Don't think they'll clash at the moment...too much at stake. And
at the moment, USA still holds the upper hand militarily.
Anybody who supposes that the US Navy, which is actually the one
that projects US power, is "weakened relatively to the other
powers", have obviously never seen the Ohio cruise missile subs,
the Nimitz class carriers, and the Ticonderoga class cruiser.
Heck. One Ticonderoga already carries a whopping 122 Tomahawk
missiles...even Russia's flagship doesnt come close to this
"just-another-ship-in-USN".
China is rightfully wary of the USN involvements in the
exercises.
Dun under-estimate the technology copying ability of the cardboard
land... Next moment, they might copy alien technology ~
