Comments by "Regis" (@Timbo5000) on "Could US military invade Russia if it wanted to? (2020)" video.

  1. I think a big mistake of this video is that the war industry of Russia and the US are not considered. Russia will not just sit and wait until its air force is depleted, it will pump out record numbers of fighter jets (and any other weapons that may be needed) with its war industry. The US would do the same in an all out war. So the idea of the Russian Air Force being demolished doesn't make much sense, unless their industry is somehow incapacitated (which to my knowledge the US is not powerful enough to do. At least not without nuclear weapons).
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  2. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to attack even a relatively small nation with a modern and well-trained military? The threat of S-400's alone is enough to make Russia extremely difficult to approach, without even considering their air force or their massive war industry that could pump out Su-57s in great number if needed. Basic military strategy rule is that about you need to outnumber your enemy about 3 to 1 to ensure succes when you are attacking an entreched position. Invading in modern times is hard and the invader always has a massive disadvantage. Supply lines are problematic too. You are also forgetting that if a war starts, it is not fought with whatever military equipment the nations have now (unless it's a succesful flash invasion, which is not a realistic option here). It is fought with what the war industry of both nations can put out in terms of tanks, airplanes, etc. and the population pool that can be conscripted into the military. Russia has the technology to pump out tanks that are better than the Abrams and airplanes that are equal to the F-22 Raptor in massive numbers, should they be invaded. And this constant stream of extra equipment will not stop until you reach the industry itself and shut it down. The US doesn't have the proper supply lines or geographical position to invade Russia. However if you would take the EU and its possible industrial output (it dwarfs Russia) combined with its high population pool and very close geographical position to Russia, the EU alone could probably take Russia down in a years long conflict in which the EU war industry pumps out several times the tanks, planes, etc. and conscripts 5 times the soldiers as Russia can. Russia could in this scenario only win if they'd defeat the EU early, with the current military numbers. But as time goes by they will get hopelessly outnumbered simply because of the industry differences and population pool. Adding the US to the EU and allowing the US to use EU infrastructure would end Russia 100%. NATO is insanely powerful. But also with hundreds of thousands of deaths, maybe millions. Anyway, taking down Russia would be a huge operation that requires the full might of the NATO war industry before even trying. The US could take Russia going by pure industry and population pool numbers, but the US by itself lacks the supply lines to do it believably.
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  3. I think even this video gives WAY too much credit to the US. They wouldn't even get this far before stopping. Hundreds of thousands would die before reaching anything that is even slightly important. The US would be forced to stop very soon due to the sheer numbers that die in landings and initial invasions plus the fact that it'll take years more of so many deaths before they even reach the first city of some importance. And then they need to cross to the west of Russia, which is even more troublesome and likely not within their capability no matter how hard they try. This video also ignores that Russia would use its war industry to build as many S-400 and Su-57 as possible to reinforce their existing numbers, plus of course mass conscription of soldiers. Attacking Russia's east in all out war is suicide for the US because of distance, and it's even more suicide to try to reach the west from there.
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