tallboy123
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I think too many people are significantly underestimating US power. Their power projection is second to none. My lecturer once told us that the US has the military power to invade ANY country on earth (although follow-through is their weakness) and their combined tonnage of navy ships is equal to the next 10 largest navies IN THE WORLD. I know India and China have plans to build ACC but right now the USN operates 11 ACC (more than half of the world's ENTIRE ACC fleet) and let's not forget these are not just any old ACCs they are SUPERCARRIERS - 100,000 tonnes each operating 100+ state of the art planes. Easily triumphing the 40,000/65,000 ACC India and China are planning to sail. They also operate 22 B-2 stealth bombers that can target anywhere in the world and cost $2.2 BILLION EACH! AND the second largest air operator after the USAF is the USN!! I mean I could go on and on.
The US's unparrelled, overwhelming technology ( that is constantly evolving) and quantity superiority over anyone means that they are going to be top dog for the foreseeable future and their tenaciousness means they will not go down without a fight.
Actually I did stipulate that maybe it wasn't clear enough ie my follow on point in brackets. Yes it can invade any nation but actually occupying and after work is not their strong point and something they would find challenging. He was actually referring to facts ie US armed forces could overpower any other armed forces in the world.US has no doubt far greater projecting power than the rest of nations with their top notch navy and air force, but invading other major nations isn't an easy task either.
Defending yourself at your own backyard is much easier than attacking. Obviously your lecturer was quite ignorant by believing US can flawlessly beat all the nations combined without getting itself badly scratched.
Actually I did stipulate that maybe it wasn't clear enough ie my follow on point in brackets. Yes it can invade any nation but actually occupying and after work is not their strong point and something they would find challenging. He was actually referring to facts ie US armed forces could overpower any other armed forces in the world.
Are they going to overpower PLA in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? Of course.
Are they going to overpower PLA in its own backyard? Nope, PLA's medium ranged ballistic missiles would immediately take out their Asia-Pacific military bases before they can even fly their aircrafts.
And i also endorse completely what Hilary Clinton mentioned about India-One leg in the global actor camp and one in the NAM camp,by mentioning that NAM is outdated i dont meant that India should support a unipolar world and should side with the American camp,I mean India should be more assertive when came to international affair's and its own global policies, every time India follows a silence in every issue,it is completely reluctant to make its stand in most issue's, come on is not India the nation which is vying hard for UNSC,is India going to follow the same stance if it make it into the UNSC.
Does rankings really change anything in the current situation?
We have a lot to learn and achieve.
although I am from Pakistan. . I doubt that Pakistan can be on no. 11 diplomatic muscle and softpower. . . .
Actually I did stipulate that maybe it wasn't clear enough ie my follow on point in brackets. Yes it can invade any nation but actually occupying and after work is not their strong point and something they would find challenging. He was actually referring to facts ie US armed forces could overpower any other armed forces in the world.
If we were fighting in the middle of the Pacific or isolated in the middle of the desert, yes.
But we're not. It's not the USAF against the PLAAF. It's the USAF and USN that can GET HERE vs. the entire PLAAF+PLAN+2nd artillery. We won't be standing still. We'll be bombing US bases in Guam, Okinawa and South Korea, sinking stray US ships with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and subs, dumping USD, sanctioning the US and inflicting hyperinflation, etc. The US cannot militarily defeat China, that is, to force the government to surrender without being nuked.
If we were fighting in the middle of the Pacific or isolated in the middle of the desert, yes.
But we're not. It's not the USAF against the PLAAF. It's the USAF and USN that can GET HERE vs. the entire PLAAF+PLAN+2nd artillery. We won't be standing still. We'll be bombing US bases in Guam, Okinawa and South Korea, sinking stray US ships with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and subs, dumping USD, sanctioning the US and inflicting hyperinflation, etc. The US cannot militarily defeat China, that is, to force the government to surrender without being nuked.