How modern is the U.S. military?

Question

Is the organization of the U.S. military suited for todays world. I'm thinking that mass mobilization are pretty well irrelavant in today's world. It doesn't seem that we have learned how to fight wars against anything other than a large military force.

I'm thinking with our resoruces we should be able to operate more effectivley. I don't feel casualty statisics alone determine the success of a war. I am actually not even really looking at those numbers. What I am looking at is how conflicts and military operations have evlolved over the last half of the twentieth century. It just seems that the use of our resources equipment and personell included is outdated to most conflicts. Look at what happened with the Soviets in Afghanistan.

My point about the Soviets is not to compare U.S. military operations to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan but to give an example of how a large well equipped military can easily be over powered by a guerilla-type military.

Answer 1

The us has the most modern equipment but he oldest tactics. The equipment is awesome but open battlefield weapons like the M1A2 Abrams wont really work in enclosed close quarters and guerrilla warfare. The us should spend some money developing money for these new types of warfare and not spending it on projects to make weapons so good that only our ALLIES can actually stand up to them. One example is the F 22. I don't see why the USAF needs a new fighter when it has perfectly good F16 and F15.

Answer 2

Fighting small guerilla forces is something that our forces are equipped to do, especially through the special forces. However, taking out these groups can be a politically sticky wicket.

We are the best equipped and trained force in the world. But that doesn't mean that all situations are easy to overcome. If public opinion demands that we don't lose one soldier, we will never meet that standard.

The number of soldiers lost in Iraq is by no means excessive. We have 14,000 murders and 50,000 killed in car accidents each year and 3000 soldiers killed in Iraq in the 3 plus years we've been there. How much outcry is there to stop senseless killing at home?

Be proud of our military, they are the best.

Answer 3

The U.S. has the greatest military on the planet. We have stealth like no other military and intelligience that beats out all others. I beleive we are the most modern military. The only reason we have trouble on the small military is the same reason any other country would have trouble, they hide and then run out throw a roadside bomb or two and runaway again. The don't fight they are cowardice.

Answer 4

It appears that you are asking how modern US military doctrine is. Currently US military doctrine is the most advanced in the world. 'AirLand Battle' was used in the Gulf War and proved to a more advanced doctrine than any other nation had. Since then we have taken this doctrine and completely modernized and updated it to take advantage of the advances in information technology.

Answer 5

I think we spend way too much money on Aircraft Carriers, new billion dollar nuclear submarines when we should be spending on how to aid grunts soldiers and Marines in rooting out terrorists!
A Trident submarine does nothing to help prevent or punish 9/11. But sadly the USA will buy another one with a nuclear aricraft carrier thrown in.