Type 726 putting infantry and Type 96A MBT on the beach.

 *The USMC might be out of the "amphibious assault" mission but the Chinese Navy/Marines are fully embracing the forcible entry mission. Please note that the United States Of America now only has ONE VIABLE form of forcible entry.  Airborne Assault. The 82nd Airborne will exist for another 100 years or until we develop drop ship troopers and since the Marines won't be around they'll probably be all Army!  The Romans once put up forts on the wilderness to keep their enemies at bay.  Rome still fell. Is this new strategy the first real whiff of a dying empire? Think about it before you slam me!

There was once a time when we could do this!