Every scenario result was grim. In every case the U.S. lost at least two aircraft carriers as well as dozens of other ships, hundreds of aircraft, and thousands of military personnel. Japan’s loses would mirror the U.S. leaving the fighting forces of both obliterated.
The Chinese forces would be decimated just as badly and in each simulation Taiwan would retain its “independence.” However, the island would be shattered, left war torn, with a crashed economy, without electricity or reliable infrastructure, totally broken and still vulnerable.
The simulations interpret the U.S. and its allies stopping China from absorbing Taiwan politically as a victory, but is it?
The cost of the war preparations for Taiwan and our own military, combined with the cost of a prolonged war with another superpower and the rebuilding of our military forces would cripple the U.S. as a global power for an extended period of time.
Of course the cost of all of this falls squarely on the backs of American taxpayers.
If these simulations are correct, there will be no winners and no victory. There will only be death, chaos, and destruction. All of the countries will lose.