Originally Posted by
Asturias56
IF, and its a big IF - the littoral states around the S China sea equip with medium range shore to ship missiles the S China Sea starts to look like a pretty desperate dead-end for any navy coming from the north. Shallow, lots of islands and reefs and only very narrow choke points to get out to the the south
Indeed. A few hundred MLRS Systems with PrSM based around S China Sea in Philippines, Borneo, Vietnam and Taiwan and the PLAN would be sitting ducks. In such a hypothetical setting I would not expect a single Surface Combat Vessel to survive for more than a few hours.