# Is There Any Defense Against The Chinese Ant-Ship Ballistic Missile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 13, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-defense-against-the-chinese-ant-ship-ballistic-missile/647082 "2013-01-13T18:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-defense-against-the-chinese-ant-ship-ballistic-missile/647082/141 "2013-01-19T16:32:43Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Except, what do you think a shooting war between China and America is going to do to the global economy and global trade? How is China going to maintain its export based economy they are shooting at the US Navy? if there is a shooting war between the US and China, both sides will end up worse off and both sides know it. The Chinese also know that there is a limit to how much worse off the US is willing to end up over a civil war. So if they can change the balance enough, eventually the US may very well give up on the idea of defending Taiwan. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-defense-against-the-chinese-ant-ship-ballistic-missile/647082/142 "2013-01-19T16:47:30Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I don’t think any nation expects a country who is at war to keep making payments to the nation that they’re fighting… I believe Israel with respect to Gaza comes close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-defense-against-the-chinese-ant-ship-ballistic-missile/647082.md?page=7)