Military History | How To Make War | Wars Around the World Rules of Use How to Behave on an Internet Forum
Russia Discussion Board
   Return to Topic Page
Subject: Russia stands no chance
[email protected]    8/19/2002 3:11:38 AM
It seems you hold something against the American and Brittish government. Russia would stand no chance against America even if they removed all nuclear weapons. Russia cannot afford a war against America as they lack funds for a war against a world superpower. There people would starve if they focused there funds on military supplies. It is said that they stole most of there designs from America to begin with. True there country would be too large to invade and occupy and would put the U.S. in a bad position with other world nations, but they can destroy Russia at least to the point that other small militias take over parts of Russia and create smaller countries...
 
Quote    Reply

Show Only Poster Name and Title     Newest to Oldest
Pages: PREV  1 2 3 4 5   NEXT
Alexis    But you do not provide any facts ... - to Grum   7/8/2004 9:58:28 AM
Sorry, but that CIA fact file you pointed to included little in the way of information about Russian military (except maybe number of males of military age). About Typhoons, of course they are not to be included in the Russian military. Just in case it was not clear enough, I was speaking about the RUSSIAN military, that is : present time, not about SOVIET military, which is : past time. If you want to object to my contention of how Russia would rout a US invasion (if the US wanted to invade, which obviously they do not intend to do), object with facts, please.
 
Quote    Reply

CCCP_ru    RE:Russia stands no chance-Kedett   7/9/2004 10:55:29 AM
Russia has the argest Tank army in the world and has 1,206 Aircraft. Russia also has allies that would Literally starve AMERICA without its exports. Dont mess with mother Russia
 
Quote    Reply

Kadett    RE:Russia stands no chance-Kedett   7/9/2004 2:30:42 PM
>>Russia has the argest Tank army in the world<< Doesn't mean anything if they aren't crewed by highly trained and experienced soldiers riding in top-of-the-line equipment and the others are. >>and has 1,206 Aircraft.<< The US Navy alone has 632 aircraft, all top of the line. The Air Force has more of course. http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/wings.htm Furthermore, nothing in the Russian arsenal can counter the B-2 or F-117, or the F-22 when it becomes operational. >>Russia also has allies that would Literally starve AMERICA without its exports.<< Name them. And please don't try and tell me that the American people would suffer actual starvation from lack of food. Even in the Cold War we were sending you food to keep the Russian people from starving to death..
 
Quote    Reply

roadcop    Kadett   7/10/2004 1:46:09 AM
Question. When and where were YOU sending us food to save us from starving? I dont think that normal trade between, for example, Canada and Soviet Union was something to save us from death. Yes, we were buying some agricultural production (and in large quantities). But that was usual world trade, and Soviet Union was just that - subject of world economy.
 
Quote    Reply

vinuatlast    India will intervene   7/10/2004 2:21:38 AM
India would not let a war happen between Russia and USA. Russia has always been Indias greatest ally since time immemorial. We do like the Russians as they r not so sly as the US who always plot dubious things to bring about an imbalance wherever they can and exploit it to their advantage. But USA as India are great nations with a great democracy ad at present we are moving together in a constructive direction. Well we hope we dont have a war between USA and Russia , two of the greatest nations since the Post Imperial age..Let Peace prevail
 
Quote    Reply

Kadett    RE:Kadett   7/10/2004 7:33:19 AM
>>When and where were YOU sending us food to save us from starving?<< 1920's and 1940's just off hand. 1970's as well if I remember correctly. Hard to find sources on it..
 
Quote    Reply

chemist    RE:Kadett   7/10/2004 7:10:26 PM
Roadcop, not trying to be mean, but Kadett is onto something. The Soviet's in their great wisdom decided that Mendelian genetics was wrong, and embarked on the Five Year plan or some such. It lead to a massive die off of wheat that couldn't survive. Don't know if it lead to outright starvation, but it did seriously crimp the food stocks. My chronology on this isn't perfect, but my best guess is that it would have been about the time of the Stalinist purges. Roady, nobody over here really wants to go nose to nose with the New Russia. It's far more lucaritive for both of our nations to be friends and trade with one another. I for one would much rather trade friendly barbed jokes instead of missiles.
 
Quote    Reply

OplotMira    RE:Kadett   7/11/2004 11:02:36 AM
Robocop, do you remember "nozhki Busha"? ;) It was in the 90's I think. Sincerely OplotMira
 
Quote    Reply

Big Bad Pariah    M.A.D. still applies   7/11/2004 2:43:47 PM
This thread is pointless since Russia's nuclear arsenal is still powerful enought to destroy the world several times over. The US is never going to attack/invade because it would result in a nuclear war. In a conventional war, Russia still has the military ability to seize control of Eastern Europe. Sure, the Western European nations have stronger militaries but it would require a NATO effort with direct US help to repel Russia. Eventually, Russia would lose but the cost to NATO would be massive. As I already mentioned, this is in the case of a CONVENTIONAL war, which is highly unlikely. By the time Russia feels threatened, it would start launching tactical nukes at targets throughout Western Europe. [email protected], your ignorance is amazing....
 
Quote    Reply

Big Bad Pariah    RE:Kadett   7/11/2004 3:38:48 PM
"1920's and 1940's just off hand. 1970's as well if I remember correctly. Hard to find sources on it." 1920s and 1940s? LMAO!!! The Cold War BEGAN after the end of the Second World War. Of course the US was sending Stalin aid when he was fighting Hitler's advancing army as the West feared a Soviet defeat. However, that all changed when the USSR emerged as a superpower at the end of the 1940s. Your examples are not relevant to the Cold War period at all. 1970s? I think not since the 1970s was the height of Soviet global power. The US began selling grain to the USSR in 1986 after the Chernobyl accident but even then it was at market prices.
 
Quote    Reply
PREV  1 2 3 4 5   NEXT



 Latest
 News
 
 Most
 Read
 
 Most
 Commented
 Hot
 Topics