thepit44
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| 14 Aug 2012 11:07 AM |
1 United States 2 Russia 3 China 4. India 5. United Kingdom 6. Turkey 7. South Korea 8. France 9. Japan 10. Israel 11. Brazil 12. Iran 13. Germany 14. Taiwan 15. Pakistan
Discuss
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dfg543
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| 14 Aug 2012 11:12 AM |
| You got Russia and China Mixed up. |
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thepit44
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| 14 Aug 2012 11:14 AM |
Russia>China
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| 14 Aug 2012 12:13 PM |
| I think China would be before Russia. Russia's military lost some power because of the economy after 1991, but China's has been growing lots in the past few years. |
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| 14 Aug 2012 12:14 PM |
| oh lol I read it as "Strangest" |
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TaslemGuy
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| 14 Aug 2012 01:04 PM |
| Given that the US has a military literally larger than every other power combined (sans NATO, of which the majority is the US), I think it's mostly moot after that. |
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| 14 Aug 2012 01:18 PM |
| He copied his list off http://www.globalfirepower.com/ I'm sure |
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thepit44
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| 14 Aug 2012 01:51 PM |
@Castro
Yep.
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sinii
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:31 PM |
| Truest strongest military list I've ever read. |
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sinii
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:32 PM |
| China don't even train their troops right, they just spam them by getting random people. |
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:49 PM |
| When I saw france.... I thought you were lying about that. |
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sinii
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:52 PM |
| France is not the stereotyped surrender monkey you think it is. |
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sinii
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:54 PM |
copy and paste:
Since 387 BC, France has fought 168 major wars against such badasses as the Roman Empire, the British Army and the Turkish forces. Their track record isn't too shabby, either: They've won 109, lost 49 and drawn (or as close as you can "draw" a war) 10 times. Professional boxers have been crowned world champions on shіttier records than that.
see here too:
ht tp:/ /ww w. militaryfactory. c om/ battles/ french_ military_ victories. asp
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:56 PM |
| Lol @sinii it was just a joke. |
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sinii
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| 14 Aug 2012 02:59 PM |
yes i copy and paste from a sіte that cites its sources, such as the lіnk above
And while it is true that France surrendered to Germany relatively early in WWІI, that was only because they hadn't picked themselves up after WWI yet. And WWI (despite being an entire "I" lower) wasn't exactly an anеmic playground chickenfight--the French suffered about 5.7 million cаsualties (the wаr kіlled or wоunded an incredible 37 million people worldwide).
So yes, the next time around they let the Germans take over officially, but they never actually stopped fighting: the French rеsistance was one of the most enduring symbols of Nаzі opposition in Europe. The resistance was the originator of the archеtypal trench coat wearing merchants of blооdy dеаth you see in countless action movies and video games today. They blew up bridges, staged daring night rаids, slіt German throats while generally looking fantastic (if a little еnnui-stricken) while doing it.
And not a dаmn thing's changed since then: France is the most underestimated military force in the world, with the third highest military spending on the planet and an estimated 300 nuclеar wаrheads at their disposal. So basically... we might want to knock off the "соward" talk now, lest we find the impeccably-styled dеath squads smoking their thin cigаrettes on our doorstep.
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sinii
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| 14 Aug 2012 03:00 PM |
| stupid filter probably gonna get me banned |
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| 14 Aug 2012 03:07 PM |
| @thepit I saw you on C&G, why did you quit? |
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jbg23
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| 14 Aug 2012 05:07 PM |
...Implying that conventional military strength (and strategy) wins wars.
Cough, Iraq, cough cough. |
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Limassol
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| 14 Aug 2012 05:09 PM |
Turkey uses WW2 tanks and somalian pirates have better artillery than them. How is Turkey 6th? |
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| 14 Aug 2012 05:59 PM |
| it might be that i'm crazy but i would put france in the top 5 |
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N0RUSSIAN
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| 14 Aug 2012 06:06 PM |
France in top five?
PLEASE.
Israel skill wise would take france and annex the balls off of them. |
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| 14 Aug 2012 06:26 PM |
Israel hides behind white phosphorus, not skill
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thepit44
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| 14 Aug 2012 06:29 PM |
Israel hides behind white phosphorus, not skill ___ coughmossad
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| 14 Aug 2012 06:42 PM |
| North Korea not on?????? It has the Largest |
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thepit44
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| 14 Aug 2012 06:59 PM |
North Korea is #22
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