If the America got in to a war with Russia would it be a hard war to win.?

Question

with russia haveing the most nukes in the world and other sophisticated types of military gear. I dont think it would be as easy as invading iraq of iran.

If russian comes to the aid of iran if the u.s airstikes them. I,m not sure if Iran and Russia are allis though.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, WWIII will be global suicide, therefore in answer to your question, as long as there's rational superpowers who believe in MAD, there will be no war with Russia or WW3. By definition, the next world war wil be nuclear, how could it not. In a nuclear war there will be no winner. In a nuclear world, the only true enemy is war itself.

The next World War will involve a nuclear exchange, how could it not if both sides believe no price for victory will be too high. In the first 30 minutes, nearly a billion people will have been vaporised, mostly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. Another 1.5 billion will die shortly thereafter from radiation poisoning. The northern hemisphere will be plunged into prolonged agony and barbarity.

Eventually the nuclear winter will spread to the southern hemisphere and all plant life will die. You ask what country would be victorious, you are asking when will we commit global suicide. My answer is it won't happen soon because the larger superpowers are more rational than the rump states in the middle east.

While we hear talk of a nuclear-Iran or a confrontation with NorKor, little is said about the 2 bulls in the glass shop. The arsenals of Russia and the US are enough to destroy a million Hiroshimas. But there are fewer than 3000 cities on the Earth with populations of 100,000 or more. You cannot find anything like a million Hiroshimas to obliterate. Prime military and industrial targets that are far from cities are comparatively rare. Our biggest threat is from an accidental launch by the Russians.

At the point of global suicide, it doesn't matter who is on what side....where you go to hide, or how long you can survive. In a nuclear age like i said before, the only true enemy is war itself.

Answer 2

Russia would certainly not prevail against the U.S.

You didn't specify what kind of war you are talking about. Since the U.S. would never invade Russia, I would have to assume you are talking about a scenario such as Russia trying to take control of a neighboring country, and the U.S. coming to their aid.

Let's look at the advantages the U.S. has:

1) Japan would be firmly on our side, and so would South Korea.

2) We can rely on the full support of all NATO countries. Every country in NATO has pledged mutual defense. NATO consists of:

Bulgaria
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey
UnitedKingdom

3) All the countries that suffered under 50 years of Communist Soviet rule would love to get some payback, so Russia should be afraid.

4) American military equipment is superior to the Russians, especially our aircraft and our missile technology. Russia's equipment is older, and decaying due to lack of funds. We have a lot more aircraft carriers, and our bases throughout Europe and Japan give us a great strategic edge.

5) Nukes would not be used. If the Russians were going to use them, they would have done so during the Cuban missile crisis.

Russia's advantages include:

1) No one wants to invade Russia. It's too massive. We would just have to carpet bomb their cities.

2) Iran and other countries would start causing trouble, and disrupting the war effort.

4) Russia still has a large standing army.

5) Russian subs could inflict some damage (but ours are better, and more numerous)

6) China might consider entering the conflict, but that is doubtful.

In a nutshell, we'd repel any Russian attack, whether it be on American soil, or in Europe.

Answer 3

What a general question.

What are the terms of war? I can think of dozens off the top of my head. For instance...

1 - Russia invading mainland US
2 - Russia invading Alaska
3 - America invading mainland Russia
4 - America invading the Kuril Islands
5 - America and Russia fighting over resources in Africa
6 - Russia intervening in an American invasion of another country
7 - America intervening in a Russian invasion of another country

What are the terms of victory? For instance...
1 - Successful invasion
2 - Successful invasion and occupation
3 - Nobody wins, it's a tie, but both sides claim victory
4 - One side withdraws from conflict
5 - Status quo, but one side kills more

Set the terms and maybe you'll actually get an educated answer for a change.

Answer 4

no longer an elementary question. Germany's defeat on the east the front had no longer that a lot to do with troop skill. Germany become outnumbered there a million:10 from the starting up. maximum of Germany's defeat had to do with the alternative of surprising protection pressure commanders with idiots and the advent of the T34 to the battlefield. at the same time as being no tournament to the recent era of German tanks it become inexpensive and would properly be produced in numbers Germany might want to in basic terms dream of. yet with out different fronts and specifically with out the air raids on the business complicated Germany would were in a position to provide more suitable of those monsters. The administration situation although might want to stay as they were replaced at a time at the same time as Germany become nonetheless reducing via Russia like a warm knife via butter.

Answer 5

In a frontal clash on the western borders? I see it being a very bloody, costly and protracted campaign for all involved. After the initial opening clashes, with heavy armoured and infantry combat, I see it would deteriorate into a static trench warfare. Russia would not have the technology to attack the USA lines head on. And Russian Defensives are very effective. (Esp air defense and anti tank) and would render USA assault doctrine very mild. I do not think USA population willing to accept the death toll that would be required.

Answer 6

In todays modernized warfare, it is basically impossible to "win" a covenational war. But, in a all out war with nukes aside, the U.S. would crush Russia. Still, it would be tough obviously, considerably more difficult than Iran I would imagine.

The only worry I would have fighting against Iran would be I.E.D's and fanatical suicide bombers around every corner...man, that would be one **** hole of a war.

Answer 7

It depends on your definition of "win." We won the battle against Sadem's regime in Iraq. But look at us now. Did we really win the war?

Answer 8

America has had extreme difficulty in small countries with little military gear, such as Korea, Viet Nam, and Iraq. The difficulty in even occupying the largest country in the world is astronomical, if not utter implausible.

Answer 9

No. Both sides would "lose" the war in about an hour. The survivors would build camps on the glass and slag that used to be American and Russian cities in a couple of hundred years.

Answer 10

What makes you think Iran would be relatively easier. As for invading Russia, would Americans be willing to do that? If not, then it is a moot point