Could the United states be invaded??

Question

Is it possible to invade the u.s or do they have a good Defensive Plan for any possible invasion. (im doing a report in school) I need answers NOT just a simple YES OR NO

Invasion by an army of another nation. Which means Tank, Planes, Infrantry, ETC.

Invasion by an army of another nation. Which means Tank, Planes, Infrantry, ETC.

Answer 1

We have hundreds of thousands of national guard, not to mention the reserves that aren't in Iraq or Afghanistan at the moment, not to mention the soldiers who are home right now. The soldiers abroad would probably be deployed back to this country to join the fight. I'm sure there are plenty of retired military personnel that wouldn't hesitate to pick up a gun and join the fight to defend this nation. People who own guns probably wouldn't hesitate either. You also have to think about law enforcement and the S.W.A.T. team. I really don't think it would be possible. If the enemy was able to get through that, the American spirit is too high, we have too many patriots in this country that would rather die than for their children to live under terror.

Answer 2

The United States has the most advanced military in the world. If there was an invasion of troops, we would know it was coming and sink or blast out of the sky what ever vessel was transporting the troops. However if Canada or Mexico decided to invade they could get into the country, but again, the US military would have no problem mobilizing and stopping the invasion. Even if Washington was nuked or if NY or LA was assaulted, our citizenry is armed better that most militarize and the US is fiercely independent.

No risk of invasion, unless you count illegal aliens,

The unmonitored border is the only real weakness that the US has

Answer 3

there is no country that can fight a war against the US and successfully complete an invasion and occupation. The US spends more money on defense than the rest of the world combined. The USA is a huge landmass. American citizens often have access to weapons, which makes occupation almost impossible.

Infiltrating people through immigration and striking from within is different.

Answer 4

There is a film about.....Red Down, but it's out of date, it was filmed in the late cold war years.
In this film Warsaw pact countries(Urss, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, but also Cuba..) invade the USA, and a group of students organize the resistance.
But today there are no such a big alliance that can think about invading USA, and actually also Varsavian pact never really thought about it, USA are to far for all.
to invade the USA you must ship a lot of soldiers, tanks, vehicles, helicopters, and airplanes must fly for some hours before reach USA skies, so it is hard to give an adequate air support to troops.
And the territories are too large to be controlled....

Answer 5

Yes the USA could be invaded. That's actually what the illegal aliens are doing now; it's just when they do it one at a time we don't consider it an invasion. We don't actually consider Mexico or Canada enemies, so the biggest threat is Cuba which is 90 miles off the coast of Florida. Since Cuba is a communist country they don't consider Cubans who take a boat to the USA illegal aliens, instead they're refugees seeking asylum and are given US citenship. But there was an incident called the Bay of Pigs when JFK was president when we thought the country of Cuba was going to attack us and if successful they would have invaded next. Good Luck on your paper.

Answer 6

go rent a movie called Red Dawn, its a movie from the 80's about this. besides it couldn't happen with out the help of Canada or Mexico, the us clams 150 miles out to sea as us property so if you can sneak an invasion force the size you would need to invade the us across that much water, then we deserve to be invaded

Answer 7

Simply put yes...it's been done before and it can be done again. It's only a matter of when, not If.

Sure our defenses are great, but they are not fool proof. Anyone with enough logistical planning can do it. Our borders aren't quite as secure as they can be and there are plenty of ways to cross.

Something else to think about, an invasion can start from inside the borders. The invaders could reinforce their manpower by slowly bringing people across the borders legally, as well as recruiting from within.

to think we are impenetrable would be a big mistake.
Our best defense is to know how to react when that does happen.

Answer 8

It'd be quite difficult to invade the US. The only countries that border us are Canada and Mexico, and we don't really face any sort of military threat from them. That leaves parachuting and amphibious landings as pretty much the only way for anyone to get here. With technology nowadays, it'd be impossible for any attempt at a large scale invasion to go unnoticed, so the US would have time to prepare. So, it is possible to invade the US, but it's highly unlikely that it will be a successful invasion.

Answer 9

Yes, America has long under guarded boarders. We have sleeper cells in our country,our port security is a joke. On the plus side is the fact that we have more fire arms in our homes than most countries have in their entire military! That's the nice part "The right to keep & bear arms." we could be invaded from within,but no army or fantic group could ever defeat us. We would not hessitate to use what ever means necessary to protect our homeland. Hell, our citizens alone would give any armed invaders a hell of a fight.

Answer 10

No, the U.S. is safe from invasion, but not safe from DESTRUCTION .
The old Soviet Union traditionally attacked any country that they disagreed with........... but only after out-numbering their opponents armies 10-1 . The USA is the only country that they didn't attack after out-numbering our army 10-1 . Because we have nukes, but also because we have personal weapons and the right to bear arms . The Soviets knew that they wouldn't just be fighting our army, they'd be fighting every single gun owner too !!