By 2030, These 5 Armies Will Be Truly Unstoppable (Who Made the List?)

[Music] [Applause] by 2030 these five armies will be truly unstoppable who made the list the focus of ground combat operations has shifted dramatically since the end of the Cold War relatively few operations now involved the defeat of a technologically and doctrinally similar force leading to the conquest or liberation of territory preparation for these operations remains important but ground combat branches also have a host of other priorities some including counterinsurgency in policing hearkening back to the origins of the modern military organization what will the balance of ground combat power look like in 2030 presumably after the wars on terror and the wars of Russian reconsolidation more to come on this idea below shakeout predictions are hard especially about the future but a few relatively simple questions can help illuminate our analysis in particular three questions motivate this study does the army have access to national resources including an innovative technological base does the army have sufficient support from political authorities without compromising the organization's independence does the army have access to experience to learning or does it have the opportunity to learn and innovate in real-world conditions given these questions most ground combat forces of 2030 will very much resemble the most lethal forces of today with perhaps a couple of important changes [Applause] [Music] five india the indian army is poised to stand alongside the world's most elite ground combat forces while indian army equipment is lagged behind competitors in important ways India now has access to nearly the entire universe of military technology Russia Europe Israel and the United States all sell their wares to India complementing a growing domestic military industrial complex despite the need to compete with the air and naval services the Indian Army should have greater access to advanced technology in the future than it has in the past making it an even more formidable force for France [Music] of all the European countries France will likely retain the most capable lethal army in the future France remains committed to the idea of playing a major role in world politics and clearly believes in the necessity of effective ground forces to fulfill that role this should continue into the future and perhaps even accelerate as France takes on greater control of the military and security apparatus of the European Union Frances military industrial complex remains robust both on the domestic and the export fronts the army has modern command and communications equipment and provides the backbone for most multilateral European Union forces it also enjoys access to excellent field equipment including tanks and artillery the commitment of the French government to maintaining a strong domestic arms industry works in the Army's favor the French army has considerable experience with operations from the low to the medium arcs of the combat spectrum it is served in the Afghan and North African theatres of the wars on terror using regular and elite forces to support locals and defeat enemy irregulars the army also enjoys the support of two other French services the marine Nationale has creditable expeditionary capabilities and the Air Force has increasingly focused on support operations including battlefield strike transport and reconnaissance the modular professional nature of the army makes it easily deployable across a wide range of territory three Russia [Music] the Russian army went through a wrenching transformation at the end of the Cold War losing much of its access to resources to political clout and to manpower the military-industrial complex that had supported the Red Army collapsed in slow motion leaving the force with outdated and poorly maintained equipment morale dropped and the army struggled in combat against her regulars in Chechnya and elsewhere not everything is turned but some things have improvements in the Russian economy allowed for more investment in the force reform especially in the elite forces helped Russia win the war in Chechnya in 2008 the Russian army quickly defeated Georgia and in 2014 it's spearheaded the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine the Russian army will remain a lethal force in 2030 but nevertheless we'll have serious problems access to technology could become a greater problem in the future the death throes of the Soviet military industrial complex have finally played out leaving a system of innovation and production that has struggled on both sides of the coin manpower may also prove problematic as the army seems stuck between the old conscription model supported by dwindling population and the volunteer system that makes elite forces so special still Russia's neighbors will continue to fear the size and prowess of the Russian army especially in so-called hybrid operations for a long time to China since at least the early 1990s the People's Liberation Army has engaged in a thorough going reform of its ground forces for decades elements of the PLA acted as the guarantees of specific political factions within the Chinese Communist Party for decades elements of the PLA acted as the guarantors of specific political factions within the Chinese Communist Party as reforms to cold the PLA became a commercial organization as much as a military one taking control of a wide variety of small enterprises this situation began to turn as the Chinese economy erupted in the 1990s and 2000's with access to funding and an increasing innovative technology sector the ground element of the PLA began to slim down and reform itself becoming a modern military organization like its American counterpart the ground force of the PLA must share the financial pie with a pair of voracious partners the era in which China focused on ground power at the expense of sea and air power has decisively ended also the PLA can never detach itself fully from the factional struggles within the Chinese Communist Party CCP the two are too closely intertwined for anything approaching western-style civil military relations to take hold reform has included massive equipment modernization products realistic training and steps towards the professionalization of the force while the PLA does not enjoy the same level of funding as the US Army it does have access to nearly unlimited manpower and it controls greater resources than almost any other army in the world the one thing the PLA lacks is real-world experience it has not conducted live combat operations since the sino-vietnamese war and has played no role in the major conflicts of this century still there's no reason to believe that existing trends in PLA modernization and form will change direction in the next 15 years one United States the United States Army has represented the gold standard for a ground combat force since at least 1991 the defeat of the Iraqi army in 1991 and the consummate destruction of the same in 2003 remaining the most impressive feats of ground combat since the end of the Cold War over the last 15 years the army has continued field operations in Iraq and Afghanistan special operators have gone much further afield the US Army continues to have access to a formidable system of military innovation it shares the pie with the Navy Air Force and Marine Corps but notwithstanding sluggish growth in the last decade the pie remains very large while some of the equipment used by the US Army still dates to the Cold War almost all such material has undergone a series of upgrades to bring it up to the standards of modern networked warfare the Army has the world's largest array of reconnaissance drones connecting forward observation with lethal accurate fires moreover the Army has 15 years of combat experience in the wars on terror the longest period of consistent combat operations since at least the Indian Wars to be sure this experience holds dangers not least of all organizational exhaustion this is particularly concerning giving the apparently endless nature of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan nevertheless the US Army should remain the most powerful ground combat force in the world in 2030 and not by a small margin in the end the answers to how do we build a powerful army remain painfully simple states that have access to enthusiastic populations with high human capital that can colle the most innovative technologies from robust modern economies and that can structure their civil military relations with just enough but not too much independence will tend to do very well experience doesn't hurt either the simplicity of the answer do not imply that the prescriptions are easy to achieve however [Music] you you you

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Published: Sun Dec 08 2019