As you know from watching our military-themed
shows or just because you follow the news, the USA spends more on defense than any other
country by a long, long way. The amount of cash is said to be close to
$650 billion, and there is a lot you can do with that kind of money. The arsenal of weapons that the U.S. has is
mind-boggling, while we are told that the military has around 1,350,000 active personnel
and around 810,000 people in reserves. That’s some number, and then we have special
forces included in that number as well as the latest computer technology to fight wars
from a distance. Add to that nuclear weapons, and you could
say that it isn’t an exaggeration to say the U.S. military is a force to be reckoned
with. And then we have the Avengers, who are just
a handful of people, but with incredible powers. They are superhuman, so we can say that they
stand a chance against the behemoth of the U.S. military. We know that the Avengers were put together
under something called The Avengers Initiative, and that was overseen by the intelligence
agency S.H.I.E.L.D. We should tell you that in the comics there
are so many Avengers if we were to write a show on them all it would last three hours,
so we are not including everyone. According to the Avengers fandom website,
the main team consists of the following people: We have Tony Stark, aka, Iron Man, who when
first approached to join this crack team didn’t seem very interested. He is famous for once saying, “I told you
I don't want to join your super-secret boy band.” He joined anyway, and with him we also had
a guy called Steve Rogers, aka, Captain America. Add to that the irascible Hulk, aka, Bruce
Banner, and the guy with the impressive hammer, Thor Odinson. Other members are Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow,
James Rhodes/War Machine, Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Widow, Rocket Racoon
and Nebula. We might also add that in the comics Spiderman
is part of the Avengers, but seeing as the movies are more popular than the comics these
days, we are not going to include him. Our team is The Avengers you will see on the
big screen. Ok, we don’t expect the Avengers to go against
the military, but this is a hypothetical show and we just want to try and find out how things
would work out if that were to happen. We therefore need to know what kind of powers
these people have. This is a long story, but we’ll try and
keep it short. Captain America has Superhuman Physiology,
meaning he is incredibly intelligent but also has amazing movement, strength, reflexes,
perception, and super-fast healing, making him a kind of perfect soldier, a fighting
machine. Not only that, as we said, he is super smart,
and so when fighting he is a tactical genius. Add to him, Iron Man. This is the clever, but sometimes arrogant
man Tony Stark. He can control his suits with his mind, and
once he is wearing them as you all know he flies around at high speeds, has incredibly
powerful weapons attached to him and an armor that is like nothing else that exists in the
real world. He will never give up and he is a genius able
to outwit just about anything on planet Earth. The Hulk, as you know, is one of the most
powerful beings in the universe. He has superhuman strength, speed, durability
and can heal very fast, too. He is a wrecking ball, but with superhuman
senses. Thor has similar strength, but then he also
has that hammer that he can destroy just about anything with. Although he has problems when certain people
have that Infinity Gauntlet on their side. He has powerful armor and also fast healing
abilities, but much of the time he relies on his hammer, the Stormbreaker, to do the
business. This almost indestructible weapon can withstand
just about any kind of blast, and that will go along way when fighting the USA. Black Widow has superhuman intellect and she
can also outwit her enemies with ease. She is an amazing fighter, but is also practiced
in the arts of deception. You won’t know she’s got you until it’s
too late. She is a master tactician, but also said to
be one of the most dangerous assassins there is. You can guess by the name that Hawkeye is
a master marksmen, but the arrows that he uses are by no means conventional. He can take just about anything out with his
bow, so he is kind of a sniper with superpowers. Let’s just say that War Machine is not that
dissimilar from Iron Man, but perhaps not as powerful. As for Antman, he might not be much when he
is in human form, but when he is small he has superhuman strength and of course has
the added bonus of being the size of an ant. He has incredible speed, too, so he is kind
of a juggernaut that no one can see. Nebula also moves incredibly fast and has
great strength, to add to that she can incinerate humans with those blasters she has tied to
her arms. As for Rocket Racoon, he is quite similar
in that he likes to blast things out of existence. He is fast and strong, but can also fly better
than most when he has a ship of course. He’s no Hulk or Iron Man, but we can imagine
he would make short work of a bunch of soldiers on the ground. Who is the strongest Avenger? That’s the million dollar question, but
we might think it’s between Thor and Iron Man, with the Hulk perhaps having the best
physical strength at times. But in the end he likely wouldn’t be a match
for Thor’s hammer and iron Man’s bounty of weapons and his quick mind. Just reading a few articles about this, some
people seem to think Thor is the strongest just because he is not only fast and strong
like the rest of them, but that Stormbreaker is just a deal-breaker. Again, we must say that the comics have many
more characters, but even then in the comics Thor has shown that he can beat any other
when he has to. So, what does the USA have in its arsenal? According to Newsweek, the most powerful weapon
that the country has is the B83 Nuclear Bomb. This is 80 times more powerful than those
bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the second world war. Just one of these could cause untold destruction,
but the problem is, when you are fighting a handful of people they might not be much
use. Maybe U.S. intelligence is aware of where
the Avengers are, but even if that were the case we would think iron Man would likely
be aware of any plan to use a bomb. The U.S. military no doubt would have been
hacked, or perhaps Antman or Black Widow would have secretly infiltrated the military. Even if a bomb were being close to send-off,
it could easily be intercepted by Iron Man, or Thor could just knock it out of the atmosphere
with his hammer. At the same time, the U.S. would likely not
use one because of all the innocent people that would die and all the destruction that
would occur. Even though this bomb, or things such as the
Trident II (D5) Missile, are said to be the most destructive available in warfare today,
we doubt they would be much good against the Avengers. Now, let’s imagine that the U.S. doesn’t
want to cause that kind of damage. What might it do next? Well, there is a thing called the Massive
Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) and this can find people hiding out in bunkers and blast them
to kingdom come. The air force describes it as a “weapon
system designed to accomplish a difficult, complicated mission of reaching and destroying
our adversaries' weapons of mass destruction located in well-protected facilities.” So, if the military could find out where the
Avengers were hiding no doubt this kind of thing could do some damage to those who don’t
have the best healing abilities. But again, we reckon that they just wouldn’t
be able to get one off before the Avengers knew about it. Even if it did hit them, most of the Avengers
team would survive and then all hell would break loose. We haven’t talked about Avengers attack,
just defence. What kind of weapon would the USA have that
could stop an angry Hulk from getting right into the Pentagon and just taking out a lot
of top generals. The U.S. might have some amazing military
aircraft, but it doesn’t have anything that could get out of the way of Thor’s hammer
or out of the path of Iron Man. Meanwhile, Antman is busy walking right into
the White House and holding the President up by his feet. Operations would just fall apart, and anyone
knows that in warfare once you take out all the leaders the whole operation comes apart. On the ground the U.S. military would be its
weakest just because the Hulk could tear through tanks while Captain America was busy taking
out anyone holding a gun. It would be a massacre on the ground, just
as much as it would be a massacre in the air. That’s just our opinion though, and so we
went online to see where this question has been asked before. It was asked on Quora, and on one thread the
top answer started with saying that the Avengers are by no means, a “bunch of ignorant and
unethical superheroes.” So, this person says they would fight and
only fight in a way that caused the least destruction. But to cut a long story short, he said pretty
much the same as we said. The military wouldn’t have a chance. Another person disagreed, saying that the
military would pull out secret weapons. He also said some of the Avengers would likely
defect from their group, and that would be a game changer. He kind of cheated, too, saying if there is
such thing as the Avengers then there must be such thing as all superheroes and if they
joined the military then the Avengers would lose. Another person said that if it was the U.S.
that attacked first there would be a possibility of winning. He said that the military would have to get
each Avenger when alone, attack only one, because as a team they are undefeatable. He believed that every Avenger has a weakness,
especially when they are not in superhero mode, and so each could be carefully taken
out. He did admit though that there is a problem
with Thor, who doesn’t drop his guard very much. On a different forum someone had a similar
answer, stating, “If the Avengers existed for real, you can pretty much guarantee that
most governments will have plans cooked up to counter easy and every one of them. Heck, a simple sniper could deal with half
of them.” Still, Thor would be a problem, and even if
you, say, took out Tony Stark, would not all the others get together pretty fast? We looked at many answers, and most people
it seems think the Avengers would win. Some people even said that if Hulk and Thor
were in the right, or wrong, frame of mind, they could wipe out humanity if they so choose. Just the two of them. We guess the only thing now is to open this
question to you. So, who do you think would win and explain
why you think it would go that way. Tell us in the comments. Also, be sure to check out our other video
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