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Size does matter because the Nazis were very tactical and skilled, they basically took over most of Europe then got owned by Russia (though then then-Soviet Union was more serious about its military than Russia now is). The same thing happened to Napoleon really. So I think communist armies are the best because they have raw power behind them.
Australian Defence Force obviously.
Tbh I think the main reason people are saying Britain is because they are from Britain. They might have had control over the world a few centuries ago but shiny swords are nothing to nukes and artillery. If most of the most powerful countries went to war (say, the earth was being killed by global warming or an ice age and they were fighting for new land) I'd say since it's not a 'blow up half the Earth and win' war the dominate powers would be US, Russia, Asia, Europe. I'm not sure how Britain would go without support from the rest of Europe.
USA ;)
As part of the commonwealth, if it ever came to such measures the British would just involve your country in a war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekalb
That's the biggest loads of *beeep* i have heard so far on this debate, it's not about nuclear weapons, it's about how good the countires soldiers are, Navy, Air force, special forced, And intelegence, over-all if the whole world had with the same ammount of artillery, planes, ships and soldiers, the British would win hands down. And our air force is upgrading, with new aircrafts being designed. Such as the F35 wich is being co-designed with the U.S. And our Navy is being upgraded within the next 15years. The new nuclear submarines, 2 new fighter crafts, those the size of the new French aircraft carrier (can't remember the name) .Quote:
Originally Posted by RedStratocas
And why the hell are people putting north korea, south korea, and australlia up there? just because they have nuclear weapons. techincally south korea does'nt have nuc's. North korea has yet to say it has weapons, and if they did the maximum they would have is a measley 10. So what the hell are some people on about, armies are totally different from nuclear weapons, nuc's are just used to scare other countries from having wars with people who have nuc's. its 99% possible any of the nuclear weapons would ever be used.
Oh and, http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_has_th...y_in_the_world
that should hold soem answers, the poster of that was a foreigners from a place liek Australlia can't really remember. :)
Also,I and i think many others would've laughed at you for that post, you obviouseley know nothing about polotices and power/armies, narb. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-
and one other word for those ''Americans'', Vietnam.
sorry for double post.
Also not to mention we train most of the other countires in the world. =>
Granted britain is small, but its wrong to say its not powerful. Britain still has the most powerful projection force in europe itself, we can put more troops and firepower anywhere in the world than any other countary in europe is capable of. Thats not to say we would then be able to invade another country in europe successfully though, take Germany for example, it has next to no projection ability, it hasnt got the resources and equipment needed to invade or attack any ware, but this isnt because of a lack of military strength, its simply that its military strength lies in its defense force, even a military like the USA would have a very hard time trying to invade the place. The same i believe is true of austraila, having a very strong defense force and also a limited projection ability, although they lack the resources to make an substantial attack on its own, at a distant target. Although would still easly dominate most of the surrounding country's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekalb
So its hard to really say what military power is, since different military are equipt for different things. Very few military powers have projection abilitys, needed to invade for example, which is why the UK still ranks quite highly being one of the few with this capability (Spain i believe has the next most powerful projection force in europe (i may be wrong on this one).
But just because a countrys may lack projection ability, it doesn't mean the military force isnt more than capable of defending its own territory, more effectively than the armys of projection capable country's may be.
So its hard to judge an overall idea of military power.
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Originally Posted by HabboIsKrouts
No. Sorry. The Army includes what weapons they have. Im pretty sure one idiot with a machine gun can wipe out an small army of super intelligent soldiers armed with number 2 pencils.
Actually, im pretty sure an SAS member for example would be quite capable of taking out a stupid machine gunner with just a pencil.... or maybe even a properly trained capable one.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedStratocas
In fact, i think most people would be able to with the stupid one, just hide behind somthing till they run out of ammunition.