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
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Eventually nuclear exchange or complete defeat for the Russians.
There's no way how they could win this in conventional warfare.
In a conventional war the US would mop the floor
USA would ficking annhialate Russia. They don't stand a chance.
A conventional war would be over in less than a week
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.
Russia is still very nuclear capable and the sole reason you’re not seeing any direct intervention from NATO in the conflict.
What on earth is this?
USA would ficking annhialate Russia. They don't stand a chance.