Is the U.S. capable of defending itself in a war?

I keep hearing all the time 1000 troops sent 2000, 3000, 4000, they just keep sending soldiers to Iraq, but what would happen if all of the sudden we had another powerful country invading us?

This question can't be for real. No the most powerful country in the world can't defend itself.

Unless Canada strikes via the underground railroads :wink: i think you're fine.

Unless Canada strikes via the underground railroads :wink: i think you're fine.

FrostyPhantasm

Why yes indeed we are. The majority of our troops are not currently involved....and those that are can be easily brought back if needed.LJS9502_basic

We haven't thrown 'everything we've got' at them since WW2. Probably because WW2 was the last time we actually declared war. Everything else, even Vietnam, is a Police Action, not a 'War'. Offically.

If it were to come to 'total war', we have a nuclear curtain that I don't think anyone wants to have dropped on them.

I keep hearing all the time 1000 troops sent 2000, 3000, 4000, they just keep sending soldiers to Iraq, but what would happen if all of the sudden we had another powerful country invading us?

cruzmontana

We Canadians have their backs.

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Unless Canada strikes via the underground railroads :wink: i think you're fine.

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"]

Unless Canada strikes via the underground railroads :wink: i think you're fine.

LJS9502_basic

No I am and I will bring this tasty canadian bacon as a banner of war

ho and I will also bring freedom... maybe.

I'd certainly say so. U.S. spending on its military exceeds most other nations on the world combined. I'll leave nukes aside for the sake of argument. The difficulty other nations would have at getting ships to transport a large scale invasion force without having all their vessels sunk is would likely keep troops from touching U.S. soil, or for that matter leaving harbor. If for the sake of argument, we didn't stop a successful beachhead, well, a large portion of our military is actually based in the U.S. (crazy, amirite???) Everyone and their brother has guns.

We Canadians have their backs.

muller39

No.

It absolutely is capable of defending itself. I'm not sure why anyone would question that fact right now. Bear in mind that the civilian population is heavily armed as well. We see what sort of problems can be caused by insurgency by what is happening in the middle east, and we saw what it did to Germany in World War II.

No way dude. The Russians are already over I-95! They came out of nowhere! And now Seattle is getting nuked!

Of course we could defend ourselves. The invasion force would be obliterated within a month, at most. The only country that might be capable of successfully invading us is China, and they aren't really interested in doing that...

Is this a joke thread?

This question can't be for real. No the most powerful country in the world can't defend itself.

Pirate700

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This question can't be for real. No the most powerful country in the world can't defend itself.

67gt500

This question can't be for real. No the most powerful country in the world can't defend itself.

Wouldn't really need to defend the homeland because no one would be able to cross seas or air without being utterly destroyed. No other country in the world has a navy/air force that's even in the same league as the United States.

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"][QUOTE="67gt500"] I'd say that the only military force on earth that could roll clean over America would be the Chinese... apparently, they have more people in reserve alone - in reserve that is - than all four branches of the US military combined... scary stuff indeed...67gt500

Wouldn't really need to defend the homeland because no one would be able to cross seas or air without being utterly destroyed. No other country in the world has a navy/air force that's even in the same league as the United States.

Z0MBIES

[QUOTE="67gt500"][QUOTE="ski11buzz"] yeah, but the rest of NATO certainly more than makes up for it. NATO FTWski11buzz

[QUOTE="ski11buzz"][QUOTE="67gt500"] lol - NATO pees their collective pants at the very thought of a Chinese invasion...67gt500

I saw on The Universe that a nuclear weapon detonated in orbit can knock out a power grid the size of the US. Of course, we can always do the same to any attacking region. Though, a treaty may have banned this, I believe.CRS98

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This question can't be for real. No the most powerful country in the world can't defend itself.

67gt500

Its obvious that they would have more people but how much weaponry do they have? Fighter jets, subs, carriers. The sheer number of people can't compare to the sheer number of weapons we have. Then again everything is made in china so who knows what they got.

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This question can't be for real. No the most powerful country in the world can't defend itself.

kidsmelly

Its obvious that they would have more people but how much weaponry do they have? Fighter jets, subs, carriers. The sheer number of people can't compare to the sheer number of weapons we have. Then again everything is made in china so who knows what they got.

Considering the US has the power to destroy the world a thousand times over with nuclear weapons, yeah. But yeah, our military is way too stretched out.

No, nobody can fight a conventional war against the US, let alone invade the country. Someone invading the US anytime in the near future is completely unthinkable. How would they get here? How would they sustain their army? America's military is unrivaled its capability to defend the country and project power. No one else comes close.

"Oh, but China and North Korea have big armies!"

The nominal strength of Iraq's army in 2003 was over a million men. We invaded Iraq with three divisions.

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Its obvious that they would have more people but how much weaponry do they have? Fighter jets, subs, carriers. The sheer number of people can't compare to the sheer number of weapons we have. Then again everything is made in china so who knows what they got.

ski11buzz

I know it wouldn't matter, I believe the US and China ever going to war with each other could basically mean the end of humanity. Just making a statement.

I know it wouldn't matter, I believe the US and China ever going to war with each other could basically mean the end of humanity. Just making a statement.

kidsmelly

It'd mean the end of China. China's ability to project nuclear or conventional military power to the United States is very, very limited.

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I know it wouldn't matter, I believe the US and China ever going to war with each other could basically mean the end of humanity. Just making a statement.

Palantas

It'd mean the end of China. China's ability to project nuclear or conventional military power to the United States is very, very limited.

Is it? I'm not to keen on how Chinas Nuke technology is. Also how would we know exactly what there capabilities are? They have enough money and resources to run some decent programs there I would think.

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[QUOTE="kidsmelly"]

I know it wouldn't matter, I believe the US and China ever going to war with each other could basically mean the end of humanity. Just making a statement.

kidsmelly

It'd mean the end of China. China's ability to project nuclear or conventional military power to the United States is very, very limited.

Is it? I'm not to keen on how Chinas Nuke technology is. Also how would we know exactly what there capabilities are? They have enough money and resources to run some decent programs there I would think.

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[QUOTE="Palantas"]

It'd mean the end of China. China's ability to project nuclear or conventional military power to the United States is very, very limited.

SgtKevali

Is it? I'm not to keen on how Chinas Nuke technology is. Also how would we know exactly what there capabilities are? They have enough money and resources to run some decent programs there I would think.