Worlds most powerful army? - [Closes 24/06/07]

[jackass]

I would say us the British, we have the S.A.S, one of the most sophisticated regiments in the world and the M.O.D.

LOOOL!

We are no way the most powerful.

[Tom H]

The chinese army is the second biggest employer in the world. That says a lot I think.

The british forces are the best in the world (Army, RAF, Navy) but by itself the army isn't the most powerful.

Its clear that the US has better artillery than the UK. However the british army goes through better training before facing any opposition.

[-:Undertaker:-]

This training issue which many try to use to 'gloryify' the UK army and Navy is absolute rubbish.

America/Russia/China could wipe our little army off the map right away without using Nuclear Arms.

[Oni]

North Korea, without a doubt.

If they wanted too, they could wipe out every person that is not Korean.

This isn't a debate, it's just a question, and I've answered it.

WTH, just because north korea is a secretive country doesnt mean it would come anyone near winning. The country as a whole is poor, compared to the US its nothing.

[:Hazel]

Not necessarily, the Chinese army are obviously biggest due to their population however it does not make them the most powerful. It is all dependent, as DiscoPat said above, on the skills and training of the army in question. Although size is indeed a big part the other factors are far more influential.
Another thing is where the war is fought. Modern warfare is fought in an increasingly guerilla style so armies are training for this but ultimately different countries train in different ways. Hypothetical situation; the Americans go and fight a guerilla war in the Congo, in an attempt to peacekeep (lol I know it would never happen. Peace and Americans?!), the people fighting the way in the Congo may not match the skill and superiority of the Americans however they are familiar with the jungle and are used to fighting there - the Americans are not. It's like the Vietnam war; the Americans were far superior to the Vietcong in terms of how powerful their army were and yet despite all their tactics, they still did not fulfill their aim of containing Communism.

true, thinking logically the army with the most guns/weapons SHOULD win a war, but i suppose it may depend on how good they are and how they have been trained.

[BL!NKEY]

"Why don't presidents fight the war, why do they always send the poor"

Because the poor are usually not as educated as the president or the upper class.

The army is better for the poor because they need money to go to college and stuff.

The rich usually have worked hard and studied so they have enough money to not have to risk their self.

This is all of corse without a draft.

I'd say British for tactics as we've had armies before America was discovered but probably Korea as they are well motivated (fight or have your families killed )

Lol if that was true then how did America beat the British in a war before they were even a country?

But America still seem unable to distinguish between the enemy and the people on their side. Americans are "trigger happy" imo.

The american army is not stupid. Maybe our president has made some bad decisions but our tactics and army are very effective. Fighting a war in another country without being against a set group of people is hard. Especialy when most people dont believe in teh war. There are like ten times more Iraqis killed than americans because of the technology and training of the troops.

I know that if some other country was to attack us, more people would be for a war and we would have an even better army.


I would say that China has a lot of people and might give america a run for its money because their population is increasing but America would no doubt be able to defend its self if someone was to try to take us over.

[Mentor]

This training issue which many try to use to 'gloryify' the UK army and Navy is absolute rubbish.

America/Russia/China could wipe our little army off the map right away without using Nuclear Arms.

Not really, it is true the british forces are far better trained than those of america, russia or the US. Britain has oped for an small elite force rather than a larger military like the US for example. This is primarily down to two reasons.
1) the British military is massively underfunded, the US's is over funded. We have to go for the cheeper options
2) Compaiured to any of those britain is a tiny island, even if we have the same % of the population in the army as other countarys, where going to be massively outnumber.

So as i said before, in the power to people ratio, britain is one of the most powerful, dispite that due to being rediculsuy outnumbed and out gunned, no we wouldnt be able to take on a full scale war against the US or another countary in the modern day.

Equaly i doubt the US would stand a chance against china without nuclar force if it came down to that, for much the same reason. ( in chinas case that it would likely have more soldures than the opposeing countary had people)

[DiscoPat]

To be honest most countrys can wipe out any country, like; they have the power to, but it all depends on who does it quicker and with more advanced weopons.

[BL!NKEY]

Equaly i doubt the US would stand a chance against china without nuclar force if it came down to that, for much the same reason. ( in chinas case that it would likely have more soldures than the opposeing countary had people)

The US has far better technology than China.

But with that said I dont think eaither one of us could overtake the other on their own land

there are two things to think about with powerful military

. Can this country defend itself from an invasion from its neighbours?
2. Can this country attack another country, either across sea or across land?

[RedStratocas]

Nucler streangh is kinda usless though, since quite a few countarys have the firepower to destroy the world, if only 2 or 3 times over... and really destroying it one time is just as good as 30, 40 or a 100 times.

On to other galaxies! That Glorax race cant destroy itself you know!