The logistics man, just the logistics

[mapuc]

A few days ago, I saw a movie "Tomorrow When The War Began" (must be a remake of the classic Red Dawn) In this edition, it was the Chinese who had invaded the United States.

While I watched the movie, I remembered that some of the youtube video I've seen, which was about china would invade the United States.

Then I thought, WOW, just the logistics for such a big operation, must be enormous.

It is only in movies, games, and in people's imagination that it would be possible for China to implement something like that. Ok totally impossible it is probably not, but it would probably require a lot of preparation from China's side

Markus

[Skybird]

temporarily seizing some ports and hotspots at the American Westcoast? Do not rule it out completely. But invading the whole country? Occupying it? Forget it.

[Raptor1]

Wasn't that movie set in Australia and completely unrelated to Red Dawn (which is also getting a remake, BTW, which involves the Chinese invading the US)?

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Wasn't that movie set in Australia and completely unrelated to Red Dawn (which is also getting a remake, BTW, which involves the Chinese invading the US)?

I missed the first 3-5 minutes. The first minutes I watched it, I pressed the info-button and I read "that some youth had some camping in the wild....and when they returned...."

I thought when I saw it " Is this, that remake they was talking about" if so then it's a very bad remake.

The info didn't say anything about Australia.
(could offcourse have searched the internet for infomation)

Furthermore, the director of a coming Red Dawn-remake can't use Sovjets soldies again, 'cause that country does not exist anymore
(I could be wrong about that)

Markus

[soopaman2]

They better not re-make Red Dawn.

Red Dawn does not stand up against time, unless you lived as an American during the time when they scared you with Soviets.

Same way they scare you with Al-Quaida.


Hmm maybe I was wrong, it does stand up against time.

Do not re-make Red Dawn. (afterall )


(will watch when it reaches a torrent near me ;P)

[Sailor Steve]

Red Dawn was awful. The parents who own the guns are easily rounded up but their kids manage to save the day? I remember hearing a Russian officer who had defected say that it was their nightmare to recieve an order to invade the US. They believed that everyone in the whole country owned guns and knew how to use them.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I remember hearing a Russian officer who had defected say that it was their nightmare to recieve an order to invade the US. They believed that everyone in the whole country owned guns and knew how to use them.

All jokes aside, if you look at our gun laws compared to other countries worldwide (barring Islamic/ African countries, where you see the iconic pics of children with AK-47s) America is armed to the teeth. Can you imagine if all the thugs with illegal arms, combining with legal gun owners, both (of which) have ability to arm others.

Even a boy from NJ with severely prohibitive gun laws learned how to shoot. I thank my Alabama hailing uncle Dan for that

Is there any nation (not under some kind of duress) as versed in firearms as us?

We feared Japan in WW2 because we thought every citizen would fight us. Projected massive losses on both sides, so we nuked them.

We are that country today. A foreign invasion would be slowed up by the military, and stopped by the citizenry. They would have to nuke us, and face certain death themselves.

That is what we are. Pardon the patriotism, but Americans are cool like that.