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Are Failed Nations a greater threat to us then stable ones?
Sirrus:
I don't think foreign powers (even the ones with nukes) think that blowing other countries up is the way to go. No matter how far out there a leader of a country can get, at some point I think everyone realizes that if a nuclear missile was launched, it would result (at the very least, in the end) in hundreds of thousands if not millions of civilian casualties.
Retz:
--- Quote from: pixl on November 13, 2009, 10:48:34 PM ---If china had a war with us we'd be dead. Aka: everything we have is made in china, plus they have a huge population.
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Having a huge poplutation doesn't mean you have a big army, I think Great Britian has the most biggest army.
Sirrus:
--- Quote from: Retz on November 14, 2009, 03:47:46 AM ---
Having a huge poplutation doesn't mean you have a big army, I think Great Britian has the most biggest army.
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I think you're wrong. Actually, I know you're wrong.
First of all, the United Kingdom has 61 million people. China has 1,334 million people, approximately 22 times larger population. China has an army of 2.255 Million people, this is 1 chinese troop for every 27 citizens of the United Kingdom. It's also twice the size of America's military.
Your United Kingdom? The 25th largest active army in the world. 208,000 troops.
Brazil has a bigger army than the UK.
France. Has a bigger army than the UK.
Also, I just noticed you said "I think Great Britain has the most biggest army." I can't believe I spent time looking up these facts.
Bisjac:
on terrorists;
No they could never be as big a threat as a real country declared enemy.
terrorists depend on private money, that can be limited very quickly for many reasons. and they depend on menial recruitment and substandard training (because they do it privately)
even a stuffty country is only limited by its population to pour at the enemy. it almost don't even matter if you can afford a real war, some dictator can make it happen anyways.
on big armies;
Iraq had the largest Armour units on earth both times we went in on them. biggest threat in the middle east.
it was laughable. we flattened them all in just hours
cant really judge power just by numbers anymore
Retz:
--- Quote from: Sirrus on November 14, 2009, 03:56:17 AM ---I think you're wrong. Actually, I know you're wrong.
First of all, the United Kingdom has 61 million people. China has 1,334 million people, approximately 22 times larger population. China has an army of 2.255 Million people, this is 1 chinese troop for every 27 citizens of the United Kingdom. It's also twice the size of America's military.
Your United Kingdom? The 25th largest active army in the world. 208,000 troops.
Brazil has a bigger army than the UK.
France. Has a bigger army than the UK.
Also, I just noticed you said "I think Great Britain has the most biggest army." I can't believe I spent time looking up these facts.
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That's what the Guiness world records said, I think it was 2008.