re: Call me crazy, but I kind of want to see how we would fare in a modern day war.

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1. We’re behind in the technology race thanks to Obama and his 8 years of budget cuts to the military. We missed out on the hypersonic missile tech, among other things.

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Go ahead and believe that the USA doesn't have hypersonic weapons.

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Long short short- we’re technology challenged, softer than we should be, and we hamstring ourselves. Russia would dominate us.

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You telling me that a nation that has the economy the size of Texas. USA spends 778 billion on the military and Russia spends 61.7 The USA military is vastly more powerful than Russia. Would it be a easy fight no, not saying that. The problem is our pussy leaders.

What would you consider as an acceptable loss in this scenario? Would a couple of million dead Europeans be ok? Would the loss of a couple of our aircraft carrier battle groups be ok? Would a barrage of hypersonic missiles (which we have no defense against) hitting 50 US cities be ok?

Yea, your wrong.

Do you understand Russia's military doctrine?
Do you understand that China is literally waiting in the wings for something like that to happen so they can partner with Russia to jump in?

Sorry man. With all the military might that America has or HAD I should say and the current state of affairs with our leadership and the politicians that run this nation, I gotta go with Russia on this one. America would be fighting another war with one arm tied behind its back until someone woke up and turned the dogs loose. Problem would be: how many dogs would we have left after fighting the Democrat's war?

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What would you consider as an acceptable loss in this scenario? Would a couple of million dead Europeans be ok? Would the loss of a couple of our aircraft carrier battle groups be ok? Would a barrage of hypersonic missiles (which we have no defense against) hitting 50 US cities be ok?

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I think you misread my entire post. I'm not advocating for a war with a fellow super power because that would end in nuclear outcomes with a squeaky wheel like Putin, I was strictly commenting on the round-by-round skill level that USA has over Russia especially when you examine our drone superiority and ability to jump out to an early lead like in Boxing where you get credit for 10-8 rounds with a knockdown lets say. No way shape or form would millions of dead Europeans be okay as that would officially be WWIII, hence why I said this is a moot hypothetical.

I mean I stayed my opinion I didn’t say anyone had to agree with me lol

I don’t care about dying. I guess all y’all do so that’s fine.

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I feel like you people are crazy. money isn't everything. F35, zumwalt, rail guns.. failures and/or ENORMOUS money pits.

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I always chuckle when our budget versus others is brought up as I doubt the Chinas and Russias of the world have as many money pits as we do and they likely are not as wasteful either.

Run efficiently one could likely lop of 1/3 of our budget without losing any capability.

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I don’t care about dying. I guess all y’all do so that’s fine.

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I’m highly unlikely to die in any military action. I do believe war is closer to Hell than anything else we experience. I’m not anxious to engage people in that experience for unclear motives and objectives for a dopamine burst.

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Warmth in Winter

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Sorry you posted yet?