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Originally Posted by kane
To me actual physical size of an military is not a solid way to measure its ability to act.
Sure, China has a lot more foot soldiers than we do. How are they going to get to us? They have 1 aircraft carrier and about 400 aircraft in their navy. We have 10 aircraft carriers and over 2,500 aircraft. Our air force is roughly twice as big as their and significantly more technologically advanced.
The US has 10 active aircraft carries with 2 in reserve and 3 being built. The rest of the world total has 12 among them.
You can have all soldiers in the world, but if you can't transport them to the battle they are not going to be of much use to you.
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That is one reason that I made the statement...at this point in time no military has the capability of invading us. No military has the air power or sea power to launch an invasion of us. We are the only country that has the power to reach out and touch any country we choose.