A passing thought, not fully developed: the recent escalation by the US against Iran had me wondering about this on similar lines; the Chinese have the absolute advantage but the US possesses the relative advantage - described by how any military action by the Chinese will be hard to ignore due to sheer mass involved, and also how any displacement of Chinese defensive posturing is incredibly difficult, as experienced by India. Meanwhile, the US is a military built for force projection, with B-2 and the logistics of long-range refueling being difficult to replicate for any other military in the world, giving them the ability to force relative advantages across space.
A passing thought, not fully developed: the recent escalation by the US against Iran had me wondering about this on similar lines; the Chinese have the absolute advantage but the US possesses the relative advantage - described by how any military action by the Chinese will be hard to ignore due to sheer mass involved, and also how any displacement of Chinese defensive posturing is incredibly difficult, as experienced by India. Meanwhile, the US is a military built for force projection, with B-2 and the logistics of long-range refueling being difficult to replicate for any other military in the world, giving them the ability to force relative advantages across space.