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OsrsNeedsF2P ,

“Defense”

TheMightyCanuck ,
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Proping up the vastly inflated military industrial complex*

silkroadtraveler ,

This 100%. MIC is social welfare for republicans though so it will only ever get worse.

Godric ,

Some might argue the best defense is being able to blow everyone else out of the water six times over.

SuckMyWang ,

Worst part is even though it probably is the best military by a good margin, it’s not very good at all if you look at this stat. It should be way better. These 10 countries combined would easily roll America. Although there will be no one left to enjoy the win afterwards

LuckyBoy ,

Im not american, but without nukes I’m not entirely sure that would be truth.

SuckMyWang ,

At least 4 out of those 10 countries have nukes. Russia has more than the US alone

LuckyBoy ,

Oh, you didnt develop your reading skills yet. Let me rephrase it ‘If we remove nukes from the equation im not sure if they would be capable to win against usa’

Even more, Russia is doing badly in ukraine, China is a wildcard, India has like russian weapons right? They dont fair well. European countries are well prepared with high training and high tech, but probably lack resources and manpower.

I really would not discard usa so quickly.

SuckMyWang , (edited )

Oh, you didn’t develop the part of your brain that dampens arrogance. You wrote:

without nukes I’m not so sure that would be the case.

This could easily be interpreted by someone on the internet reading some words from a random stranger as meaning without nukes (implying the 10 countries don’t have nukes or in the event of war nukes are off the table because of the mutually assured self destruction ), I’m not so sure.

People can’t read your mind. If you can’t form a sentence that rules out the possibility of it being interpreted in multiple ways, especially knowing people on the internet say dumb shit all the time, you are the one that needs to develop your writing abilities. Either that or don’t be a massive douche when someone interprets your reply incorrectly. You’re not perfect. You’ve just proved that on multiple fronts. Wake up to yourself and stop turning everything into a superiority contest.

LuckyBoy ,

Chill.

SuckMyWang ,

Reflect so I can stay chill

pingveno ,

It can project power on multiple fronts in a way that no other country can match. The US has logistics capabilities that allow it to reach the other side of the globe. But you have a point. A critical strength of the US is its network of allies, a fact not always appreciated by isolationist Americans.

SuckMyWang ,

Yes it can do that compared to an other country. Multiple counties could probably attack on multiple fronts in a similar way the US could if not more.

Disclaimer: know nothing. Just some unemployed neckbeard in his mid 40’s trolling with Cheeto dust fingers in between rounds of WOW in his divorced mothers mouldy basement

pingveno ,

Well, it kind of depends on how you’re measuring. Are they attacking the US on the homeland without the aid of Canada or Mexico? In that case the terrain around the US is going to be a death trap. Any troops will land on hostile shores and quickly be mired in various mountain ranges.

But ultimately I’m not sure if it’s really that interesting of a question, outside of a “what if?” scenario. Armed forces exist in the same world as diplomacy, and the US is on good terms with many of the top ten. The big hope is that there can be military alliances that are one sided enough in size that no one wants to test the water.

SuckMyWang ,

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    Marin_Rider ,

    I don’t think you quite understand or appreciate the sheer technological advantage the American military has, let alone volume. it’s not even close bro they could probably take on and defeat all of the top 10 nations even ignoring nukes

    SuckMyWang ,

    Sorry again

    SuckMyWang ,

    Sorry dude I thought I was replying to someone else who was being a dick

    pingveno ,

    It’s all good. You’re not the first person that’s happened to, so I wonder if your Lemmy client can introduce a UI guide to show what comment is being replied to.

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