What Would Happen If Russia and the US Went to War

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👍︎︎ 1 👤︎︎ u/AutoModerator 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

Eventually nuclear exchange or complete defeat for the Russians.

There's no way how they could win this in conventional warfare.

👍︎︎ 38 👤︎︎ u/priimkup 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

In a conventional war the US would mop the floor

👍︎︎ 59 👤︎︎ u/FeydSeswatha982 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

USA would ficking annhialate Russia. They don't stand a chance.

👍︎︎ 23 👤︎︎ u/DizzyDeezler 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

A conventional war would be over in less than a week

👍︎︎ 14 👤︎︎ u/Effective_Lab_2097 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

Wrong on so many levels. That first Russian missile on Polish soil should be enough to trigger NATO's response. The US has a bout 100,000 troops and their equipment in the Europe already.

This video, though mildly entertaining, seems to have been poorly researched and hastily thrown together for the views.

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/CLINTHODO 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

Russia is still very nuclear capable and the sole reason you’re not seeing any direct intervention from NATO in the conflict.

👍︎︎ 23 👤︎︎ u/JammitDim 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

What on earth is this?

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/EveryNotice 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies

USA would ficking annhialate Russia. They don't stand a chance.

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/DizzyDeezler 📅︎︎ Jun 08 2022 🗫︎ replies
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President Joe Biden has warned Russia  that there would be clear and severe   consequences if Russia were to use chemical  weapons in Ukraine. But what if that thin   red line was crossed? What if the US and  Russia were to go to war over Ukraine? 2 Hours Before War Somewhere in western Ukraine, a Ukrainian base  hosting several dozen American trainers comes   under attack from Russian missiles. This is where  America has been training Ukraine's conventional   and special forces for the last eight years,  and where US trainers now work hand-in-hand   with their Ukrainian counterparts to get 100,000  Ukrainian reservists ready to fight in the east. The attack is symbolic more than  anything, Russia flexing its muscles   and warning the US to back off from the war  in Ukraine. However, a lucky missile strike   happens to hit the American barracks- fifteen  American soldiers die from the Russian attack. 1 Hour and 45 Minutes Before War The casualties are quickly confirmed,  and relayed back to Washington D.C.   via the US military's Advanced Extremely High  Frequency satellite network. This constellation   of six satellites sit in geostationary orbit  and relay data via jam-resistant communications   links for the US, Canadian, Australian,  Netherlands, and British militaries.   News of the casualties are on the President's  desk just two minutes after the attack occurs. President Biden immediately calls  for an emergency session of congress. 15 Minutes Before War The deaths of US service members is  unacceptable to the American people.   Russia has been warned that any attack  against American supply convoys or personnel   would be an attack on America itself. With a  few dissenting votes, the American congress   approves a formal declaration of war  against Russia, with the stated intent of   neutralizing Russian forces inside Ukraine and  preventing them from re-entering the country. 5 Minutes Before War Addressing the world and the nation  via the White House Oval Office,   President Joe Biden announces the declaration  of war by the United States of America   against the Russian Federation. He makes it  clear that the military objectives of this war   are to neutralize Russian forces in Ukraine  and liberate the eastern occupied regions.   US ground forces will not be entering into  Russia itself- this is an attempt to limit   the escalation of hostilities and prevent  an immediate escalation to nuclear conflict. As the President is delivering his remarks, the  United States military is already on the move. War, Hour 1 From the decks of US ships across the world's  oceans, SM-3 missiles modified to carry   out anti-satellite attacks fire into the sky.  Their targets are Russian military and civilian   satellites that help provide communications  and GPS navigation to Russian military units.   American F-15s aid in the attack, launching their  own anti-satellite missiles from high altitude.   The attacks are limited and focused,  destroying a satellite in orbit causes   a massive debris cloud that can damage  or even destroy friendly satellites. Russia, which has also been preparing for  the possibility of war with the US ever since   the start of its invasion of Ukraine,  responds with its own attacks against   American satellites. However, Russian  weapons are greatly limited in number.   Only two of the American Advanced Extremely High  Frequency satellites are neutralized this way.   By comparison, Russian GPS is  rendered completely ineffective   due to kinetic strikes and electronic  attacks against the Russian space network. American ships and cruise-missile laden submarines  in both the Pacific ocean and Baltic sea launch   additional salvos, this time targeting Russian  ground and naval infrastructure. Within minutes of   President Biden's declaration of war, hundreds of  American missiles are streaking towards targets in   St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, and the Pacific naval  bases of Kamchatskiy, Magadan, Petropavlovsk, and   Sovetskaya Gavan. An American submarine, having  secretly transited into the Black Sea weeks ago,   launches its own attacks against Russian naval  facilities in Sevastapol in occupied Crimea. Russian air defense units detect the incoming  barrage of missiles and begin to go to work.   S-400 and older S-300 units track the incoming  missiles. American cruise missiles are subsonic,   and easy prey for advanced air defenses- and  Russian boasts some of the best in the world.   However, this first salvo is immense and while  dozens of American cruise missiles are destroyed,   some manage to slip through the blistering  barrage of air defenses to hit their targets. Air defense radars are primary targets for the  US Navy, but Russia has defended these well   knowing the US retains the advantage in the  air. Only a few US missiles find their mark,   punching holes in the Russian air defense  network of Kaliningrad where most of the   strikes have been focused. In the Pacific  theater, more US missiles find their targets   given the thinner air defenses there. With  the war in Ukraine going poorly for Russia,   critical air defense units have been stripped from  Russia's less important Pacific theater to bolster   its defenses in the east. Most of the Russian  ports in the Pacific are rendered unusable. The Russia navy has a fraction of  the capabilities of the US Navy,   and its ships are being kept close to home where  they can enjoy the cover of air and ground based   defenses. However, some Russian submarines  are on the prowl in the Atlantic and Pacific,   and the hunt for these Russian infiltrators is on. By the end of the first hour of the war, US troops  in European bases are being recalled from leave   for mobilization. NATO holds a hasty assembly,  but most of the member nations do not wish to   invoke Article 5. This was after all prompted by  a strike on a Ukrainian facility that happened to   hold American trainers. Only Poland agrees to join  the American war effort, mostly out of necessity.   Poland borders Kaliningrad and Belarus  both, and will be in the crosshairs of   the Russian military anyways as it's the only  place the US can stage a push into Ukraine. Hour 3 A barrage of Russian missiles is detected incoming  at high speed by long-range airborne and ground   based air defense radars in Poland. The targets  are Polish air bases where US Air Force troops   and aircraft are stationed. Missiles inbound from  Kaliningrad are more difficult to defend against   given the faster flight time, half manage to  evade US and Polish air defenses in the region.   The US has positioned Patriot batteries  in Poland since the start of the war in   Ukraine, but these have been tasked with  protecting the Polish AEGIS-ashore facility   that is even now nearing completion after  years of delays and construction challenges.   Poland is one of NATO's most important states  given its proximity to Russia and the Russian   enclave in Kaliningrad. This means that the  powerful AEGIS ashore facility will one day   be the cornerstone of one of the most robust  missile and air defense networks in the world. But that day is not today, and the  facility is still not operational.   Russia pummels the construction site with  long-range missiles but missile defenses   manage to stem the bulk of the tide. A few  slip through, causing some moderate damage   that will ensure the facility will not  be completed before the end of the war. Polish air bases also take a pummeling, but  the ferocity of the strike is not as great   as it was feared to be. That's because Russia  has exhausted many of its precision weapons in   the fight against Ukraine, and crippling  sanctions have made resupply impossible.   Russia produces almost none of the sophisticated  electronics its advanced missiles need,   and what started as a massive stockpile  of thousands of missiles has been severely   reduced. Any that remain will be needed to  counter US forces inside Ukraine itself. Hour 8 Aircraft from across US airbases both  at home and abroad take to the skies.   They are moving to European air fields  from where they'll be able to support the   offensive against Russian forces on the ground.  America's vast fleet of 650 tanker aircraft-   the largest in the world- flies  orbits across the Atlantic ocean,   allowing shorter range F-15s and F-16s to  make the transit to Europe from the homeland. Hour 36 US mobilization is ramping up, and troops are  preparing to move equipment and personnel into   transport ships for the journey across the  Atlantic. The largest air lift campaign in   the world is already in full swing, with American  cargo planes ferrying troops and heavy vehicles   to Europe. However, even America's impressive  logistics fleet is simply not enough to move   large enough quantities of equipment for an  offensive. For now, Ukraine is on its own- and   Russia is pouring all available manpower  into the conflict before the US arrives. Hour 40 Russia does not wish to antagonize other NATO  members, thus expected incursions into the Baltics   never materialize. Neither do long-range strikes  against America's most important bases in Germany.   Instead, Russia scrambles to put together  a massive offensive in the east of Ukraine-   its strategy is simple, if it can  overwhelm Ukrainian defenses then   it can deny the US the very country  it is trying to push Russia out of. But the Ukrainian defenders are resilient  as ever even as Russia mobilizes its reserve   battalion tactical groups for battle. This  will put tens of thousands of additional   troops in the east of Ukraine in the next  few days, overwhelming the defenders. Meanwhile inside Russia, an  emergency draft is instituted.  Hour 42 Hastily prepped for their missions,  American B-2 bombers have been flying   from home bases in the continental United  States for the last seventeen hours.   Now the stealthy planes have penetrated deep  inside Russian air defense zones and unleash   their cargo on Russian radar and communications  hubs inside of Kaliningrad. The goal is to shut   down the military enclave's ability to defend  itself from air attack, and thus pin the massive   contingent of Russian forces down, preventing  them from launching an offensive into Poland. Two B-2s are lost in the attack, but the  damage to Russian communications and air   defense infrastructure is significant and greatly  expands gaps in air defense coverage. The US   Navy takes advantage of these gaps by  launching additional missile strikes,   supplemented by strike aircraft from carriers  in the Mediterranean and ready forces stationed   across Europe. The US Suppression of Enemy  Air Defenses- or SEAD (seed)- mission   is slowly but steadily stripping away Russian  air defenses inside the military enclave. Russian fighters alone are no match for  American planes with superior sensors,   electronics and weapons- but working in  conjunction with very robust air defenses they   become a serious threat. Dozens of aircraft  are destroyed on both sides of the conflict   as Russia tries to keep its air defenses  online and deny the US and Polish the skies. Hour 60 A Russian attack submarine scores a devastating  blow on an American destroyer operating inside the   Baltic sea. This is one of Russia's most modern  subs, and while not as capable as its American   counterparts, is still a significant threat to the  US Navy in the turbulent waters of the Baltic sea.   The submarine is pursued relentlessly by  surface vessels working in conjunction with   airborne ASW aircraft but manages to slink  away, using a heavy storm as cover. Hundreds   of american sailors die in the attack, and a  multi-billion dollar ship sinks beneath the waves. The Russian surface Navy has  yet to show itself in battle,   sticking close to shore where it's too  dangerous for US forces to target them. Day 4 A flood of cyberattacks rocks  both Russia and the United States,   with both sides unleashing the full force of  their cyberwarfare capabilities against the other.   The damage to civilian infrastructure  on both sides is intense, but the US   proves the more robust and within 48 hours  American markets are operating as normal again. Day 6 The war over Kaliningrad has reduced Russia's  local air defenses to small bubbles of protection,   but at the cost of many American aircraft. The  enclave however is now being mercilessly pummeled   from the air as American B-52s launch punishing  sorties from their home bases in the United   States. Supply and logistic hubs are being set up  inside Europe to allow the big planes to be closer   to the action, and thus fly more sorties, but for  now the planes must make the day and a half round   trip to strike their targets and return home,  slowing down the pace of the offensive. However,   the vast amount of firepower each plane brings  to the fight is devastating for Russian forces. With ground-based air defenses severely  attrited by air and missile strikes,   American and Polish fighters can now fly  air superiority missions over Kaliningrad,   daring Russian Migs to rise up and meet them. As  shown in Ukraine, the Russian air force is not   nearly as capable as once believed, though  it is still very numerous. The US has many   times more planes, but for now they're not in  Europe, bringing a numbers parity to both sides. US and Polish forces however have  the advantage with superior sensors,   while Russia has the advantage in maneuverability  and thrust-to-weight ratio, making their planes   deadly in dogfights. Unfortunately for  Russia, the age of the dogfight is gone,   and most engagements are carried out from beyond  visual range. Scores of aircraft are downed in   the fiercest air battles since World War II,  with the losses heavily on the Russian side. By the end of the first week of fighting,  Kaliningrad is under serious threat from   the air. But the United States has expended  vast amounts of munitions in the attacks,   and must pause air operations to give time  for rearming and refitting. For a few days   all is eerily quiet over skies that were recently  roaring with the sound of dueling jet fighters. Week 2 At the start of the second week of fighting,  US forces have begun to amass in Europe in   significant numbers. It'll still take time  for them to prepare for battle, and even   America's vast logistics fleet will take months  to ferry the US's firepower to Europe. However,   smaller and more mobile forces have already begun  the trip to Ukraine, and a large number of attack   helicopters are being amassed to repel the Russian  ground assault in the Donbas region. They are   simply waiting for the refitting of the US Air  Force so it can provide the needed air cover. New Russian battalion tactical groups have entered  Ukraine after being hastily prepared for combat.   However, the hasty preparations have wreaked havoc  on Russian supply chains, which have already been   struggling even before the broadening of the  war. Now Russian vehicles and personnel find   themselves stalled out in massive convoys  reminiscent of Russia's failed push to Kyiv. US aircraft take the opportunity presented  to them, but only the F-35 can penetrate   dangerous skies still not secured by proper SEAD  operations. Forced to carry weapons internally,   the F-35s are very limited in their firepower,  and the attacks do little real damage to the   massive formations of enemy troops. However, they  are a massive morale boost to the beleaguered   Ukrainian defenders who have been dreaming of  the day US air power would come to their aid. As the second week of fighting comes to a  close, the Russian offensive in the east once   more bogs down- this time though because  of Russia's crippling lack of logistics.   Ukrainian defenders take the opportunity to  pull back and create some breathing room,   resupplying and redeploying  to new defensive positions. Russia attempts to use air power to  pummel the Ukrainian front lines,   but very quickly discovers this to be a mistake.  Lurking over the skies of Ukraine are a number   of American F-22 Raptors. Deployed under  the Rapid Raptor program, the premier air   supremacy fighter in the world was some of the  first American aircraft to arrive on scene.   While Russia can threaten Ukrainian air space  with air defenses based on its own soil,   the Raptors are too far away from these  defenses for detection. Russian aircraft   experience significant losses before the  air offensive is abruptly terminated. Week 4 The first American Armored Brigade Combat Team  has crossed the border into Ukraine. A second   quickly follows. An expected offensive by the US  and Poland into Kaliningrad never materializes,   as the US doesn't wish to provoke Russia into  using nuclear weapons by physically invading its   territory. Instead, Russian troops inside the  military enclave are suppressed by ongoing air   campaigns against them, America has achieved not  air supremacy, but air dominance in the region. For the first time in history, Russian  and American armor clash in combat.   Both sides have prepared for this conflict for  decades, but after the end of the Cold War,   corruption and a weak economy has hollowed  out Russia's once formidable capabilities. The first assault comes in the dead of night. US  forces, down to the individual soldier, are all   equipped with night vision. Russian forces on the  other hand only have night vision and thermals on   their heavy vehicles, with a smattering of  night vision devices across their infantry. America owns the night, and the ferocity of the  offensive rocks the Russian forces to their core.   Russian Battalion Tactical Groups are massive  beasts, with a very heavy top-down command   structure. US forces however enjoy a great  degree of autonomy and are encouraged to   seize the initiative. While the Russian BTG is  superior in numbers, the US attacks using smaller,   much more maneuverable forces. The  confusion of fighting in the dark   with few night vision capabilities only makes  the situation worse for the Russian defenders. Russian T-90s, T-80s, and T-72s have struggled  against Ukrainian tanks. Against modern M1A2C   Abrams equipped with the latest upgrade  packages fighting in the dead of the night,   they are decimated. Guided to their targets by  superior sensors and fire control computers,   Abrams silver bullets bore through thick  Russian armor, the edges burning away creating   a self-sharpening penetrator that leads to an  extremely emotional event for the Russian crew. Russian tanks fire back with  cannon-fired anti-tank missiles,   but America has sent the very tip of its  spear into this first fight. While not   every American Abrams has been equipped  with the Trophy countermeasure system,   the tanks leading the charge into Russian  lines have been and the Israeli developed   countermeasures prove an able defense against the  few Russian tanks to survive initial contact. The   problem for Russian armor is that American tanks  are engaging them from greater distances than   they are capable of, thanks to the superior fire  computers and sights the Abrams are equipped with. While in Ukraine Russia has failed to use its  infantry to screen its armored forces against   anti-tank kill teams, the US makes no such  mistake and the offensive is partnered with   mechanized infantry forces who quickly engage  and neutralize pockets of resistance left behind   in the wake of the overwhelming armored assault.  Once more, US forces' ability to see in the dark   gives them an insurmountable advantage over their  far less technologically sophisticated opponents. Close air support aircraft work in conjunction  with the ground assault to pummel Russian   positions. Vaunted A-10 Warthogs unleash hell  from their massive GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannons,   while F-15s and F-35s provide air cover  against a potential incursion by Russian Migs.   Standoff attack munitions have devastated  many of Russia's long-range air defenses   located in-theater, and SEAD operations have  greatly atritted many of the air defenses just   over the Russian border that could threaten  allied aircraft inside Ukraine. The campaign   has come at a steep cost for the US Air Force  and Navy, but the benefits are worth the price   as American close air support aircraft  mercilessly pummel Russian positions. Short range air defenses are more  difficult to target and destroy,   and a number of American Apaches fall prey  to these and man-portable shoulder fired air   defense weapons. The tough A-10s prove far more  difficult to bring down however, constructed to   survive exactly this type of large-scale combat  during the Cold War. Overall though, Russian air   defenses manage to score only minor losses on the  US air fleet, before themselves being destroyed. While Russia has completely failed to conduct  combined arms operations, the US teaches   Russia's underfunded and poorly trained forces  a master class in modern combined arms warfare. Week 5 Additional American Armored Brigade Combat  Teams make the transition into Ukraine.   US forces relieve Ukrainian forces along the front  with Russia, giving the exhausted defenders a   chance to rest and recuperate. The main thrust of  the American advance is towards Kherson, with US   forces currently engaged in urban fighting against  Russian forces for the liberation of the city.   American infantry is well versed in urban  combat thanks to two decades of fighting in   Iraq and Afghanistan, but the terrain favors the  defenders. US casualties are significant, but with   air superiority and superior training, US forces  are pushing the Russians out of Kherson. The local   civilian population that remains in the besieged  city welcomes the Americans as liberators and aids   them in the struggle against Russian forces,  only complicating matters for the Russians. Outside of Kherson, US special operations forces  conduct daily nighttime raids against Russian   logistics networks, crippling resupply  operations into Kherson. The advantage   US troops enjoy during the nighttime gives  them a significant edge over the Russians,   as does the fact that the local civilians  throw their full support behind the Americans. Along the Polish-Kaliningrad border, skirmishes  are common but there is no full-scale fighting.   Polish forces have created a massive defensive  front in order to keep Russians from encroaching   into Poland, but by now US and Polish air  forces have completely destroyed Russia's   air defense networks in the military enclave.  Any Russian forces that would threaten Poland   come under immediate air attack. Losses have  been steep for both nation's air forces,   but Russian losses have been steeper. Not only  are Polish and American aircraft far more modern,   but Russia's legacy of internal corruption and  poor maintenance haunts it as it tries to fend   off constant air attacks. Sortie rates for  Russian aircraft plummet almost immediately,   and never recover enough  to create a viable defense. To make matters worse, the shortage of critical  electronic components has also crippled Russian   air defenses. Already during hostilities with  Ukraine the Russian military was running out   of air defense missiles, but now all of  its stockpiles for use in case of war with   NATO have been nearly exhausted and there is no  domestic replenishment available. Within another   week or two Russia will be reduced to Cold War  era anti-aircraft cannons, which are completely   ineffective against high altitude targets though  still pose a threat to low-flying aircraft. At the end of the first month of fighting,  the Russian military is in dire straits.   It’s already exhausted by two months of fighting  in Ukraine. The majority of US ground combat power   is not yet in-theater, but well on its way, and  what elements are already operating inside of   Ukraine are putting incredible pressure on  demoralized and exhausted Russian troops. US   losses are light, Russian casualties are steep and  many of its gains in Ukraine are being reversed. The US has yet to initiate a large campaign  against Russian forces, waiting until the bulk   of its fighting units are inside the country  before launching a massive blitz across the   800 mile front in the east of the nation. For now  the Americans are reinforcing Ukraine's exhausted   defenders and relieving them for much-needed  reconstitution and resupply. Only in Kherson   have the Americans launched a true offensive  with the goal of opening a corridor to Crimea. Week 6 Ukrainian forces and their American allies  end the Russian occupation of Kherson.   The city is the only place US forces have  sustained significant casualties. All along   the wide open plains of eastern Ukraine, American  forces have remained in defensive postures,   repelling initial attempts by the Russians  to push them back. Now the front settles into   a strategic stalemate as the US waits for  the arrival of the bulk of its firepower. In the air however the war continues.  US air forces work day and night to   attrite Russian air defenses. The use  of drones, stand-off attack munitions,   and F-35s helps curb what would otherwise  be very high casualties- as does the fact   that Russia is rapidly running  out of air defense missiles. Turkey allows the passage of US  Navy ships into the Black Sea,   leading to a brief but intense confrontation  between the Russian and American navies.   The Russians manage to sink two American  destroyers in exchange for nearly their   entire Black Sea fleet- which is forced to remain  in port or operate under threat of being sunk.   Those ships are soon destroyed at their  moorings by American stealth aircraft.   US Marines arrive in Odessa and begin preparations  for an amphibious assault into Crimea. Week 9 In one of the fastest mobilization  efforts in history, the United   States has surged vast amounts  of combat firepower to Ukraine   over the course of two months. The battle  for Ukraine is ready to begin in earnest. Week 10 Russian forces have had their supply lines  continuously disrupted by US air and special   forces operations. Ammunition is low across  the front, as is food, medicine, and morale.   Russia entered this war with an insufficiently  large enough logistics fleet, and now after   the destruction of hundreds of its trucks, its  logistics networks are close to complete collapse.   Russian forces have been forced to pull  back dozens of miles across the front,   not due to military action, but because  supply lines need to be shortened   in order to keep units resupplied  with a diminished transport fleet. Twenty thousand additional Russian  forces have been surged into the nation,   the vast majority of them conscripts. These  soldiers are poorly equipped and suffer from   extremely low morale. The front has been quiet  for two weeks- but all of that is about to change. In a blistering nighttime attack, US forces surge  forward across the wide front in eastern Ukraine.   The use of nighttime operations throws the  Russians into disarray as they still lack night   fighting capabilities in any significant numbers.  Only in the cities is the offensive slowed,   as the fighting becomes a block-by-block  slog that favors the Russian occupiers. A thrust into Crimea splits Russian forces  in two as, simultaneously, US and Ukrainian   Marines launch an amphibious assault outside  of Sevastopol. The operation is a costly one,   Russian resistance is stiffer here after  eight years occupying Crimea. However,   the rapid advance of American armor into Crimea  cuts Sevastopol off from the rest of Russia.   Rather than attempting to take the city by  force, US and Ukrainian forces surround it   and seal it off from resupply, allowing  civilians to flee through humanitarian   corridors while keeping Russian forces  pinned down. Cut off from outside supply,   they will eventually either starve  to death or be forced to surrender. With US forces in sight of  Mariupol by the end of the week,   and a hundred thousand Ukrainian troops  trained and equipped in the last two months,   Russia faces a choice. Admit defeat in  Ukraine and retreat to its own borders,   continue in a senseless defense of occupied  territories that is doomed to failure at   great cost to its own troops, or widen the  conflict through the use of nuclear weapons. In what has become a modern Desert Storm,  US forces and their Polish allies, working   in conjunction with Ukraine's defenders,  have rolled back most of Russia's gains   in a matter of weeks. The deciding factors  are superior morale, training, equipment,   and the fact that Russia has been unable  to properly resupply its forces for weeks. But the victory hasn't come without cost to the  US and Poland. Thousands are dead and wounded, and   the loss in aircraft is significant. Stockpiles of  air defense and ground attack missiles have also   been greatly depleted- replenishment will take  years, and leave the US military vulnerable to any   sudden aggression by China in the Pacific. One of  America's greatest modern weaknesses is the lack   of a robust industrial mobilization capability,  leaving it to resupply losses in missiles and   equipment through a slow, steady trickle  that will take the better part of a decade.  Now get ready for the end with World War 3 Hour  by Hour, or click this other video instead!
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