Posted on Feb 6, 2015
If our world powers went head-to-head, who would win?
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If militaries around the world went head-to-head, these power houses would come out on top. Are you surprised to see any of the countries included?
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Who wins the ground war?
Who owns the skies?
Who dominates the seas?
Who gets one cross the lips?
Big Dummies
Who owns the skies?
Who dominates the seas?
Who gets one cross the lips?
Big Dummies
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More important than hardware and numbers is when, where and why we are fighting.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Great minds think alike, Captain. I made the same statement earlier regarding our branches of the military. "We fight the war with what we got", paraphrased.
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Yes we have the ability to recall vast numbers of inactive military members plus the draft. This would take a little time. I just wonder how the new Chinese anti ship ballistic missile will effect the current standard? I believe our subs are a good ace which will dominate the card table and they are unequaled in their capacity.
China has made great advances in aviation, but I wonder how truly tested it is. As stated earlier some have the numbers, but do they have the will, the backbone to make the full commitment. The U.S. fighting force has proven itself time and time again when the chips seem down, it digs deep and finds that second will which really makes the difference.
My only fear is how the political arena will tie our military's hands and not let our military leaders do their jobs.
China has made great advances in aviation, but I wonder how truly tested it is. As stated earlier some have the numbers, but do they have the will, the backbone to make the full commitment. The U.S. fighting force has proven itself time and time again when the chips seem down, it digs deep and finds that second will which really makes the difference.
My only fear is how the political arena will tie our military's hands and not let our military leaders do their jobs.
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Sgt Kelli Mays I hate to be a gloom bringer, but all China would have to do to win a war is surrender 50,000 personnel a day. The very act, and the logistics, of processing such a flood of prisoners would quickly overwhelm the US forces that could be committed to the action. I hope they never catch on to that idea.
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PVT Robert Gresham
Sgt Kelli Mays - I know it sounds crazy, but, in the Intelligence circles, during the Cold War, this was actually a scenario that was considered. With our new smaller Military we would need the support of all our allies to even begin to cover such an action.
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Sgt Kelli Mays
PVT Robert Gresham - WOW! anything to win...I guess...yep...you are a real gloom bringer. lol Well, lets hope it doesn't come to this...at least in our life time.
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The quantity and quality of the men/units at the point of contact is what really counts, not mere numbers.
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MAJ Alvin B.
To my way of thinking the greatest risk of loss is centered around political will. To borrow a phrase " never get involved in a land war in Asia." We went to nuke capable systems in the 1950s because we could not afford a large conventional force. Since the end of the Cold War (in spite of 9/11, GWOT, etc...), we have continued to make force reductions and have off set those by converting the USAR and ARNG into operational assets, severely depleting our strategic reserve. We continue the consolidation and reduction of our industrial base, and actually obtain some items from our potential adversaries. If this were to happen, -- in some sense no one wins. However, if history recent holds a lesson it is that we may not be as willing to risk our civilian populations to win a victory, as are our potential adversaries.
We did not lose the tactical shooting war in Vietnam, however, we did lose the strategic geo-political aspect of that war, and with it the political will to fight. thereby losing the war.
We did not lose the tactical shooting war in Vietnam, however, we did lose the strategic geo-political aspect of that war, and with it the political will to fight. thereby losing the war.
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This is unbelievably juvenile and oversimplified. America's Navy would decimate N. Korea's Navy because while they outnumber our vessels, our advanced weapons delivery platforms and Aircraft Carriers alone give us a nearly a highly decisive advantage. Their ships are old, poorly maintained and manned by inadequately trained conscripts. Certain Naval aircraft have a specific mission of hunting down subs and ships.
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