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Originally Posted by hbloms
Yes, an american aircraft carrier can easily hold off some backwater country and if necessary render almost any military forces useless...
BUT they are not a great advantage against any of the more sophisticated nations on the planet... I mean even North Korea with their small size and low technology can take out a carrier in a single missile strike... 10 missiles are unstoppable even by the Vulcans on the side of those warships...
Personally i believe the Grand Army of Europe to be the greatest fighting force assembled... They have not yet seen any real action so it seems impossible to draw parallels... But i think that when looking at the international recognition european forces and weaponry have gotten over the past few years it seems they've assembled quite the team for the task at hand...
I know for sure that the German Leopard class tanks have by far out-gunned and outrunned any opposition except for the British Challenger class which holds the current terrain speed record...
The Danish special forces Jęgerkorpset has won several international competitions and receive training in combat all over the world fx as French Foreign Legionaires in New Guinea and as Seals in the US (not actual Seals just same training). They've also got the Sirius Dogsleigh Patrol, the only arctic warfare only special forces. And the Frogman Corpse specializing in missions involving water insertion or diving.
The British Navy and the Danish Navy also is the one of the strongest Naval forces known to man having anything from sub-marines to carriers, destroyers and missile ships.
Last but not least, it's not only american forces that has been given renown for their air abilities. The Eurofighter Tycoon project is to be the first of many european sponsored projects involving superiority in all the fields of battle. The RAF and the Luftwaffe still exist to this day.
Not to mention the fact that if the entire Union was to fight as one entity they would have the largest and second most expensive army on the planet.
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No disrespect, but it wouldn't be one Nation versus just one US Carrier, I suspect there would be a number of screening ships like Destroyers and the like, as well as several other Carrier Groups in the area.
I won't argue about the European Army, because it has never had to defended itself much less defend another country or countries.
It's just not all that easy to do, the logistics alone would rule out most of the World's Military.
I can tell you that as long as there has been NATO, the US has picked up most of the tab (costs), supplies most of the troops, tanks, equipment, logistics and etc.
I would ask did where the Euopean Army get it's experience.
Yes, the UK is probably the most experienced, and ranks among the best in troops, supplies, equipment, training, etc., in the world.
However how about the rest?
IMHO