We're at war. Conventional warfare will not happen again between superpowers, it'll be things like this instead. Why send a navy fleet to meet another when you can send a nuclear warhead instead? And if you do that and miss, then they'll rain on you in reverse. Instead, why not quietly infiltrate and demoralize your enemy until they undo themselves? It may take 50-100 years and perhaps no blood is outright drawn, but you'll win. China was bagging 500B dollars from us a year with no questions asked in a trade WAR. That's a massive strategic win...

We're at war. Conventional warfare will not happen again between superpowers, it'll be things like this instead. Why send a navy fleet to meet another when you can send a nuclear warhead instead? And if you do that and miss, then they'll rain on you in reverse. Instead, why not quietly infiltrate and demoralize your enemy until they undo themselves? It may take 50-100 years and perhaps no blood is outright drawn, but you'll win. China was bagging 500B dollars from us a year with no questions asked in a trade WAR. That's called winning...