User blog comment:Battlefield3EX/Who would win in a fight US or Russia in a WW3/@comment-1788799-20111014222658/@comment-28584497-20111014225710

Everything you just said is BS.

Russians aren't poorly trained OR poorly equipped. And their armed forces aren't even that big, either.

Let's compare directly. The T90 costs a third less than the M1A2. They go about the same speed, but the T90 can go about 1/3rd further. The main gun is more powerful than the M1A2. So the T90 trumps the M1A2, if ever so slightly.

The AK-74M is much more reliable than the AR15 variants, but the two are otherwise almost equal in terms of performance. AK-74 is actually more accurate than the M4, and the round (5.45 x 39mm) has a faster muzzle velocity. The primary detriment is its lower rate of fire. (650 vs 800)

The Mi-28 is nearly the same as but cheaper than the AH-64, with slightly less flexibility (due to the lack of variation in armaments)

SU-33 is faster, can go farther, and is somewhat more heavily armed than the F/A-18.

U.S. CFVs and IFVs are generally superior to their Russian counterparts.

Saying that it would not be a close fight based solely on equipment is either ignorance or lying through your teeth.

And nobody can predict which side might be 'losing money'. War is actually good for any economy.