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11-02-2009, 12:09 AM
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Because America has two huge oceans on either side, and a large land mass with abundant natural transportation routes (allowing quick response deployment of defense forces), you would need two things to invade America - (1.) a Navy with MANY carriers, and (2.) the ability to have air superiority (if you're invading by sea, #2 is impossible without #1). Even put together, Russia and China and the other rogue states have neither of these. Russia is looking to deploy about 5 carriers by the next decade, while China is building its first two. That's pathetic. If you don't possess these capabilities, you can't even begin to think about putting troops on the ground. Even if Russia and China did manage to increase their capabilities so that they could create some huge armada to invade the U.S., they'd still be at a huge disadvantage. The continental U.S. land mass is too large, and our forces are too widely dispersed. If they invaded the West Coast, the East Coast, and the Gulf of Mexico simultaneously, they'd still be sitting dicks for all of our air power based further into the country, stuff that they could never hit. There's just too much American control of the skies no matter what they do or how many troops they send. The classic work on this problem, which I read as an undergraduate, is by a guy named Nicholas Spykman. He was writing about the possibility of American invasion by the Germans and Japanese in WWII, so obviously, his work is dated. But the main thing to keep in mind is that unlike the Russians and Chinese today, the Germans and Japanese did have naval capabilities (including lots of carriers) that were as good as ours for that time period. And even then, Spykman concluded that invading America by sea would be impossible for them - for the same reasons I mentioned above. Oh, yes, and did I mentioned the other things you're forgetting? (1.) You're assuming that Russia and China (who managed to become enemies even when they were both still communist, mind you) would see mutual interests in getting rid of us. Even though America is China's biggest export customer. (2.) You seem to think Russia and China would risk nuclear war - even though American missiles already hold Russia hostage and could easily do the same to China. (3.) You're forgetting that Russia and China would have to commit just about all of their forces to one area, even though American forces are all across the globe and can easily threaten Russia and China while they're over-extended. (4.) You're assuming that nobody in the whole world - in Europe, in Latin America, or Asia - would support us, even though 90% of the world depends on us in some way that is extremely vital to their national interests. The Europeans may be reluctant about supporting us in Afghanistan and Iraq, but you'd be surprised at how they'd react if they thought they might lose us. And they'd most likely start by attacking our enemies while over-extended - for instance, if North Korea sent its forces to help invade the U.S., don't you think South Korea would use that opportunity to attack the North? Don't you think that communist/totalitarian/whatever leaders would consider this? Last edited by MT2008; 11-02-2009 at 01:17 AM. 
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