| mrstickball said: Avinash, remember: The US has 1 less carrier than every other nation combined (11 US carriers vs. 12 carriers by all other nations). The most carriers any other country owns is 2. |
Good point. Also, each one of those carriers carries more planes than all but ~17 countries have in their entire air forces. Also, in the even of a full-scale war, stuff like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_High_Energy_Laser could be brought online very quickly, further enhancing the gap.
I don't think some of the people posting in this thread fully comprehend the scale of investment the US has (and continues to pour in to) military technology and infrastructure. In 2008, the US allocated 607 billion dollars to defense spending. That's 41.5% of all the money spent by all countries in the entire world on military technology. Also, to put that figure in perspective, the UK's entire GDP is 2.7 trillion dollars (thus US defense budget == 22% of the UK's GDP) and only 17 countries (9% of the 192 UN member states) have a GDP that is greater than this figure. That means the US has an astronomical advantage in developing, testing, and mass producing military technology over any and all comers. It wouldn't man anything once war was declared, but it would sure as hell impact the outcome of said war...
I do say though, that I thoroughly hope and pray I will never have the opportuinity of seeing these speculations play out on a battlefield.
Not trying to be a fanboy. Of course, it's hard when you own the best console eve... dang it
