Why is the US publishing the outcomes of its war simulations? The enemy knowing in which ways you think you might loose is pretty handy strategic info...<p>Could this info either be deliberately false, or perhaps used to scare someone into handing over more funding?
It all comes down to simple economies. The country that can out-produce the other country in terms of war material will win the conflict. The US proved that during WW2. China has a huge industrial complex that can do this if it needs to do.
We've lost every war fought in my parents' lifetimes, in the Pacific and everywhere else on the planet. So, this seems like an accurately predictive wargame!