We've come full circle: once people called aircraft carriers "islands that move" now people call islands "natural aircraft carriers".

Take a drink every time RLL uses some form of the words "massively," "vastly," or "dramatically." Godspeed.

I've been watching RealLifeLore videos since 2018, but never before I felt so attached to it until the end. Great job, even though it has 1-hour length I simply couldn't stop watching it.

What an outstanding presentation! Well researched, excellent visuals, absolutely first class story telling. You make 50 minutes go by in a flash! The complexity of geopolitics is hard enough to understand, but your channel makes any university professor envious! Bravo 👏

Fun historical fact, one of the main reasons the PLA couldn’t pursue the ROC during their retreat to Taiwan was because the ROC retained greater control over the Chinese Navy. Following the ROC’s retreat, the PLA in China didn’t have a functioning navy, as the ROC had essentially “stolen” it.

As a citizen living in the Philippines, this is scary AF but all true. The research to make this video especially the Philippine related parts of the video are all extremely accurate.

completely amazing..presentation, graphics ...everything!!.

What an outstanding presentation! Well researched, excellent visuals, absolutely first class story telling

First time seeing the Myanmar civil war being acknowledged as a major piece of the geopolitical chess board in a video. Good job!

Real life lore never fails to scare us 💀

Compared to last time I saw a video from you, I think you've vastly improved your vocal inflections to be much more natural. Great job.

Very informative..well done !👍

At about 30 mins in, you referred to the Australia -France submarine deal as "nuclear." It wasnt, it was for Australia to buy French diesel-electric submarines:)

I cant tell you how grateful I am for you keeping background sounds to the bare minimum, so many long from channels render themselves unwatchable/unlistenable for long periods of time due to have obnoxious sound effects for key dates and a very loud background track which does not fit the tone of the topic. Thanks again.

Excellent work, congratulations.

Wow, what a most excellent production. Will definitely follow on nebula.

US military terminology: "deployed" implies impermanent presence, which could be work trips and so on. I think the word you are looking for as far as US presence in SK and Japan is "stationed", which is a large majority of those numbers you mention. These are troops, and their families, who have picked up their belongings and moved there on a "permanent" basis, with the expectation to move out after 2-6 years. Meanwhile we have troops "deployed" in eastern Europe, as we have not STATIONED them as in moved all their belongings, but rather packed up a bag and flown them there for a few weeks or months.

I'm a big fan of your work RLL but I gotta say, your geopolitics videos are the biggest factor in me turning into a doomer.

Very impresive. A lot of info, good footage and analysis. Well done.

China: Why are you surrounding and harassing us? USA: Because i can

Minor correction at 8:20. China has 3 aircraft carriers, but only “designed and built” one of them, the Fujian. Of the other 2, one (Liaoning) was 60-70 percent built in Ukraine for the Soviet Navy and then sold to China to be completed for the PLAN and the other (Shandong) was built entirely in China but still based on the Soviet design. Just nitpicking for accuracy’s sake

I KNEW he would tie in the latest Modern Conflicts episode to this one! I’m such a big fan of those documentaries, it’s literally the only reason I’m subscribed to Nebula. I would highly recommend the episode about Russia’s war with Chechnya; it’s one of my favorites 😊

One of your best videos. (commenting for the algorithm)

Great video thanks

@RealLiftLore FYI, Small mistake at 30:28, you state “Prior Nuclear Submarine deal they had made with France” in reference to the canceled Australian deal to purchase French submarines. The Australian submarine deal with France was for conventional Diesel Submarines, not nuclear powered submarines.

The submarine deal between France and Australia was not for nuclear powered submarine, but for conventional powered submarines.

This was super informative and educating, thanks for creating this.

Dang! What a great video!

Note: Tindal isn’t being built from scratch. It already is (arguably) the most important and largest fighter base in Australia. The US is facilitating MAJOR base upgrades to support the stated B-52s and other visiting aircraft for joint exercises such as Pitch Black and Talisman Sabre. It’s pretty nifty ngl

I would like to point out that he mentioned that China had the largest navy in terms of "surface" vessels but the US still has pretty much 10x the tonnage of the chinese

Well done! Thanks.

Extremely informative.

Fantastic detailing coupled with excellent graphics. Every video fascinates me. Looking forward to more such fabulous content.

I am concerned that Guam will have too many US bases and tip over, and capsize.

Extremely knowledgeable reporting

wow the work that went into this video must be staggering

Your work never ceases to amaze me. Great job

I really appreciate the way you explain things with great visuals and information. Thank you.

It’s crazy the amount of free high quality videos, this channel it’s at my top along with science channels like Vsuace & Veritasium

That's a thorough and fair analysis. No sentimental bs or fear mongering. By far the best I've seen.

Dude you are a fucking tank. Just casually dropping another gripping, hour-long film with excellent and consistent production quality. Respect...

I have to give major props to the creators of this. You were very clear in the points you made. You did not talk down to your audience while not being overly technical. Your premises were clear. You spent what I feel is about the correct amount of time on explaining the supporting evidence while not getting sidetracked into informational rabbit holes. I was able to follow your thesis and if I want to question your premises; they are presented very clearly so that I could very easily research them myself. You communicated your points with the right amount of clarity and were engaging without patronizing or boring the audience. Setting aside the politics of the topic; from a communication and writing perspective this is a standard that a lot could be learned from. BRAVO! A+ 100 out of 100.

Great vedio

well done, great info. i am a Brit , 20 years in Indonesia

I knew you where planning something big when an episode didn’t come out last week, love these big episodes ❤

The Research is so much yet so true. It easily explains why it takes him time to make videos with good quality. Respect.

Briliant stratigy.

Thanks!

Prior submarine agreement with France was for diesel submarines, not nuclear

Very Informative and Realistic regarding past and present of the total situation… Great and a very Intelligent Work.. Big Ups for the true information.. Cheers Mate… Keep It Up this good work and grow even much much more for the cause of Goodness..

Excellent analysis. Just, one poin: I'm almost sure, you've said that the narrowest point of width of Malacca straight is 1.5 miles. I'd thought it is 24 miles.

me, living in latin america, a region ignored from global stage, without any voice or significant alliance outside of the continent, I am quite happy to live here because if both sides choose to start a war, we'll be ignored by every other superpower, we never had anything to lose from the beginning, why matter now

I'm Singaporean and I really doubt Singapore will want to play any part in an offensive against China. Singapore has very close ties to China and would not risk angering China. However, it is true that we do cooperate with the US to a certain extent.

Map error: ROC’s claimed territory includes Tibet and Mongolia

Thank you

Imagine watching a real life lore video in the 1930s 😳

A good report - - -In fact, as a former strategic planning analyst, I find it fascinating that our media technology and information access has progressed to the point of providing an hour-long detailed accounting of the US forces, deployment, capabilities, locations, weapon systems and likely combat tactics in such detail prior to a possible engagement with our potential future enemy. In WWI and even in the Cold War, people were shot or imprisoned for revealing such information at this level of detail. It can be argued that this is simply an elaborate warning sign in the best traditions of the MAD Doctrine but it might be equally valid for China (PRC) to interpret all this as details of the US offensive capabilities for a first-strike invasion of PRC. This latter interpretation is one that Russia has believed for most of the last 75 years.

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Here's my thought on the matter that I would just like to add if war breaks out between US and China. 1. Countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are likely to get dragged in this war since they already have a dispute against China who continuously oppresses its power against these countries in their 9 dash lines. 2. North Korea will see this an opportunity to engage South Korea thus joining forces with China. 3. The start of China vs US war will become a major war and highly to become a World War. China will try to obtain as many allies as it possibly can like Iran and Pakistan, any countries who dislikes US activities especially in the Middle East. 4. If other countries will try to join China, NATO will get dragged in this war which have 32 member states if I am not mistaken. Except for Turkey that is. 5. If NATO tries to intervene, Russia will also see this as an opportunity to display its full military capabilities joining hands with China and giving Russia a chance to fully declare war on NATO. 6. Hypothetically speaking, the Allied force will still win this war but it is highly that they will not take the risk of going war against 2 super power entity and if US foresees this, then it is highly possible that US will not defend Taiwan. It will just be like Ukraine VS Russia where NATO is just giving out military supplies to Ukraine. 7. The only countries who I think will remain neutral are smaller nations who are not affiliated with US and China, powerful countries like Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries around Africa would remain neutral. 8. BUT, if Israel joins the war because of (see # 3) then countries like Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Iraq and Turkey will likely form a coalition army for a full scale invasion against Israel removing US military presence in the Middle East. I might just be imagining but whenever I think of a super power going to war, I feel like others will get dragged into it especially the US vs China situation. It will not be a China vs Taiwan, no other country would dare to go war with China for Taiwan (no offense) but US, who's main purpose is not to really defend Taiwan but to keep China in check. There is no denying that China is now the biggest threat to America and since it had grew into a powerful country, China and Russia is the only country that America could not dictate the two countries' mass production of military arsenal. Both US and China will try to drag every country that they can in this war thus making the world with only ONE MAJOR POWERHOUSE.

I mean no wonder china/usa relations are tense. If China had military bases anywhere near the United States main land then we'd already be at war. But the United States has basically built a pacific blockade around China. Doesn't exactly send a friendly message to china, but we can only imagine what china would do without our military presence.

Greetings from Scotland. I've been loving this channel so much since I found it a few months ago. The production quality and clear explanations of complex political situations are amazing. You also manage to make what can be quite dry subjects seem very exciting in a way I haven't encountered before. I feel like Neo after his first download except instead of kung foo I'm like: "I know geopolitics!" Thanks for all your hard work producing such high quality content.

As someone who lives in Kitsap county Washington, the fact that your calling the military base Kitsap is one of the must confusing yet understandable things I've heard. In Kitsap county there's Bremerton with it's massive ship yard, Bangor with the nuclear subs, and keyport which I don't know as much about. There's also Indian island by port Townsend which I believe stores the nuclear ordinance when the nuclear subs go to port at Bangor. Absolutely wild to hear you say the word Kitsap cuz like hey, that's me! Thanks haha

Let's get it on!!!!

Great videos! I just signed up on Nebula just for your videos

Amazing content- thanks

Where can we find the sources of this research and what has been said here? Thank you.

You hit it right. Good worked. The best possible scenarios in Taiwan invasion of China you ever seen, and the Myanmar Cout d' état and the Rohingyan crisis that still ongoing. You carry them all in one full episode. 👍

Your videos are incredibly good. U deserve all the success that you have and more

Great video. It's length (which I enjoyed) is unequivocally justified by the breadth and depth of research required to fully comprehend the issues surrounding such a large and important subject.

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Would a submarine expert clarify this for me, correct me if I'm wrong, I heard diesel subs can be more stealthy which I'm doubting, but in my opinion a seawolf class sub although older compared to Virginia class newer subs, I think seawolf would still wipe the floor of any other attack sub in the world, kind of easily or am I wrong? I've heard we couldn't build another seawolf or f-22 for that matter if we wanted to based on manufacturing techniques not possible for various reasons anymore. Both cost a shit ton to develop and produce and both programs were cut short for different reasons. F-22 was no longer needed after cold war-no competition and still to this day. But I think we made a mistake with seawolf by heaping out and ending production. I F a expert could say if seawolf is missing upgradable technology that Virginia has or something would be helpful. If you know what your talking about please respond, I'm very curious on this. BTW if China wants to embarrass themselves on a monumental level go ahead give it a try dumbasses! Lol! Like we would just give up on having the best chips in the world and give them to China, yah right. There military and soldiers are a joke and laughing stock comparatively. IMO

Your videos are getting better, and better and better. An hour pass like 10 minutes. Congratulations. Super interesting Documentary!

I want to thank you for the amazing amount of effort that goes into these videos

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The problem with the provocation argument is that china is very likely not ready yet. They likely need at least 5 years before they have the capabilities to be capable of overcoming the western response as it stands right now. Basically the bet is that moving now is a loss, and we’re preparing to ensure that moving later is still a loss

Correction. The Australian/ France deal was for non nuclear submarines.

Thank you so much for this incredible video its more amazing for ua!

FYI - the submarine deal with France was for Diesel AIP subs, NOT nuclear powered subs.

I love these videos because they're essentially that kid in world history class who wrote a presentation so bomb even the jocks were silently enthralled. 10/10

Sir, you are doing so much good for putting out information like this. Your videos are absolutely amazing. Thank you for your work and dedication!

Sometime shortly after 9/11 there was a US military Task Force in Zamboanga Philippines which turned into JSOTF-P Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines. This was active well past 2011. Also the US military is active in the Balakatan military exercise every year.

In fact, when China was founded, there were two wars with the United States. The Vietnam War and the Korean War ended in American defeat.

Why did you fail to mention that beyond China's Nine-Dash Lines, Taiwan has an even bigger claim than China to the South China Sea and it took clashes with all other South East Asia's neighbors?

awesome well done and informative video. great work. actually by far the best one i saw on the taiwan matter.

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23:32 emergency vacation rotation!

China has not built 3 of their own aircraft carriers. They modified a russian one, built one and are building a third

Thanks for sharing.

5121 did you put them inside of a tunnel so you can maintain them easier I was thinking to do that and to double case them so when there's a leak on an interior pipe we can have sensors notify us and block off that section and repair it before there's any damage to the environment.

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Just a footnote: B-52s are designed to carry nuclear bombs, but they also are very good at laying sea mines. The US has upgraded its nautical mines, and a B-52 unit did a concept test off Hawaii earlier this year. Look where RAAF Tindal is, and at the sea lanes where the Chinese move their oil supplies. The B-52s can do a lot of damage without escalating to a nuclear exchange.

I am such a nerd. This was my favorite video in a long time. Thank you for making it.

as long as i can kick back and watch..

People of any country are intelligent enough to get along. Be decent and respect each other

Small correction: the Franco-Australian submarine deal was not for nuclear submarines. It was for diesel submarines. Which explains the strategic reasoning behind breaking the agreement with the French: what they're getting from AUKUS is way more effective.

Hey man started watching you back when you were just starting. Very proud of you, and hope you do even better in the future

Thanks for this! You talked a lot about America's allies and the roles they'd play, but I'm curious how regimes like N Korea and Myanmar might get involved on the Chinese side.

This channel has a good analysis of the envisioned war between China and the United States, and the various details of the navy of Chinese mainland and the navy of the United States are very detailed. Although I think that the reunification of Chinese mainland and Taiwan is not very likely at present, there is a high probability that Taiwan will return to China by 2050 and recreate the vast territory of the Qing Empire. Chinese mainland is not the Hitler Germany it once was, and China's leaders do not need to conquer Taiwan to sustain China's re-emergence, the world's largest consumer market, capable of giving birth to a rising national power similar to that of the United States in the 20th century. In the forties of the last century, did the United States need to conquer Japan in order to become the largest developed country in the world? It is not needed, so Chinese mainland does not need it today, or in other words, the current situation in the Taiwan Strait is not important to Chinese mainland, the United States, Japan, and the European Union, but it is important to Taiwan, which determines its return to the starting position of the Chinese Empire, whether as an insurrectionary army or a prisoner. Because once China and the United States go to war, whether they win or lose, the US military hegemony in the world will collapse, Iran in the Middle East, Russia in Europe, North Korea in Northeast Asia, and Venezuela in South America, these countries have long been dissatisfied with US interference in their core regions. Once a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, it will depend on whether the Americans are willing to lose their hegemony over the contradictions between Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

RLL I just want to say thank you for all the research and work you put in the knowledge that you provide to people, not just on this but even on the Myanmar civil war I had no idea that was going on and now I'm doing my own research on it, keep making videos hopefully you can make a video on Myanmar civil war and bring more international recognition to a country that desperately needs it.