Comparing Russia's Military with the United States/NATO in 2014

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Just saw this on Reddit and thought I'd post it here to see what you guys think... it's an infographic comparing Russia's military during the Soviet Union versus the West, and then a comparison of Russia today versus the U.S. and NATO.

Now, I really thought in 2014 the U.S. would be miles ahead in every department of the military... apparently NOT. Putin's packing some major heat!

How scary is Putin’s Russia compared to the Soviet Union? This chart has some answers

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LOL cool propaganda

Love how it happens to leave out the American Navy force totals which includes aircraft.

Also doesn't mention how half of Russia's air force is a flying museum.

I'm not going all 'merica but do the research. The military strength of the US takes a giant shit on the force of Russia and/or China
 
A couple of notes.

Most of the "2 million" Russian reserves are former draftees, not well trained professional/veteran troops. Many of them would desert or surrender in a real shooting war.

Of those 12k nuclear warheads a vast number are inoperable. Many of the ICBMs haven't been maintained properly and it's questionable how many would actually work if it came down to it. Even here in the states, we only have a few hundred warheads that are ready to fly at any given time, the rest are either in storage or sitting on rusted shit. That combined with the missile defense technology means that of the few of those 12k nukes that do still work many wouldn't make it very far even if they did get off the ground.

Russia never really recovered from the collapse at the end of the cold war. So much of their military and war machines are either obsolete or not functional it's almost like they're a large 3rd world military.

Crimea is mostly Putin dick waving... and the only reason he's getting away with it is because our leadership is too weak and inept to smack him down, yet.
 
tavin said:
LOL cool propaganda

Love how it happens to leave out the American Navy force totals which includes aircraft.

Also doesn't mention how half of Russia's air force is a flying museum.

I'm not going all 'merica but do the research. The military strength of the US takes a giant shit on the force of Russia and/or China
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The U.S. clearly has the top Navy and Airforce... but I was referring to the Nukes in the OP.
 
Never beat against the Red Army hasn't history thought you anything.

Besides people also need to consider the fact the China and India might have something to say to Nato if they move east.
 
And the fools continued to bleat about how America would never lose a war against Russia and China...
 
Comparing total number of nuclear weapons as a measure of the strength of a military is retarded. How many times can Russian or the US respawn? Comparing capability is a much better measurement IMO. Who has a better shot at dropping one of them suckers?
 
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More like China will jump in under Russia knowing they are next and with Russia gone the balance in the world is gone.
 
jhoffy22 said:
Comparing total number of nuclear weapons as a measure of the strength of a military is retarded. How many times can Russian or the US respawn? Comparing capability is a much better measurement IMO. Who has a better shot at dropping one of them suckers?
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I'm coming to the point that I think a limited nuclear war might actually be good for humanity in the long run.

For one, it would force us to start genetically engineering and modifying our bodies to survive higher levels of radiation. This is something we're going to have to do eventually for space travel.

It might also shut the trap of the environmentalists and put aside all the reasons to not use nuclear power. If we've already filled our planet with craploads of radioactive fallout from war, how are the eco-freaks going to argue against more nuclear power plants?
 
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Lol russians.
 
_poto_ said:
I'm coming to the point that I think a limited nuclear war might actually be good for humanity in the long run.

For one, it would force us to start genetically engineering and modifying our bodies to survive higher levels of radiation. This is something we're going to have to do eventually for space travel.

It might also shut the trap of the environmentalists and put aside all the reasons to not use nuclear power. If we've already filled our planet with craploads of radioactive fallout from war, how are the eco-freaks going to argue against more nuclear power plants?
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Crazy
 
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_poto_ said:
I'm coming to the point that I think a limited nuclear war might actually be good for humanity in the long run.

For one, it would force us to start genetically engineering and modifying our bodies to survive higher levels of radiation. This is something we're going to have to do eventually for space travel.

It might also shut the trap of the environmentalists and put aside all the reasons to not use nuclear power. If we've already filled our planet with craploads of radioactive fallout from war, how are the eco-freaks going to argue against more nuclear power plants?
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Time to put down the blunt.
 
_poto_ said:
I'm coming to the point that I think a limited nuclear war might actually be good for humanity in the long run.

For one, it would force us to start genetically engineering and modifying our bodies to survive higher levels of radiation. This is something we're going to have to do eventually for space travel.

It might also shut the trap of the environmentalists and put aside all the reasons to not use nuclear power. If we've already filled our planet with craploads of radioactive fallout from war, how are the eco-freaks going to argue against more nuclear power plants?
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Please uninstall the Fallout series from your computer. It wasn't supposed to give you ideas for a better reality, you misread the message of the game.
 
LOL at weapons technology being compared by sheer numbers. Zimbabwe probably has more sticks than the US has drones.

As for this. . .

_poto_ said:
I'm coming to the point that I think a limited nuclear war might actually be good for humanity in the long run.

For one, it would force us to start genetically engineering and modifying our bodies to survive higher levels of radiation. This is something we're going to have to do eventually for space travel.

It might also shut the trap of the environmentalists and put aside all the reasons to not use nuclear power. If we've already filled our planet with craploads of radioactive fallout from war, how are the eco-freaks going to argue against more nuclear power plants?
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