Modern War: Who would win?

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USA VS China

Mainly depends on where the war takes place. If the USA were to attempt to invade China, we would lose, simply because they have more people than we have guns and bullets. (Exaggeration but the point remains). If it were any other type of battle, it would be a complete tossup. The US has superior technology on every front, but not as many resources. In a long drawn out war of attrition, China would win, hands down due to the amount of unprocessed and processed resources they have.

China VS Russia

Again, a tossup. The chances are completely likely that China would destroy Russia on every front, but one mustn't forget about the winter ;)

USA VS Russia

USA, if there is again, no invasion of the main country.

South Korea VS North Korea

Including or excluding external support? Including, it would stalemate again. Excluding, North and South Korea would no longer exist. It would simply be called "The People's Republic of Korea".

Spain VS Mexico

Mexico. Why? Mexican cartels. They're pretty damn nasty.

Japan VS South Korea

Completely impossible. Neither country has an army big enough to do anything to the other, added to the fact that both countries are protected by the same people, the USA.

Israel VS Egypt

Israel, but only if the surrounding countries don't get involved.

Britain VS India

India, if the war takes place somewhere that isn't the British Isles.

Switzerland VS Belgium

Switzerland. They may seem useless in a fight, but their defenses between the mountains and other factors is nigh impregnable.

Pakistan VS India

India, simply due to the fact that their economy and technology are far superior to that of Pakistan's. Although, surgical strikes (which would probably be considered acts of terrorism) could quite possible cripple the Indian war machine and lead Pakistan to a surprising victory.

Turkey VS Iran

Even though this would never happen, Iran due to their current technological advantages over Turkey.

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Gonzo. The USA has around 400,000 more active duty soldiers than Russia.

Also, both Iraqs and Afghanistan were complete tactical successes. The failure lies in the withdrawal phase, as in, there was none. Planning was done to send the troops in, planning was done to have them do whatever they needed to do over there, however, absolutely 0 planning was done on how to get them out. They came, they saw, they asked 'what now', and got told "I don't know, maybe we should stay here". Either way, the tactical and operational processes were complete success stories. Then again, you're only talking about Vietnam, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan. Did you mention Jordan, Libya, and Syria from the 80's? Nope. Did you mention Operation Desert Storm from the 90's? Nope. Why? Because they were completely successful and you just want to hone in on the failures; which to be quite honest is pretty nationalistic of you. Especially when you read further down that Britain would win over India due to 'troop training superiority', only further supporting my claim of your nationalism tendencies. What is nationalism? It's another 'ism', like racism, ethnic-ism, sexism, and should be thought of as such.

No one truly wins in war.

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Originally Posted by TheGr8UNKy

No one truly wins in war.

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This. 1000x this.

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Originally Posted by TheGr8UNKy

No one truly wins in war.

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Only the crows.

1.Germany
2.China
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5. North Korea
6.Mexico
7.Japan
8.Israel
9.India
10.Belgium
11.Pakistan
12.Iran

#1 if were talking modern warfare there is no 1 country in the world that could last past a few hours in a fight with the united states, #1 nukes will wipe the whole lot and it doesnt matter how many people they have they dont even have to leave the homeland to reach any country in the world,plus who cares if the other country nukes mabey a few would get through and kill some peeps in the USA but remember they have the anti missle system up in space to take out any and all missles pretty much.tbh i dont know why the usa doesnt just quit putting up with some of these people around the world and just start annhilating all the opression around the world, oh and for resourses goes i think the united states is the only country in the world that could self feed itself and yes thats even talking gas and oil they got a spot in the upper midwest of they are just tapping into now thats supposedly the biggest oil reserve in the world supplying them with all the oil that they would need for 1k yrs. I D K but lol i wouldnt want to mess with the U.S. no way no how. :)

So many things wrong with your post xygent that I dont feel the need to point out......

I didn't even understand 80% of his post, but from the general looks of what I understood it was "AMURIKA IS THE BEST AND STRONGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD NOBODY CAN MESS WITH US RAAAAGGGGHHH"

....which is a complete fallacy. China can quite literally bankrupt America, however the won't since in the process of doing so, they will bankrupt themselves. (China's biggest exporter is America, killing our economy kills theres). This is also one of the reasons that a war with China is virtually never going to happen.

Now, after taking time to read that post fully, you mention the missile defense system in space. I hope you realize that it only works around... I don't know... 50% of the time?

Furthermore, you need to take into account the NFU (No First Use) policies that are established by every single country that is a nuclear power on the planet. Since the main point of your post pertains to the USA using nuclear weapons against another country, I shall leave you with this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use#United_States

1. Im sure more than enough countries can fight us for more than a "few hours".

2. We start getting rid of countries for fun, we make the world our enemies and whole lot of bad things which will be too complicated to explain for you I think lol.

3. We can live out on our own? Yea right. Oil prices are high as it goes, we dont need any higher. PS. 1k years is bull.

4. Feed itself? Then how come we have so many starving people and why are food prices skyrocketing?

5. Russia has more than enough nukes with China, Pakistan, India, and a whole lot Euro countries who could reach us with the nukes past our defenses, ESP. Russia.

well you cant fault him on his raw patriotism.

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and in war, really, any conclusion is feasable, its a matter of will. Will one country take it to the end, to the bitter end if necessary.

A lot of these predictions by us, are based either on past performances or present arsenal capabilities within the framework of sect economies. Add for a minute, the will to fight, to win, to not take names or prisoners, destroy all in the path, kill em all and let the God of War sort out the dead. Not having reason or rationalle but to eliminate the enemy. Not to worry about the future, for the future is dead and only when the last bullet sings it's macabre song, will war cease. I would ask in further analysis, to take this addition into account. Man, woman, baby, dog, cat, camel, all are obsticles to victory. Delve into a mind that has this much potential to blow up and break things, to destroy life in all forms, cultivating a mindset to such a degree it would be like mowing a verdant lawn yet scorching the suface of the earth till it wreaks of cinder mixed with bowel. Peace talks fail for the deceptive fallacy that they are. Economies are strengthened because of unity of likeminded will, and there aint that many people left to feed. Those that promote a decrease in population are the first to die, bloated corpses with dead charred fingers reaching rigamorti upwards to a blackened sky, to a rotted veneer of false hope. Love is a memory, fallen into oblivion, there is no hate, only duty and the order to "lock and load". The only comfort is one's own nightmares, when you sleep with the dead, far less frightening than the real world, where death is master and commander, and the real work begins before dawn. Victory is a haunting, a carrot on a stick, never reached, though always strived for. If a man kills all the evil men of the world, then yet, is there not but one left?

Far be it to fault a man for his raw patriotism.