Is US millitery strongest?

Answer 1

no it's not. Just back to 1974 and think to Iraq recently.

Answer 2

Without any question, by any metric you'd care to use beyond simple numbers.

Best technology, best C4I, best trained troops, best force projection capability (12 CVBGs), best Sealift and Airlift capability, best Air Force, best Navy, best Space Forces, and so on.

And most importantly - The absolute best logistics troopers and capability in the world by several orders of magnitude. Always remember - amateurs talk about Strategy and Tactics. Professionals talk about logistics.

There are those who would argue one or another tank is slightly better than ours (The Leopard II and Challenger have their backers) or one artillery piece is better by a smidgen - The problem is that we have WAY more than enough of OUR stuff to overwhelm anything else, and our coordination is far superior. Add in to that equation absolute US dominance of the airspace over any battlefield (Sorry, the Eurofighter isn't quite up to the Raptor's standards) and even if someone elses' tank WERE slightly better, it wouldn't last long.

There is no one who is safe in the same battlespace with us - even our allies. The pace of modern combat makes identifying vehicles difficult and dangerous and having allies operating within US battlespace exposes them to blue-on-blue incidents. That's one reason we're careful to keep them out.

These facts put the lie to the usual liberal talk about the US being out to commit genocide in Iraq - If we wanted to, there wouldn't be anything larger than a rat living from southern Lebanon to eastern Pakistan - without using nukes.

Orion

EDIT: "uses illegal weapons and commits war crimes" - The usual liberal cry when we destroy opposing armies. The US obeys all the tenets of the Geneva Convention - even against foes who are non-signatory (the Conventions specifically do not apply if one combatant is non-signatory, but the US follows those rules anyway). We do not commit war crimes. Period. Soldiers who violate the UCMJ are prosecuted and jailed - one lad just got himself a 100 year sentence for such a violation.

The US is hardly weak in mountainous terrain. Ask the Taliban how quickly we exterminated them in the Hindu Kush. Ask the 10th Mountain Division or our heliborne units. Learn before you speak, boy.

Answer 3

By a long shot,no military in the world is close,there are armies with more soldiers but its more about the array of weapons amount of weapons and the amount of technology implemented than it is about soldiers now.Without nukes we could have rolled over Iraq and iran in the amount of time weve been over there if it werent for the UN the media and the blleding hearts,Im not saying that would have been or is the right thing to do but we sure could.

Answer 4

Define "strongest".

If you mean destructive capacity, a total launch of all Russian nuclear weapons would do just as much damage as the US weapons.

If you mean a standing army, no. North Korea has a larger standing army than the US, and China's conventional army is many times the size of the US.

The only way the US can win is in a technological war on open ground - essentially, it is still built for the cold war, not 21st century reality. War today is urban and in uneven territory (eg. mountains). The US military is weak in those respects _except_ when the US uses illegal weapons and commits war crimes.


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Answer 5

The United States has the majority of aircraft carriers with a dozen in service and a dozen in reserve, and its aircraft carriers are a cornerstone of American power projection capability - this alone makes the US the strongest military power. No other nation on earth has this capability.

Answer 6

"Although Donald Rumsfeld once claimed that the United States is not imperialistic and doesn’t seek empires, what else are you going to call this global presence in 159 regions of the world? Do all these countries want U.S. troops on their soil? Is there really any reason why the United States still has 64,319 troops in Germany, 33,453 troops in Japan, and 10,449 troops in Italy – sixty years after World War II? And what are we doing with 1,521 troops in Spain, 414 troops in Honduras, and 347 troops in Australia? And why do we have 31 soldiers in Cote D’Ivoire? Cote D’What? Cote D’Where? How many Americans can locate Cote D’Ivoire on a map or have ever heard of it? How many even care? (For the record, Cote D’Ivoire is next to Burkina Faso.)"

Answer 7

Of course it is. If we were allowed to use our true force, this war would have ended long ago and Iran would have surrendered without incident.

Answer 8

Technology wise, yes. // we do not have as big a military as others, say China or India. // The American people do not have the will to let their military do it's job ( example; Iraq ). They are too fat and complacent, I say that as an American.

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

Right now it certainly is, but let's hope it lasts! =)