The Era of Great Power Casualties

It has been a long time since American forces endured serious, back-breaking levels of casualties. That would change in a war against China. Don't let silver-bullet futurists pretend casualties can be avoided.

American casualties would be quite high relative to what we are used to suffering should America fight China. And that's without the Army in ground combat:

China has a growing arsenal of hypersonic missiles and other advanced weapons that could pose a major threat to U.S. ships, including aircraft carriers, which can have a crew of up to 5,000 sailors and Marines. ...

The reason the casualty numbers are not higher is the scenarios did not envision U.S. troops being involved in ground combat, Cancian told Task & Purpose. Taiwanese ground forces fought Chinese troops in these wargames. 

An Army role in Taiwan is quite possible. And an Army role in INDOPACOM would be useful, generally, in a war against China.

The Golden Hour standard for treating casualties won't be met. 

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