Okay, let's compare the US military to Russian. The regular, standing army of Russia is about 60% the size︀ of the US Army, and the US still has the Marines on top of that.︁ The US equipment is much better designed, built and maintained. You can argue of course,︂ but nonetheless. The US spends a tremendous amount of time training, the Russians do almost︃ no training. They can’t afford it. The Russians traditionally rely on massive artillery bombardments. Right︄ now the Ukrainian’s are f***ing them up with 39 HIMARS systems, the US Army has︅ about 1000 of them. The Russian tanks are all POS compared to a modern, western︆ tank. The US has right around 1500 M1 tanks fielded and about 4000 warehoused. The︇ fielded tanks are all being converted to M1A2c standards with about half already done the︈ rest are M1A2sepV2’s. The US Airforce is about 4 times the size of the Russians︉ and is equipped with far superior planes. The Russian Navy is a joke. They have︊ 1 carrier, it's a jump carrier (crap the US doesn't even use) the ski jump︋ can't get a fully loaded plane into the air, the US uses catapults, they can︌ launch a fully loaded and fueled aircraft, even one carrying drop tanks with extra fuel.︍ The 1 carrier the Russians have is so reliable that it's always has a tugboat︎ with it in case it breaks down, again. The US has 11 supercarriers and are️ building about 4 more. 1 carrier task force could easily sink the entire Russian navy. The US has 5 carrier task forces at sea at all times. The Russians logistic system is having an impossible time getting food, fuel, ammo, spare parts, etc to a country right on its own boarders. The US system is capable of supporting the entire US military on the other side of the world. That's a major reason for why the US navy is so big and powerful, to protect American logistic lines. Should we continue?