Greatest modern army?

I picked the British because no country accomplished so much with so few.

Gundamor, what you point out actually is the lack of deciciveness of the american people to go (to sent their boys) to war.

I find it bad to say any person in any army is weak minded or in weak spirit. I was in the American army for 11 years in Desert Storm,Somalia,Kosovo and Afgahnistan. We may have hated where we were and wanted to go home but when the mission time came or your life was on the line we were ready and very very capable of handling anything. The bonding and friendships made you fight to protect out of instinct and pride. "In the heat of battle it ceases to be an idea for which we fight. Or a flag. Rather we fight for the man on our left, and we fight for the man on our right. And when armies are scattered and the empires fall away, all that remains is the memory of those precious moments that we spent sided by side."

The complexities of war are so overshadowed by a couple mishaps. A plane my get shot down or crash from malfunction but this is after how many sorties? A convoy may run into trouble or get ambushed yet we forget about the 1000's of other succesful ones. We could kill 70-100 of the enemy but if one american is killed its considered a loss in some peoples eyes. Whats funny is that people put down the U.S. but every country in the world right now is taking notes and learning from the U.S. as they do real world things. The same goes with the British and other Nato countries currently down range in Afgahnistan. The flexible structure and training of these armies alow them to adapt and change quite well.

The U.S. army isnt small either. Its not built on manpower however. Our sheer amount of equipment makes it quite impressively large. Look at how many helicopters,tanks,trucks etc it has and its far from small.

yes russian and person from uzkarjakitan.the anericans are fools.their f 117 is flawed.hear of the bonsia incident.a single round from a small arm destroy a 8 million dollar machine.Plus immendelity after the sovirt union desolved it the gay and very very very very scared americans knew that the russians were militaryly superior and that they could never win a ground war aginst the ussr,but about the very very very very very scared part the usa  quickly made the ussr apart of nato.29 days after ward and only that late becasue the u.s were preparing therir speeches and stuff.belive me and russian and the guy from uberistan the russian n.koreans and chinese and vietcong would certainly win.not the ill equpped american army.i was watching this one movie were the americans[in american soldierds]are in iraq and figthing agingt the tailban.well these armed militia were armed with only ak 47s and grenades and body armor.they after only five minutes the evil am,ericanswere requestingAIR SUPPORT.THE IRAQIS WERE BEATING THEM.THEY THE ARMEICAN ARE WAY TO CONFIDENT.ALREADY THE AREMICANS IN JUST TWO WEEKS OF FIGTHING WANTED TO GO HOME.PEOPLE OF THE WORLD[ARMEICA IS WEAKCOMPARED AGINST CHINA OR N.KOERA.sh*t DONT YOU UNDERSTAND.THE ARE IN TOP 5 BUT NOT TOP 5.

Originally posted by Dampier Originally posted by Russian karlos, Russia is also able to wipe out any country in the world, Russia actually has more nuclear weapons than US and bigger throw weight. � Can you confirm this, I was reading the Economist recently and they had the strategic nuke figures at something like 3,050 for US and 2,950 for Russia.

    
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons#States_that_have_tested_a_nuclear_weapon
    

"Russia has a weaker GDP than Italy, but can Russia produce more?"

You've got to be kidding me.

Edited by Russian - 23-Jul-2006 at 00:25

Russian, you said, that it is not important how large the GDP is, it is important how many a land can produce.

Originally posted by Russian karlos, Russia is also able to wipe out any country in the world, Russia actually has more nuclear weapons than US and bigger throw weight.

Ok, sorry.   


but I still disagree about land operation Dampier, I don't think it is possible for US really.

karlos, Russia is also able to wipe out any country in the world, Russia actually has more nuclear weapons than US and bigger throw weight.
    
Well, you pointed out correctly that Nukes are peace keepres. No Russia wouldn't be able to wipe out China or India, but Iran, probably.

Edited by Russian - 12-Jun-2006 at 09:40

Dear Death, Russian and Cesar !

Originally posted by karlos Originally posted by Russian Originally posted by Death Use your script and language retard............unlike you i� read books and have read far more then you .Im sure of that.This sick kid could be your dad, but if you were my son i would send you back to Russia................share the fate of your nation you imbecil.....its easy to live in Canada.................Im thinking that maybe you got deported cause your dumb,or crazy.See here My Romanian friend,.....first of all i would take the Dacia,its a cool car i wont mind,seckond, yeah listten to this guy,you might learn something...............................you are in Romania right,..................now try and remember how we all lived in this part of Europe(east) and tell me you beleve this guy, this pathetic excuse of a spinal coard that more or less was too weak to make it here where there is a strong competition to even live.........................his belly is full and you are hungry,do you beleve him?Germany had a most powerful modern army,end of discusion!�US is the only superpower, it could wipe out any single country in the World now! there we go, why US doesnt wipe out Iran, lol, because it can't. There was no army in history more powerful than the RED ARMY. Ok, Death, keep going, keep swearing, just go ahead, I am going to just read your random post, I don't even want to argue with you, it is impossible, you believe what you want to believe.      Ok,� this is getting really old.� All this bullsh*t is going to get this thread locked. Anyways..... why US doesnt wipe out Iran, lol, because it can't.� My friend,� you are very wrong here.� The US can wipe out Iran or any country in the world.� Tell me why it would be in the best interests of the US to invade Iran right now.� Do you seriously think that GWBush is going to march American troops right into Iran while they are still trying to stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan.� He has the support of about 35% of the population and there is no way that Congress would support him let alone the UN and NATO.� This arguement is very stupid;� quit using it.�

    

You are a common powerson with a common misconception, whta if US attacks Russia? China, India? It wil get OWNED, owned HARD.get a clue about forces and about the armies.

Land operation in Iran is IMPOSSIBLE for USA, because it will lose, look at the size of Iran, think.

USA is not nearly as powerful as it says it is, Iraq and Iran shows. You are just listening what USA sas about it's army, well, it had never faced a good enough army, it always attacked small countries with not really good armies, should it attack a good sized army, like german, Russia, Chinese, it will not be able to succede.

My argument is that USA can not wipe out any country, what about Russia, China India? USA will get owned should it attack them and USA knows this although keeps presenting it's army as the most powerful ever.

Lol, Cezar, just leave him alone, that's what you do with people like that, just don't reply.

Sheich, I do not agree, I think it must be stated what parts of army were more powerful, like: Land army, air forces, navy?

Because throughout 1945- present, Russia has most powerful land army, throughout 1945-present USA has strongest air forces and Navy. So, it depends not on time in this case, but on the part of the army I think.
    
You are right, it would be not in hte best interests of USA to invadde Iran, because they know their land forces will lose there.
    

Edited by Russian - 10-Jun-2006 at 18:22