War-gaming an extremely unlikely conflict

There's no doubt the American miltary would win such conflict. After the inevitable riots, life w/ out iPhones, iPads, TVs, computers would go on, would it not?

Life would go on despite somebody trying to translate 150 cases of Reaabok's / 160" flat-panel HD TV into a single pack of feminine hygeine product.

How is it that the author left out the fact that the Russians and ChiComs have been staging joint war-excercises since 2005, in preparation for this very scenario?

They're been conducting these excercises every year since about 2010; before that every other year.

Russia, China hold Peace Mission 2009 joint exercise

The exercise involves about 3,000 Russian and Chinese servicemen, nearly 300 units of army military equipment and over 40 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

Excerpt: read more at http://en.ria.ru/photolents/20090724/155604547.html

Is it in the Chicom / Russian battle-plan to have sufficient stock of feminine hygene napkins / deodarent on hand? For how many hours as such plan is executed is such stock kept on hand? Is such in the Western military command's plans? Which side would suffer the most from lack of such war materiel? W/ out doubt that's all produced domestically; shouldn't be a problem.

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Originally Posted by Wxman

Is it in the Chicom / Russian battle-plan to have sufficient stock of feminine hygene napkins / deodarent on hand? For how many hours as such plan is executed is such stock kept on hand? Is such in the Western military command's plans? Which side would suffer the most from lack of such war materiel? W/ out doubt that's all produced domestically; shouldn't be a problem.

I think the alluring premise that one side or another in a conflict will simply collapse on the battlefield or at home because they are soft, luxury-loving, incapable of adapting, or alienated from their government has often proven to be a dangerous case of wishful thinking in historical terms.

To put it another way. If seriously planning for a war I wouldn't really pay much heed to what effect a tampon shortage or a regular TV broadcast interruption will have on the enemy. There are too many far more important things. (like the decision to go to war in the first place)