warfare. It's already difficult to invade one island, imagine with hundreds like Phillipines and Indonesia. It doesnt matter if you have the best military in the wolrd, terrain is king. Look at Afghanistan and how both absolute superpowers like the US and USSR failed their operations. Mountains, swamps, islands are all extremely difficult to take over even if you have a massive advantage over the defenders. Not only that, but the defenders know their land which make it easier for them to find loopholes in the terrains and punish the attackers.
    Now imagine China trying to invade Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia (which will most likely be backed by the US if it happens). You also have to keep in mind that Japan is rearming very fast and is right on China's doorstep. Japan is probably the most strategically placed country in Asia which is why they are so important for the US. They are very close to China's land and they have a massive military that has incredible potentital.
    Again, China might do it in the future but even if they surpass the US military, it won't be easy at all and I dont see how they could win a world war. The US still has the most influence over the entire world. Most countries are closer to the US than China, especially the powerful ones. NATO is still by far the largest military alliance and that doesnt even count the other US allies like Israel, Japan and Australia.

    • @jonjeskie5234
      @jonjeskie5234 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean I agree with most of your analysis but the US absolutely did succeed (militarily) in Afghanistan, that's how it held it for 20 years. It just became pointless after that. Osama Bin Laden was already dead.
      Also, China has already tried to invade Vietnam and got beat up in the process.

    • @donderstorm1845
      @donderstorm1845 ปีที่แล้ว

      no reason for NATO to get involved in a war like this.

    • @doujinflip
      @doujinflip ปีที่แล้ว

      Not NATO formally as a whole, but a lot of its members would independently support a US-led effort to thwart PLA objectives and prevent the effective expansion of a condescending unilateral autocracy.

    • @captainkyperplayz1162
      @captainkyperplayz1162 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@donderstorm1845 depends who starts it. If China directly attacks USA then Article 5 gets invoked. Even if not the US can definitely count on at least the anglosphere

    • @donderstorm1845
      @donderstorm1845 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@captainkyperplayz1162 there's no reason for China to attack the US mainland, and NATO article 5 doesn't cover the pacific (NA stands for North Atlantic). so if China attacked for example guam, that wouldn't trigger article 5.
      also not sure about the anglosphere getting involved. australia probably, but the UK is questionable. the UK's navy hasn't been all that strong lately anyway, especially their cababilities of sailing all the way to the west pacific and maintaining a fleet there. their carrier HMS Prince of Wales barely left British waters before it broke down and had to sail back.
      there's not a whole lot the AU navy can do either. AU's biggest help to the US would be a permanent base for US ships/aircraft and logistics, but AU is still really far from China.
      it's doubtful that Indonesia and other regional states would allow allied bombers for example to fly over their airspace to attack China. so AU would mostly be a base to repair ships and resupply them. and that's assuming those shipyards stay intact.

  • @MyFlamingoe
    @MyFlamingoe ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Im impressed by the way you pronounce regions and places in asia. I think you pronounced most if not all of the Philippines regions correctly.

    • @abrissimon914
      @abrissimon914 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, it appears he does research the pronunciation of the regions he is going to talk about, unlike many American TH-camrs who pronounce it terribly on their first try and don't even bother to spend 1 minute looking it up.

    • @brianliew5901
      @brianliew5901 ปีที่แล้ว

      He has an very heavy Indian accent and most probably from India so why surprised?

    • @RobinClower
      @RobinClower ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He's from Azerbaijan, not India (hence the name Caspian Report)

    • @fly463
      @fly463 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianliew5901 nope

  • @emilianocoatlgonzalez7282
    @emilianocoatlgonzalez7282 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody know the name of the background music at the beginning of the video?

  • @sahilsuhag2728
    @sahilsuhag2728 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The pie-chart at 3:35 shows Indian defence spending at 276.6 Billion, the correct value (graphically represented too) is close to 76 Billion.

  • @MRobertLurerM
    @MRobertLurerM ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Did you know? Philippines will get 4 bases(US/Ph) plus missile systems plus a huge upgrade to their coast guard? I live in the Philippines 🇵🇭 💕

    • @harrisonford3776
      @harrisonford3776 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good luck to your people. Hope these predictions will come false and you will never have to share similar to what Georgians, Ukrainians and Chechens had with this cancerous tumour of planet earth that Russia is.

    • @nftbeginner7823
      @nftbeginner7823 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeah and it's going to be a battlefield soon

    • @demonking-pk3by
      @demonking-pk3by ปีที่แล้ว

      and those new bases will mark a new target on where they are built so i hope you dont live to close or you might get caught in a cross fire if war starts

    • @uhidk18
      @uhidk18 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah you guys should have remained United States colony. We were making you civilised

    • @bbulk23
      @bbulk23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@uhidk18 😂😂 fix your cities first. Our cities look more modernized and advanced than your prime jule NYC.

  • @jerolvilladolid
    @jerolvilladolid ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Vietnam and the Philippines each have 100 million people, while Indonesia has 250 million people, not to mention Vietnam already defeated China in the 1970s on a land war. I dont think Chinese forces will be able to “land” on these countries so very easily without being bloodied more terribly than Russia is on Ukraine.

    • @lvjinbin28
      @lvjinbin28 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      defeat? why Vietnam retreated from Laos Cambodia?

    • @spark5558
      @spark5558 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@lvjinbin28 Bullshit they occupied them till 89

    • @alexN350z
      @alexN350z ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lvjinbin28 Vietnam didn't retreated from Laos Cambodia, but China retreated from Vietnam. But you can argue China retreated for other reasons such as Soviet Union's pressure.

    • @lvjinbin28
      @lvjinbin28 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alexN350z well, it seems you don't know Sino-Vietnamese Conflicts last 12 years, it's Sino-Vietnam border tension became cool until Vietnam retreated from Laos and Cambodia, you know Vietcong's goal was to unify whole French Indochina Federation at first place?
      China hit and run within one month, because CCP used 'People's Warfare' and 'Tunnel Warfare' against Japan and Kuomingtang, CCP also sponsored and taught Vietcong to fight such guerrilla warfare against France and USA, so CCP is not stupid to get trapped in Vietnam like USA, communist know how communist to fight because CCP and Vietcong used to be blood ally, that's why CCP started 1 month 'Special De-industrilization and De-agriculture Operation' in Northern Vietnam, destroyed all infrastructure CCP fund during Vietnam War for revenge against Vietnam's pro-Soviet and anti-Chinese position.
      2.CCP need to prepare from Vietnam's big bro Soviet invasion in Mongolia but Soviet didn't really attack China for Vietnam, then CCP kept sponsoring Afghan Maoist mujahideen against Soviet until 1989, CCP sponsored Khmer Rouge against Vietcong occupants, CCP also attacking Vietcong on border for one decade, it's for weankening Soviet's encirclement against China from North and South.
      3.capitalism world lifted 30 years sanction on China, West Japan HK Taiwan even invested Deng's economic reform, even there's more countries embrace Beijing and abandoned Taiwan, UK even gave up HK peacefully to China.
      4.Vietnam failed to unify Indochina, Soviet spent too much in Indochina and Afghanistan to contain China but collpased, China even killed 10 times more Vietnamese on border, so China really won this war militarily, economically, diplomatically, stragically, China's only loss is China never thought Soviet-led communism world was so fragile to collapse, which indirectly caused Tian'an men accident.

    • @slabszen
      @slabszen ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@alexN350z 你脑子没睡醒?中国从越南撤退的原因是共产党不想占领越南。越南入侵柬埔寨 ,中国给力压力,越南从柬埔寨老挝撤出了。

  • @Crosmando
    @Crosmando ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I think it remains to be seen how good Chinese naval and air technology is. There are lots of stories of Chinese navy ships hugging the coast and being reluctant to tackle the open sea.

    • @doujinflip
      @doujinflip ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sailing around practically unopposed is one thing, unarmed merchant vessels do this routinely. It's a different game to try performing missions under the constant threat of hostile anti-ship assets.

    • @Commievn
      @Commievn ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Look. China doesn't want war, because War is bad for business.
      The military doctrine of China is different from the U.S.
      In the U.S. Their main strategy is all about the biggest, baddiest and most deadly weaponry you can invent and operate.
      In China, their main strategy is about protecting trade routes, coastal securities and political stability.
      You don't need a 5000-men super-carrier to combat a small fishing boat that armed with couple starving pirates.
      This is also why in term of tonnage, The U.S Navy is by far the heaviest in the world.
      But in term of number of ships and variety. Chinese Navy is the biggest in the world.

    • @Hawktotalwar
      @Hawktotalwar ปีที่แล้ว

      Only US is interested in invading other countries. Media is so bias, it wants a conflict so your factory owners can get paid to make more weapons.

    • @lloyd9500
      @lloyd9500 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Commievn shame I can't "super like" this comment. The vast majority of us who consume western news media often believe China to be a war mongering aggressor because of it's sabre-rattling on Taiwan alongside a dubious human rights track record (both, of course, are true). But the fact remains, China has never been a war mongering nation. The Chinese mindset is fundamentally Confucian, which is to say it is conservative and preaches mostly about stability and economic prosperity above all else. They would never be so stupid as to engage in a mindless war of aggression over Taiwan if it meant destabilising its own economic base. A lot of the aggressive rhetoric is simply about posturing. The CCP does not want to appear weak and one to be easily bullied on the world stage, both to its own people and other global powers. This entire video is fearmongering click-bait and has been rightly criticised for it.

    • @ColoniaMurder20
      @ColoniaMurder20 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Commievn protecting trade routes by stealing territories? no wonder our government been buying cruise missiles and aim at chinese artificial islands. lets see if they able protect with added more U.S. bases in near in taiwan and spratly islands.

  • @paulkadzielawa4514
    @paulkadzielawa4514 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey, would you be able to provide links to where this information/analysis originated from?

  • @akatsukimoonlxrd
    @akatsukimoonlxrd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:32 who tf made that chart lmao
    India 276 billion - takes less area
    China 230 billion - takes larger area

  • @istoppedcaring6209
    @istoppedcaring6209 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    important to note, Taiwan (RoC) also maintains the 9-line claim
    but they would likely drop it if any political push was felt from the US on it, so instead they essentially stay silent on it

  • @JA-ru3il
    @JA-ru3il ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How can you "predict" a war you're actively pursuing 😂

  • @davidrand1264
    @davidrand1264 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    To be fair, just look how the United States reacted when Russia became involved in Cuba and you can understand why China is acting the way it acts. It is pretty much just doing what the US does.

    • @Rushinator1
      @Rushinator1 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nah, Russia was sending missiles to be installed in Cuba that could hit the US mainland within minutes. The US was never going allow them to have that capable. The US isn’t installing missiles in Taiwan to strike China. They don’t need to as they have nuclear subs and other systems already in place.

    • @davidrand1264
      @davidrand1264 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Rushinator1 The nuclear subs are just as provocative. How would you like it if China or Russia were to sail their NUCLEAR subs in the Gulf of Mexico. Even if they do that now which I don't think they do, the US seems to be the aggressor in many circumstances.

    • @sisphotothen2807
      @sisphotothen2807 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Rushinator1 No, US did. The US is passing an arms sales bill to Taiwan, which angers China to sanction Lockheed Martin. This all happens for few years and recently.
      Additionaly, the US also encouraged ASEAN countries to provoke China.

    • @dxelson
      @dxelson ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Rushinator1 THAAD in South Korea? to deter NK? xDDD

    • @Maidaseu
      @Maidaseu ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really as the USA didn't threaten invasion of Cuba. They tried multiple times and 80 assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Plus you don't see China changing regimes around them.

  • @motomac4107
    @motomac4107 ปีที่แล้ว

    we are ready 🇵🇭

  • @InamMaqondose
    @InamMaqondose ปีที่แล้ว

    "return of trade wars", me a fan of the Star wars prequels, coool😳

  • @galihpratanda4546
    @galihpratanda4546 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think the most important role here is in ASEAN and the key country as well as a counterweight here is Indonesia because so far Indonesia is still consistent as a non-aligned country that is free and active according to the country's constitution, therefore regarding the blockade in the Malacca Strait by the USA or any other country. or use it for the interests of certain countries, it is almost impossible because the sea in the Malacca Strait is a free sea of ​​trade under the supervision of a sovereign state, namely Indonesia, that's why until now Indonesia is not interested in entering into an alliance because this country is very smart to avoid being controlled by domination. any country, including the usa and china, and this has been consistently done by Indonesia since Indonesia gained independence. This country has no enemies but embraces all countries regardless of whether they are democracy or autocracy, as evidenced by the Asian-African Conference in Bandung in 1995 who initiated the establishment of a non-aligned state there, in fact, India, including those involved in building the non-aligned movement, is very sad, India has a dilemma with its neighboring China. Even so, until now Indonesia is still running consistently as a non-aligned country that is free and active, as evidenced by the cooperation between Indonesia and Russia, China and even North Korea, they have diplomatic relations well during the 70th anniversary of their embassy in Jakarta. Therefore, if you want to take the key, according to my eyes, it is in Indonesia and I think the visit yesterday by President Joko Widodo to 3 countries in East Asia, namely China, Japan, South Korea, I think is interesting because from an Indonesian perspective, I want to see which of these 3 countries has the most interest in investing in Indonesia because considering the very strategic position of Indonesia, despite the current conditions, there have been many collaborations that have been built through the Malacca Strait through ctpp, ttp, bri and the latest indo-pacific free and open proposed by america and members of the quad

    • @abrqzx
      @abrqzx ปีที่แล้ว

      Because no Island in Indonesia was colonized by China. As you can see, I’m from the Philippines and China destroyed our prestigious coral reef systems and build their own military base with their fake historical map.

    • @galihpratanda4546
      @galihpratanda4546 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abrqzx every country must have the art of diplomacy capable of negotiating with a superpower, it doesn't have to be a proxy or the tail of a superpower country, let alone to allow it to become an alliance, one of the characteristics if the country is afraid, this is also what India is experiencing because around our neighbors it is very bad with war prolonged between Pakistan, Afghanistan, this is what makes us in a dilemma, but yeah, every country has its own art

    • @12time12
      @12time12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Regarding investment, I’ve seen lots of news over the last few months that western companies have started moving their manufacturing to Indonesia. Apple has been rumored to move some iPhone production there next year. South Korea and Japan are making similar moves to US and EU companies. It’s great news for Indonesia imo, your government is really making the process of business much easier and will help employ local people which is very important.

    • @abrqzx
      @abrqzx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@12time12 yeah because you’re Indonesian also? Indonesia will also support Hitler because they’re neutral 🤪😭

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn ปีที่แล้ว

      The West also assumes those nations will just let their waters be occupied by the US Navy and their trade suffer for a war that they're not part of. Japan sure and the Philippines maybe, but the rest? Unlikely. It isn't just China's invasion that's played up, but the way the US can just have its way with the region is also assumed. And no, if the US forces its way into their waters, that is an act of war - not just on China, but on them too.

  • @november9109
    @november9109 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It only takes one misunderstanding to escalate things 😂

    • @normanclatcher
      @normanclatcher ปีที่แล้ว

      'meow'

    • @adamyami2902
      @adamyami2902 ปีที่แล้ว

      To me it was like looking for a reason for the US to preemptively attack China and look good in the process.

  • @k-c
    @k-c ปีที่แล้ว

    Set a Google Calendar Reminder with this video link for December 2025 and come back here and comment

  • @nicktrevi2990
    @nicktrevi2990 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would you be against making a video on Nicaragua canal? ❤

  • @aztecsoulbrutha3707
    @aztecsoulbrutha3707 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    American just agreed with the Phillipines to build a few new bases. 💪🏽😉

    • @ivanjokovic
      @ivanjokovic ปีที่แล้ว +26

      They didn't agreed, they obeyed. In exchange for something ofc, because that's how it works.

    • @REDI____
      @REDI____ ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ivanjokovicthey agreed to it because China is threatening to their territorial waters, it doesn't take a fucking genius to see why they made a deal

    • @dubogoxfordmontefalco7735
      @dubogoxfordmontefalco7735 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@ivanjokovic we agreed and even invited them ourselves, in exchange for the assurance and protection of the US bases. Also for the added assistance in modernizing our armed forces. We tried pushing against this deal a few years back to maintain good relationships with both countries, especially China. However this has backfired with china occupying Filipino islands and even bullying our fishermen in our OWN territory, a mere few kilometers from the main islands. Hence why we invited the US in the first place.

    • @dennisestradda9746
      @dennisestradda9746 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ivanjokovic Marcos meeting with XITLER earlier must have gone wrong, obey? Haha China’s mad it has literally 0 friends besides North Korea.

    • @Salaci
      @Salaci ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@dubogoxfordmontefalco7735 Ourselves? Bruh you're not part of the elite stop kidding yourself. Lmfao

  • @Vinny__212
    @Vinny__212 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Surprised at the quality of this video, usually much better. I think most other commenters pointed out most issues but I think it would’ve been important to mention that China’s military tonnage equaling the US’ was assuming that the US would not increase its tonnage at all as China triples it’s own.

    • @carl9901
      @carl9901 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The difference is the us is already bankrupt spending money it doesn’t have meanwhile many countries are on the brink of abandoning the $$ so the money printer ain’t gonna fix it as usual. Ordinary Americans are already exhausted paying for the waste

    • @DB-wg1tz
      @DB-wg1tz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carl9901 HAHAHAHA US is never Bankrupt. Not after this coming War with China

    • @Commievn
      @Commievn ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In term of Toonage, the U.S Navy is bigger by a small margin.
      But in term of naval battle ships, The Chinese PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy) is bigger in numbers.
      In short, U.S Navy is designed for high-offensive capabilities that could reach the other half of the world while China's Navy is designed for defense, coastal protections and trade route securities.
      Now you know who is the aggressor here.

    • @arthurcummings7965
      @arthurcummings7965 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Commievn the reason the United States has a offensive navy is because it’s been proven time and again there’s some country on the other side of the planet is going to start to kick the crap out of everybody in their neighborhood, and the United States is going to have to take a trip over there and sort shit out. That’s why our military Hass to be so large. That’s why the United States military Hass to be so good at projecting force.

    • @czechchineseamerican
      @czechchineseamerican ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would add that the US has neither the shipbuilding capacity to surge production nor the maintenance capacity to maintain the ships it has, never mind new ships.
      After the fall of the Soviet Union the US defense industry consolidated and streamlined those capabilities out of existence and the government did not incentivize the industry to keep them around.

  • @sctonio1466
    @sctonio1466 ปีที่แล้ว

    Am I just not updated on this enough or that chart on defense spending seems kinda wrong with regards to India's military spending?