What detirmines military might?

[CyraxHB]

I hope they don't use their "intelligence" sources to find those military installations, we all know how accurate they can be from Iraq.

Back to the subject, it is apparant to me anyway that China and Iran are "sleeping giants" in terms of being super powers. China's economy is growing rapidly, and only a matter of time till they start spending large percentages of their GDP on military hardware, they sure do have the numbers!

Iran a sleeping giant??? You must be joking!

They have lots of troops but like the old Iraqi army are badly trained and have inferior equipment. Remember they fought against Iraq for a decade without getting anywhere. They US wiped out the Iraqi army in 3 weeks.

 

[Albereth]

Military might is determined by your ability to project. The USA is unparalleled in its ability to take a conflict anywhere in the world.

It is ridiculous to consider a NK/US conflict. If there was an out and out war NK would be a smouldering heap of ash irrespective of the number of soldiers they have. So your next scenario is trying to have NK behave without having to fire any shots.

The other thing to bear in mind is that militaries are not very good at performing policing actions. The doctrine of superior firepower means that the local threat will cease to be and oops, sorry for the collateral damage will follow shortly. I throw this into the mix as I am sure there is bound to be some comment about the US losing a war in Iraq. There is no war there - that 'war' was over before it even began. We now have soldiers doing a police force's job and that doesn't really work.

 

[PeterCH]

Military might is determined by your ability to project. The USA is unparalleled in its ability to take a conflict anywhere in the world.

The Americans made a blunder in that they thought that like Eastern Europe,
and Korea, Iraq would welcome them with cheers and flowers. Iraq however did not, instead chose civil war over political stability under US hegemony.

The only reason why the US is failing at policing some areas of Iraq is because they don't adopt Hitlerite tactics. Adopting such would make the country governable very quickly but at a huge moral cost. Mass imprisonments, mass executions, concentration camps, torture,
and so on.

 

[saffakanera]

Obviously the SADF is the greatest on earth. BMW's with .50 cals mounted on the sides.

 

[ToxicBunny]

what?....

Some strange new bot maybe?

 

[Freshy-ZN]

Is there are any way to send photo to my husband, he is in U.S army?

So Mike....what is your husbands name?

 

[sand_man]

wtf

 

[Alan]

So Mike....what is your husbands name?

Don't ask, don't tell

 

[semiautomatix]

America have worn down 40% of their military hardware in Iraq (rooivalk pwns the apache in those conditions.. useless note). They simply dont have the man power to deal with Iran without major aid. That said, nothing is stopping the US from using surgical strikes to remove Iranian military installations. Just dont expect many ground troops.

Been having a Jericho marathon: you could just nuke the bastards

 

[PeterCH]

Been having a Jericho marathon: you could just nuke the bastards

Nuke who? Nukes are serious matter. You don't use them lightly.

 

[Balstrome]

From the little I know, China does not have an effective navy, especially in the force deployment area. They would have to rely on commercial ships to move troops and kit. And while doing that, they would have little or no protection for these convoys.

 

[Slaine73]

Damn. I can' believe this. Sites with the word millitary is blocked at work. Bloody hell!!

 

[R/SGT]

For those of you that are interested, a nice site for military discussions is http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/.

With regards to the comments made on the US seeming inability to properly quell violence in its operational areas, you must remember that they have to operate within strict military codes which govern what they can and can’t do, whereas their opponents can pretty much do as they like.

 

[TheHiveMind]

Who has the might? The guys with the biggest number of technologically advanced nukes ofcourse. Via EMP they can disable a continent by detonating the nuke high in the atmosphere. Goodbye communications, goodbye law and order, goodbye government. If you don't have a sufficient nuclear capability, you will always be on the defensive and can't conceivably attack.

 

[Guest 20221009]

Iran a sleeping giant??? You must be joking!

They have lots of troops but like the old Iraqi army are badly trained and have inferior equipment. Remember they fought against Iraq for a decade without getting anywhere. They US wiped out the Iraqi army in 3 weeks.

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