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A guide to the 'horrific' consequences of a US-China naval war
Guided missiles are launched during a drill of the North Sea Fleet in Qingdao, Shandong province, in 2013. Credit: Stringer/Reuters
February 13, 2017 · 12:15 PM EST
By Patrick Winn
Let's start with the good news. Both the United States and China are probably too sane to risk enflaming the world in a devastating war.
So let’s hope their sanity holds. Because there are reasons to worry.
Under President Donald Trump, the White House has repeatedly threatened to block Beijing from fortifying tiny islands in the South China Sea.
The new secretary of state — former Exxon Mobil chief Rex Tillerson, now in his first government job — proclaimed that China’s “access to those islands is not going to be allowed.”
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-02-13/guide-horrific-consequences-us-china-naval-war