User blog comment:Battlefield3EX/Who would win in a fight US or Russia in a WW3/@comment-68.56.191.214-20111013144246

Russia. unlike the USA, never gave up on chemical and biological weapons. All they have to do is let loose on the USA and that will pretty well take care of the USA. The only way they are equal is with nukes, which would be a lose-lose war.

If no WMDs of any kind, neither could successfully invade and take over the other. The supply line for both would be way too long and too easy to disrupt. Also to subdue a nation with the population levels of the USA and Russia you would have to land a 10 million man army at the very least.

If you are taking about just being able to render the other unable to have any military power to enforce their views, both are on the downhill slide. The USSR fell apart and so did their army and navy. They just now are starting to act like they might rebuild. The USA has let its armed forces go to pot. The average age of the USAF planes is 25 years old with some 40+ years old. The tankers, B52s and F15 are falling apart in the air. About half of the relatively new B1 bombers are in storage. The F117 has already been retired and they are not going to get near as many F22s as they want. The US Navy is retiring 10 ships a year and building only 5 new ones. It is as small now as it was in 1917, with less than 300 ships.

China on the other hand is building 10 new state-of-the-art warships each year. It is also working on its first aircraft carrier. By 2020 the Chinese Navy will be larger and more modern than the US Navy. The incidents in the South China Sea are examples of China testing the US Navy to see how the US Navy will react. They think, and I agree, that the US Navy will retreat in the end, letting the Chinese know we will not challenge them.