The U.S.-China Confrontation: "We Need To Avoid Stumbling into a Major War"
USS Ronald Reagan and U.S. Air Force jets: "It would be foolish to put our hands over our eyes and say China is not going to be a problem." Foto: MC3 Erwin Miciano / U.S. Navy On the afternoon of March 12, 2034, the commanding officers of the American guided-missile destroyer John Paul Jones discover a fishing trawler on fire on the horizon of the Western Pacific. They delay but then, on the orders of their superiors, they shift course. It’s the beginning of a chain of events that leads to war between China and the United States and the use of tactical nuclear weapons. These events dri...