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11-04-2013, 12:32 PM | #23 | |
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11-04-2013, 03:14 PM | #28 |
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imo, america's military is grossly bloated and inefficient. a state only needs to be powerful enough where nobody will invade because substantial hurt will ensue. take france for example: 1 carrier, enough nukes, subs, and planes. nobody's going to invade france.
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11-04-2013, 03:18 PM | #29 |
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The US military is a little on the big side (which is changing very quickly if you've been living under a rock and haven't seen the news), however it's rather efficient at what it does every day. Of course, no one is 100% perfect, though.
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11-04-2013, 03:23 PM | #30 | |
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I agree with the whole deter attack stance on a countries military. I personally don't like that our military is spread around the world acting like we're the world police. Our Navy with its 9 carriers should be used to defend us, not go after a country whose leader we don't like. We just need to cut the waste out of our military program like the clusterfucks that are the F-35 and Zumwalt class destroyer. Last edited by quagmire; 11-04-2013 at 03:31 PM.. |
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11-04-2013, 07:51 PM | #32 |
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What China doesn't have to go with such equipment is the decades of Command and Operation structure that the U.S. Navy have developed. It will take China a commensurate amount of time to develop their systems.
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11-04-2013, 10:07 PM | #34 | |
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yes it is, thank you i take much pride in my sapper tab we are the elite of the engineers.. even infantry call on us to do most breaching . ive done most route clearance though in iraq |
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11-04-2013, 11:00 PM | #35 |
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Well, one carrier battle group is enough to take on some nations. I've heard some experts say that if the US military takes on the entire world's armed forces, it will be hard to predict the winner.
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11-04-2013, 11:13 PM | #36 |
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I wonder who has more guns and ammo. The total US Military or Civilians of the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_...ita_by_country
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11-04-2013, 11:14 PM | #37 |
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Winning is difficult. I think the US and it's military forces are much more adept at dismantling a threat, in this comparison, a country.
I think some time ago they realized that they don't need to storm the capitol with troops to obtain an objective. This of course is much easier with a modern country. Places like Iraq and Iran can take a pounding and keep on ticking. They are used to living in the dark ages. However, take the same destruction to China, France, Germany, etc.... A few strategic targets make for a game changer. Although should this play out, it better play out with a nation without ICBM Nukes. Cause the type of destruction the US military can cause to a 1st world country could be perceived as an attempt at annihilation. Which in turn could bring on a maximum defensive launch reaction.
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11-04-2013, 11:21 PM | #39 |
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I've trained with several other armies all around the world.. I must say, we are the best.. but yet, I know there are hundreds more that are out there that I never seen.
but again, we are constantly at a war.. so this makes us best.. Semper Fi.
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without the use of nukes, it honestly would be a tossup
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11-04-2013, 11:29 PM | #42 | |
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Ammo - probably the government The amount of privately owned firearms out number all branches of the military, federal law enforcement, state law enforcement and local law enforcement combined. All that combined totals about 4,000,000 firearms. China's military and law enforcement reportedly has 23,000,000 firearms compared to America's civilian owned 330,000,000 firearms.
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Yes, but our enemies have... Our leadership...:
http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/01/na...from-uniforms/
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