Following a chemical attack believed to have been carried out by the Syrian government
on their own people, The united states, france and the UK launched a counter attack on Syria
and bombed a facility believed to have been producing chemical weapons.
Russia is allies with Syria.
Furthermore, its believed that Russia was involved in a nerve agent attack on an ex
soviet spy.
As a result, Tensions between the united states and Russia are rising.
Russian diplomats in America are being sent back to Russia, and American diplomats in
Russia are being sent back to America.
Russias ambassador Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin warned that if there is a US missile attack,
they will shoot down US rockets and even the sources that launched the missiles.
Donald Trump responded by tweeting, you shouldn’t be partners with a gas killing animal who
kills his people and enjoys it.
All of these recent developments are making people wonder, what if America and Russia
went to war?
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United Nations officials were quoted saying that relations between the US and Russia have
worsened to cold war era levels, and potentially much worse.
As a result, both countries have engaged in military drills to prepare for a possible
war.
And that war could break out at any time.
According to US secretary general Antonio Guterres, during the cold war, there were
mechanisms of dialogue, of control, of communication to make sure that whenever there was a risk
of confrontation or incidents, things would not get out of control.
These mechanisms today do not exist.
He said.
If the united states and Russia went to war, it would be a war between the two most powerful
nations on earth.
Lets examine the possibility of a nuclear war.
Russia and the united states own 90 percent of all the nuclear weapons on earth.
The US has abour 8 thousand nuclear warheads, Russia actually has more, about 8500.
Furthermore, almost all of america’s intercontinental ballistic missiles are pointed right at Russia.
Russias are likely doing the same thing.
So what about a conventional war?
We all know how great america’s military is, but russias military could very well fight
a large scale war against the united states.
Russia has an estimated 845 active troops, and another 2.5 million in reserve.
Russian soldiers have advanced equipment, uniforms, tanks and guns.
Winning the war would definitely depend on where the war was fought, as well as what
time of year.
As we saw with the case of world war 2, the Nazis were no match for a war in the fierce
Russian winter.
Russia has a presence in cuba, but they have very few bases outside the former soviet union.
But according to a Russian military journal, there is one thing that Russia is lacking,
and continues to lack despite its advanced military.
A health care system that is capable of handling a major conflict.
As you probably know, russias health care system is public, but that means it does not
have the funding it requires to house adequate equipment, trained doctors and the actual
hospitals themselves.
This will inevitably mean that if Russia goes to war with the west, they will have packed
facilities paired with a substantial loss of life.
For example, a hospital near Russian border only has 2 thousand beds.
A huge war could mean 1 hundred thousand casualties.
The soldiers that will have access to the beds in this hospital will have poor medical
care and unqualified doctors.
That’s according to the US army’s foreign military studies.
As demonstrated with previous wars, Russia is willing to sacrifice a lot in order to
win.
Both hitler and napoleon found that out the hard way.
That being said, many experts argue that although Russia can fight small conflicts, it cant
take on the united states.
The US has one of the best health care systems in the world, and a lot of money.
It has an advantage over Russia in the skies, its planes are the best in the world, equipped
with better equipment.
It also has 1.4 million active troops, 850 thousand in reserve, and 598 active military
bases all over the world.
The Us will also be backed by Nato.
So who would win?
Well, it would probably be the united states, but truthfully, would anyone really win a
war that’s sure to be as bloody as the one that could happen between the US and Russia?
What do you think a war between the US and Russia would look like?
Let us know in those comments.
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