Russia has reneged on the START treaty. They still have about 100 SS-18 Satan ICBMs in operation. It comes in many versions. One version carries a single 20 MT warhead. 20 MT is equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima A-bombs.

Originally posted by pavil
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I find it hard to fathom why the U.S., once it has established air superiority over Iranian Airspace, would not be able to systematically pick apart the military/industrial complex of Iran. It might take a Month or two of targeting of facilities, but the end result would be a defanged and very crippled Iran. Even their hardened nuclear sites could only take so much pounding till they just become big holes in the ground. Without control of the skies, Iran is a sitting duck when it comes to American Air power and precision guided munitions. You don't have to invade a country to turn it into a non threat militarily. That's not to say Iran won't try every play in the book, in the long run however Iran's economy and military would be in shambles.
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Like the USA were finished in Iraq in a couple of weeks... I mean ... öhm.. months... öhm... forget it...

zerop

Why do we fight wars for Israel? Are we just tools? [...]

Yep!
But: WHOSE tools? ;o)

Königkaos
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If Iran,Syria,Russia,China etc want to try and topple us im sure they will pay the ultimate price.

How many countries before have tried this.........they all failed

Except Vietnam...we had some problems there!


But look to name a few countries that failed to eliminate us
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Königkaos: how many countries have tried to INVADE the USA?
(Let's forget the War for Independence, that's IMHO a different kettle of fish)

Germany? Never wanted to involve England/USA! (I'm German and glad I didn't have to grow up being a Nazi, but that's another story!)
Iraq?
Afgahnistan?
North Korea?
Vietnam?

I don't remember any of them trying to invade America.

BUT, if the Prophecies start fulfilling themselves, then we are heading for WWIII and I'm definatly not looking forward to that!

Possible countries could be:
Russia, Syria, Iran, Iraq(?), NK, China vs. USA, Israel, Europe(?)

The worst thing about it will be, that the days when 2 armies clash onto each other are long gone. This day and age war will be fought with a lot of terrorism.
Meaning a very dirty and fearfull fight!

I hope no one starts using nukes, if they do, there won't be much of our planet left.

Sammy

Originally posted by Harlequin

and now the argueing starts - that britisah and russian SF troops are better than USA ones

Russian troops are better at beating up new conscripts and being young conscript pimps that is for sure.

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and they are better at getting underpaid

Am I the only one to find it Highly Dubious?

Using Special Forces to protect assets? They would be using their Top soldiers as the first Defence Line?

I tough the word Special meant they were trained for very special cases and not common defence missions?

i dont think the russin prez is that dumb. if he is really is sending other troops to kill americans hes nuts. if he dose when i go over seas with deployment ill take care of it.

Originally posted by Siren


Could unseen forces be orchestrating "end time" events?

No...because believe it or not, every time there is a problem it does not mean the end of the world is near.

If putin is that dumb, I would have to say that those ruskies would be fair game. happy hunting season.

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