There have been far more interesting war games in the last quarter century.[0]

This one shows the the US narrowly winning against China in a conflict over Taiwan. The US wins but with tremendous losses -- specifically in the form many munitions that take years to decades to replace.

And it just so happens that we witnessed a conflict play out just a few months ago and that resulted in a similar depletion of munitions albeit with minimal losses of American ships and aircraft.

What's very troubling about this is that in response the US moved munitions from the pacific into the middle east, leaving Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan in a very vulnerable position.

This may explain why the current US president was unusually obsequious to the leader of China when in the past he had been particularly bellicose.

Also, cool fact: While researching this subject I learned that the engines for most American cruise missiles come from a single company.[1]

[0] https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/se...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_International