Due to the well-known events related to Ukraine, Russia's relations with many Western countries and with the NATO bloc, where the United States plays a leading role, have sharply deteriorated. Of course, given that potential adversaries have huge arsenals of thermonuclear weapons that guarantee the destruction of the other side even in the event of a successful first strike, the likelihood of war is negligible. However, reality forces us to take the potential threat seriously.
Whose army is stronger - Russian or American?
From a formal point of view, the US Army is stronger. The strength of an army depends on many indicators, among which, undoubtedly, the most important role is played by its total size and equipment with modern military equipment. In terms of the number of personnel of the armed forces, the United States is significantly ahead of Russia. The American ground forces, air force and naval forces currently serve about 1.43 million people, and the Russian - about 0.77 million. That is, the advantage of Americans "in people" is almost double.
More than 4-fold superiority against a potential enemy and in the air. The Americans have about 13,700 aircraft and helicopters, while Russia has only about 3,100.
The United States is also significantly stronger in the naval forces. Although the total number of their warships (about 470) is only about a third higher than the Russian ones (about 350), the United States has absolute dominance in the aircraft carrier class.
Even if Russia can build several aircraft carriers over the next few years (and this is an extremely difficult and costly business), the US advantage in these floating airfields will still be overwhelming.
But in tanks and self-propelled artillery systems, Russia has almost double superiority. Against about 8,300 American tanks and self-propelled guns, Russia can put up about 15,500 of its units.
To what extent are Russia's armed forces ready for war?
The Russian armed forces are capable of reliably ensuring the safety of the country's citizens. Why, after all, the Americans have more military, aircraft, ships
Although the Russian army is inferior to the American in many respects, and the military budget of Russia is much smaller than that of the United States, the Russian armed forces can strike a crushing retaliatory strike on the territory of any aggressor.
The defense system "Perimeter", or "Dead Hand", as it is called in the West, with a 100% guarantee ensures the possibility of a retaliatory strike with thermonuclear weapons, even in the event of a surprise attack and destruction of command posts and communication centers.
Therefore, the question "Whose army is stronger?" under these conditions is simply meaningless. In addition, the entire world history testifies that in addition to the number of troops and their equipment, the morale of soldiers and officers, their confidence in the rightness of their cause, patriotism and readiness to defend their homeland to the end play a huge role.
