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

[Kardan]

America war wise.
China global power wise.

[GommeInc]

I wouldn't say America has a powerful or controlled army. They shoot anything with a pulse and put P.O.Ws in homo-erotic positions. China, Russia or North Korea probably have powerful armies.

[DiscoPat]

mess with korea and your dust lol

[HabboIsKrouts]

We do not have to fight for the queen if Britain is in a war. We are sovereign and are a separate country that used to be a colony of the UK, but are just now a commonwealth country, which is all the former colonies of the UK. Highly trained armies meant nothing in the past. It was biggest army won, because they had many more people to throw at the enemy in order to inflict the greatest amount of casualties and damage. Look at USSR in WWII, they took over 6 weeks to mobilize their massive army, they had crappy weapons, bad training and still crushed the Nazis (because of their numbers and the climate of Russia, which is where they fought), who were the most skilled army of the time. Russia lost around 20 million soldiers in that war, and by the end Germany had lost 7-9 million of the strongest people (because those were the ones who fought in the war). Nowadays, it doesn't work that way. It is all based on firepower. The strong and powerful British and American soldiers get blown up by an IED on a random street in Iraq, because there is no way to fight against that. But those who control the skies win. The Iraqi's may have a few rocket propelled grenades or surface to air missiles, but that do not have close enough to down all the planes. I believe modern wars are based on the air combat and not land combat, because no countries have so many troops to throw away in battle as before (although I'm sure North Korea, Iran and maybe China would not hesitate to do so because they are Communist/Dictator regimes that are not out for the interests of the common man).

yea. so that's why u joined int eh war against the nazi's? stop acting liek you know it all. and you are totally underestimating the British army, it's the 2nd best behind U.S and many people know/believe this. And you also forget how much britain does for other countries, you forget this, we train your armies also.

[Breakfloor]

Britain taught america evrything they know about war. when WWII came america was like WDH!?!?! AMGZ
they didnt know how to train troops britain taught them. but it was USSR

But now Britain/china

[HabboIsKrouts]

Britain taught america evrything they know about war. when WWII came america was like WDH!?!?! AMGZ
they didnt know how to train troops britain taught them. but it was USSR

But now Britain/china

Totally agree there.

[GommeInc]

yea. so that's why u joined int eh war against the nazi's? stop acting liek you know it all. and you are totally underestimating the British army, it's the 2nd best behind U.S and many people know/believe this. And you also forget how much britain does for other countries, you forget this, we train your armies also.

I'm sure the US army isn't that good. Big, yes. Tactical, no. If you give them planes/helecopters, they're missile marked UN convoys to the ground or generally shoot you with a machine gun when and where unappropriate.

[BL!NKEY]

Granted, but your example was still flawed. Weapons may be part of the army, but weapons are useless without soldiers. A solderer can fight without a weapon, but a machine gun cant fight without a solderer.
Hence my belief that soldiers are still a very important factor in modern warfare.


Even nukes dont fire themselves.

True in the past but in the future and present unmanned vehicles and planes are going to become very popular for the US at least. There will be commanders at base camp that would approve the decision to like shoot a missile or something life threatening through cameras.


So money is going to be the key factor.

[GommeInc]

True in the past but in the future and present unmanned vehicles and planes are going to become very popular for the US at least. There will be commanders at base camp that would approve the decision to like shoot a missile or something life threatening through cameras.


So money is going to be the key factor.

But wouldn't the unmanned machines, vehicles, planes still require some technician to be behind the cameras and computers in order to fire the weapons and drive? I am sceptical to whether or not it would be a good idea to have planes fly themselves with no control from a technician or ground pilot or Nukes fire themselves when and where they feel like it...

The fact remains, that even "unmanned" machines are not what make an army, but the fact that the people controlling them are.

[indian8132]

The IRA (Irish Republican Army) were pretty powerful..

And no, I aint saying it cause im Irish