I think when he said “no nuclear weapons” he meant atomic bombs. Not nuclear powered subs. That’s not a weapon. It carries weapons but the sub itself is just nuclear powered

It’s very expensive to have a true blue water navy. Not only expensive, but even if you gave China US equipment they have no infrastructure to support, no training, and most Importantly the US has been practicing Naval Warfare for 80 years and there tough lessons paid for in blood and treasure to learn how to fight such a war.

I always think it would be hilarious if King George could know that when he lost that ragtag little set of colonies, they would be the greatest world power ever in a few centuries. I don't think anyone could have ever guessed that would happen.

Its claimed that Yamamoto said, when asked about the possibility of Japan launching an invasion of the US Homeland, "You cannot invade the mainland United States, there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass".

Great reaction Karbir. One thing they hadn't say in the reaction, is peoples in the United States would protect their own neighborhood if they would be invaded.

15:00 "Didn't the guy though at the start of the video say no "nuclear weapons"??" Why yes he did, but he didn't say anything about not using "nuclear-powered" subs or ships... 😁😁

"Peace through superior firepower."

"Behind every blade of grass is an American with a gun" - Yamamoto on the difficulty of invading America (possibly a misquote)

Don't forget nations that buy US modern equipment from the US can be shut off

It doesn't get mentioned really in the video, but one of the things that helps the US is that it is actually one of the least integrated economies in the world. US exports trade-to-GDP is only about 12%, one of the lowest national percentages in the world, and a third to nearly half of the foreign trade the US does do is entirely internal to North America (Canada and Mexico). This means that the US doesn't rely on foreign trade to sustain itself with very few exceptions. It IS true that the US buys a lot of consumer products from overseas (China in particular), but none of it are things that the US is incapable of producing on its own, particularly as much of the things that the US buys from overseas are designed in the US in the first place. The US is fully capable of manufacturing those things, but chooses not to out of convenience and cheaper labor costs. Incidentally, the US is currently going through the greatest period of re-industrialization in US history due to numerous factors, including changing global demographics, American geopolitical attitudes, and of course Covid too. Another major factor is the Shale Revolution, which is allowing the US to become entirely energy independent for the next half century at least, meaning international politics has even less influence on US energy policy than it used to. It has also dropped US energy prices down to some of the cheapest in the world, with Natural Gas selling almost at cost because it is a 'waste byproduct' of the Shale Oil that they're actually trying to get. As a result of American law, the Oil companies have to build Natural Gas infrastructure alongside the other infrastructure they build, which gives the Natural Gas an automatically usable system to be used for domestic energy consumption, making it the cheapest in the world. There are numerous other factors that makes the US highly self sufficient, but the short of it is that the US COULD disengage from the rest of the world without too much sacrifice in living standards. It seems a little crazy, but it's true.

After 6 weeks of air sorties to start Desert Storm it took the ground campaign only 100 hours because the bombing was so successful using stealth for the 1st time. I think it was mid January to end of February , pretty quick.

The biggest thing holding the world back would be the lack of unified command, lack of a common language, and each country looking after itself. In world war 2 the US and the UK had huge issues deciding what strategies to focus on and how to distribute limited resources, most notably fuel after the Normandy landings. If 2 countries with a shared language had trouble coordinating, how would 10+ countries with as many languages do. Without an ability to concentrate their forces against the US, the US could defeat in detail it's opponents.

Youre the first reactor that I have seen that started this off with "Who knows what can happen even to the best military in the world if they are against the whole world" which is so valid... most people jump to the (right) conclusion but dont even give it a chance to be the world as victors

If you want to learn about the gulf war react to desert storm the air war day 1 by the operation room and desert storm the ground war part 1, 2 3, 4 and 5 also by the operation room

The guy said no nuclear weapons, he didn't say the US couldn't use nuclear powered subs. US subs are nuclear powered and the the US has thousands of arms that are non-nuclear.

This video gives a pretty decent overview of part of such a war, but neglects a couple key factors. First, in a total war scenario like the one proposed, the US would have the power to not only choke off the world's oil, but also destroy the water treatment plants and farmland that make wide swathes of the world livable (while producing its own food, much like the oil situation). It is virtually impossible to continue an offensive war if your nation is imploding due to famine, and the US in that kind of war could use this to its advantage by tying up soldiers to keep order in their home countries rather than attacking. This is a massive advantage that there is no easy way for most of the world to avoid (eg. what can the Saudis do when their power plants and water plants are bombed from the air and any support is blocked via the US navy--they are suddenly in the same situation they put Yemen in, and millions are at risk of dying within the year). On the other hand, a key intangible factor to such a war that would make operations significantly more complicated for the US is the fact that we are a nation of immigrants, and have citizens who have family in literally every other nation on earth. These connections mean that such a war would be politically impossible to sustain for any amount of time, as domestic political pressures in the US would force a peace deal. Also, while I get that it isn't part of the hypothetical, there isn't really a world where the US would lose all of its alliances. At an absolute minimum, Canada, the UK, Israel, India, South Korea, and Japan would side with the US, which would basically be the end of all opposition. Israel alone can beat the rest of the Middle East in a fight, which would enable the US to more effectively control the oil supply, India, Japan and South Korea would act as forward operating positions for containing China and Russia, and the UK would be a forward operating position for the European theater, as well as a source of navy assets who could lock down Western European waters while the US dedicates resources elsewhere; Canada would contribute to the oil and food supplies that would sustain the war effort, and potentially help intercept Russian planes and missiles aiming at the US. Fortunately, this type of war is just a thought experiment, as there is little doubt that the US would win, only in that it would be able to declare itself a victor while sitting on top of the wreckage of human civilization (ie. it would "win" by virtue of being the least destroyed in a world where most nations are rubble).

Because of the Japanese peace treaty with the US, Japan has always been limited in fielding a military. The US has been their defacto military since after WWII.

The misunderstanding about the 5th Gen. Fighter jet is that America has been producing 5th generation fighter jets for 20 years which means essentially America is one generation ahead of everyone else. The F22 that came out in 2005 is faster than the J20 that China released in 2017. The F-35 is essentially a gen 5.2

When he mentions Desert Storm he is referring to the way in which the US brazenly stormed into a highly defended and protected nation that knew they were coming and basically did whatever they wanted. The video Desert Storm Air War Day 1 to see how massive a response the US can launch when it has concentrated airpower in a region. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sN6CmslzvdSafZs.html

Terrible scenario if that ever happened, but thank the lord for our friends and allies around the world!!✌👍

The #1 advantage the US has is geography and the ability to control supplies. The US is resource secure in the Western Hemisphere where as other countries can be controlled through trade choke points, particularly oil. You saw the impact of this in full effect when that huge cargo vessel blocked the Suez Canal and messed up world wide trade. The US has the ability to easily dismantle those types of systems if they wanted to. The US being the #1 producer of oil in the world plays huge as well. EDIT: I think you would find Dessert Storm stuff interesting. In the First Gulf War, Iraq had the fifth largest army in the world and the US/Allies thought it could be a costly war. What ended up happening was a textbook case of modern warfare showing how outdated older tactics were. That war pretty much wrote the book on how large military's fight in the 21st Century.

for oil, they also forget that America would take over Canada pretty quickly and would more than likely control over 90% of the global oil supply. Also there is no way ever that Isreal teams up with other middle eastern countries. It's the SU-57 is the 5th generation fighter and is in service so it might be the video is old, but isn't out in massive quantities like the f-35 and f 22. The guy in the video meant the subs are powered by nuclear energy not that they are going to use nukes.

America would never use will Smith and Jeff goldblum against other people.

Here in Florida about 10,000 are part of a militia. The militia I belong to you can only be accepted if you are only a combat vet, and we have 42 members.

About the nuclear thing… He says “nuclear attack subs,” that can just mean they are nuclear powered. Thus staying underwater almost indefinitely.

Solviet Union was the 2nd "Superpower" class country before it dissolved in 1991, Russia and China however are improving their Militaries as well as: Australia, India, and Canada

Nuclear attack subs are powered by a nuclear reactor. And do not necessarily have to carry nuclear weapons

Love this video but they also forget to mention 1 thing. If we were invaded, 90% of American civilians would also be armed watching over their local neighborhoods

Dude. Your audio is on point. It sounds like your actually in the room through my Bose 700’s. Haven’t seen many reaction videos with this effect. Kudos.

On the first day of Deer hunting season, Michigan or Wisconsin may have the third-largest army in the world.

In desert storm we completely annihilated the Iraqi military command structure and swept their battalions up like rubbish. If you haven't seen the live T.V. coverage of the Shock and Awe operation in Baghdad you should check it out. It's a bit long but very interesting.

The opening cruise missile barrage that they failed to discuss would cripple most of those defenses before they could be deployed.

Nuclear Subs aren’t necessarily armed with nuclear weapons, they’re just powered by nuclear energy instead of the old diesel powered subs

It’s an interesting hypothetical, but we aren’t attacking anyone unless they deserve it. In general, Americans just want you to leave them alone; as I assume is true everywhere.

Actually the U.S. Navy has 10 Nimitz class carriers and 2 Ford class carriers 3rd one being constructed now, but we also have 9 smaller carriers used for marine operations and do carry a limited number of F-35 fighters for STOVL abilities much like the British navy with the Queen Elizabeth class, not the Nimitz class is NOTHING to sneeze at, they are incredibly powerful and bring a lot to any fight,, the Ford class i do not think that we fully know how effective they will become with training and time, I am sure that they will be even more dominate than the Nimitz class already is.

Current Carriers are Nimitz Class. The next generation will be the Ford Class, named after President Gerald R. Ford!! I believe that the Gerald Ford will officially join the fleet in 2022, after her sea trials.

There is a great series on Desert Storm by The Operations Room. It shows a day by day break down of Allied and Iraqi forces. Covering both the opening air war and tank battles.

When I was a kid I collected desert storm trading cards😂 Only the USA puts trading cards out when they go to war! 😂

he was referring to nuclear warheads which we do have over 5000 that the world knows about. . Nuclear subs only use the nuclear power for fuel.

Desert storm: america took on the 4th strongest army at a time that most military’s viewed america the way they were in Vietnam. And america showed that their forces and technological advantages when desert storm happened is what showed america was a force to be feared again. Russian military planners were quoted saying the only way to stop an American invasion would be the use of tactical nuclear missiles.

The thing about desert storm is that the US was able to establish air superiority in a day with little trouble, it’s one of the best examples of how to kick the door down in combat history.

"Nuclear Attack Sub" means it is an attack sub that is nuclear powered, not that it is using nuclear weapons. Being nuclear powered means the only limitation on how long it can stay submerged is the amount of food it can carry to feed the crew, usually 3 months or so.

While Russia and China only have around 25 5th gen fighters combined today, the US will test flight the worlds first 6th gen in 2022. Nothing about the makeup of the aircraft has been released to the public because of how seriously secret this is. Just makes you think how powerful this plane must be if they’re keeping it such a secret.

The Us has 10 Nimitz class aircraft carriers and only 2 Gerald r Ford class aircraft carriers and 21 light aircraft carriers

I just love the way you say words.

Desert storm - Air war day 1 by The Operations room. They have the ground war as well. If you really wanna learn more about it.

No fuel= no ships no planes no jets no mobility...our fuel supplies and prices are being compromised as we speak...no joke

When he says nuclear subs. That refers to the power plant which has a 20 year range. And the narrator completely missed the electronic warfare capabilities to shutdown communications. And fry electronics on other platforms.

No no no, only one Ford Class carrier commissioned last year, it's the first of its class and there are more to come. The other nuclear powered carriers are Nimitz Class and we have about ten of them. What happened in Desert Storm? We didn't destroy any oil refineries really, that was Iraq under Sadam Hussein. They set Kuwaiti oil wells on fire as they retreated. What we did was deny their use of Kuwaiti oil assets, destroy their air defense and anti-aircraft capabilities, their Scud missile sites and other long range missile systems, their armor and artillery assets, their logistics supply system, their airfields, and performed strategic strikes against Bagdad and important infrastructure targets. In no time at all we had neutralized his military and sent what was left of it packing back to Iraq. I was there, eight months total including a couple of weeks of air war to kick it off and only two days of ground war. Sadam underestimated the coalition led by the United States, and we kicked his a**. This was 1990-1991, perhaps you weren't even born yet. The Suez Canal was not blocked by an oil tanker, it was a container ship. The aircraft silhouettes you were reacting to are F-117s, not B-2s. Yes, Japan hasn't been a viable Transoceanic Naval power since its surrender in WWII, with international restrictions placed upon it and its guided socio-economic reconstruction, and rightfully so. Remember, knowledge is power - Ignorance is death. Semper Fi.

Nuclear attack subs means they don’t use gas. They run on nuclear reactors and are quiet.

Operation Desert Storm began Jan. 17, 1991, after Iraqi forces who had invaded neighboring Kuwait refused to withdraw. The conflict is now commonly known as the Gulf War.

That 70 year thing - Pearl Harbor 1941

Desert storm last 35 days. Desert Storm started as an air campaign with Operation Senior Surprise, which became known as "Secret Squirrel." Seven B-52G Stratofortresses left Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and flew 14,000 round-trip miles to, for the first time, launch 35 conventional air-launched cruise missiles at strategic Iraqi targets. It was the longest aircraft combat sortie of its time. I live next to Barksdale .

10:43 Russia has the Su-57 Felon and now the new Su-75 Checkmate as 5th Gen fighters. The Su-35 is either a 4++ or 4+ gen fighter China has the J-20 Mighty Dragon and J-35. The latter being a twin engined budget copy of the F-35

The Air Force Thunderbird have been flying over my house all day, air show about 5 miles away

You can have 500 million jets but if you don't have the fuel to train there's no point. We train every day

Number one reason is the people and this country will fight to the end

The remarks were not inconsistent. Reference to nuclear attack subs was a shortened way of describing nuclear fission fueled vehicles that can operate for years without any refueling process, not subs carrying nuclear weapons, although in fact they do. Thus, the narrator did not intend to imply that these subs would in fact utilize its nuclear weapons.

The Nuclear Attack Sub's are nuclear powered, not weapons, you don't want to burn carbon in a sealed ship under water.

As an American citizen I can say that I will join the United states military and fight to the end

First US carrier was in 1922. The military has scrapped about 50 carriers since.

The reason most other or all other countries don’t have that power like America, is because America is always there to help when needed. These countries depend on the military of the U.S. so they never sought the need to do anything major with their militaries, just enough to defend their boarders and that’s it.

Nuclear powered, not using nuclear weapons. They can be out for yrs without refueling. Food becomes their only limit

The nuclear attack subs are run on nuclear power, they are still devestating without using nuclear weapons, that's what he is talking about.

I love my country god bless America.

To answer your question about what happened in desert storm I strongly urge you to react to “the air campaign Desert storm” 1&2 followed by the ground war. It will show how effective the US was at surgically removing a nation’s military network and crippling them. It is so satisfying to watch

Russia and China are developing them but not combat operational.

The Russian newest fighter is still in development. None are deployed

When they say nuclear submarines, they mean nuclear powered. With nuclear power you can go for decades without refueling and you don't need to surface to get air for your diesel engines. Nuclear subs are mostly limited by the amount of food they can stuff in them but, they can stay under and fight for a long time.

Nuclear powered submarines can fire nukes but that does not prohibit their use of non-nuke missiles. The power and weapons use different physics. My son in law runs the power plant on one of those subs. Our daughter is an electrician on Navy jets.

Kabir considers it was Actually a cargo ship that was blocking the Suez Canal not a tanker

He said no nuclear weapons used in this hypothetical but the subs are nuclear powered that can use conventional weapons.

Forget our military, the general population would probably beat most armies.

I believe he was saying Nuclear powered subs.meaning they wouldn't be effected by the fuel blockaid.being Nuclear Powered

To your question concerning why China and Russia are not technically super powers: Both have quite powerful militaries. Very powerful. On the Asian continent they'd give the USA a decent fight. _(which is why the USA would attempt to isolate and besiege them for a very long time to soften them up first)_ However, they cannot _project_ their full military capabilities to other continents. They can deploy token forces, but the USA can deploy their full capability anywhere in the world. There is no place on Earth that the USA cannot strike with any, and all, weapons systems at their disposal. Thus - being invaded by China or Russia would see a nation swarmed by cruise missiles to try and overwhelm the air defenses of the nation - before a very small expeditionary force of heavy ground equipment and soldiers arrived to attempt to establish control of a deep water port. Followed by a very slow troop and asset growth that is under constant threat of supply line attack. When the USA has invaded nations in the past 4 decades they've been struck by swarms of cruise missiles - WHILE, simultaneously, the USA came into range to launch 3-5 full wings _(100s)_ of bombers and fighters to assume control of the airspace of the country in question. _(This is why nations begin to stop rattling their sabers when the USA sends a carrier 'near' their coasts to float off shore just inside international waters. Media only reports on the carrier itself, so most people do not realize that a Carrier Strike Group is a floatilla of over 50 vessels. Destroyers, Missile Frigates, electronic warfare vessels, nuclear submarines, tankers/cargo, a medical ship thats basically a hospital on water, ships whose _*_entire_*_ purpose is air/missile defense, and of course the carrier itself. This strike group's area of air, sea, and ground strike capability extends more than 4,000km in radius around the strike group. A Carrier Strike Group has enough firepower, aircraft, supplies, and even ground forces by way of Marines and naval Seabees to match, or exceed, most nation's entire defense forces.)_ A small expeditionary force of what are called Seabees and Engineer Corps are dropped off by the naval floatilla, take over a deep water port, and construct an air strip nearby, for both air lift and sea born supply chains. As their military clears out the air, they position naval strike groups at intervals known as _'Areas of Command and Control'_ across the ocean between the USA and their target. These areas are sized based on the effective deployment speed of fighter aircraft being able to intercept ships or aircraft that attempt to strike their supply lines. Both their supply ships, and aircraft, follow this 'road.' They basically set up a 'safe' road across the ocean using carrier strike groups. At this point waves of over 50,000 troops, supplies, and ground assets begin arriving at the sieged nation once per week until the force size goal is reached. They then continue to keep their supply line under absolute control for the shipping of supplies. _(This was an area of contention between the USA and, well, everyone else during the two, active, Gulf wars. While at a state of active war the USA shut down a 100km wide, almost perfectly straight, pathway from Florida to Afghanistan - with only three breaks in the line of control in the Mediterranean Sea for civilian flights to fly over like a toll road - though followed closely by US fighters - and they did this unilaterally. Europe and Africa were, understandably, fairly annoyed by this despite it not being talked about too much in the media. The USA created a No-Fly Zone thousands of km long over, and under, international waters where they've no legal authority. Incidentally no one could do anything about it.)_

Nuclear attack subs don't only.carry Nukes, they also have non Nuclear Cruise Missiles, and anti ship torpedoes

the question on the 5th Gen aircraft is deployed. Neither the Russians or the Chinese have any that are currently deployed

hes talking about the use of nuclear powered subs, not nuclear weapons

Fuel is the only true currency. No ships no trucks no planes.

He is talking about nuclear powered subs. They don't only shoot nuclear weapons. They have other missles and weapons that can be used. What the important thing is that the US subs tech is greater than other navys

He said no launching of Nuclear bombs. Nuclear Subs run on Nuclear power but can still launch regular bombs

Nuclear attack subs are powered by nuclear energy, he is not talking about using nuclear weapons.

Quick break down. We have 11 Nimitz class carriers (the old big boys) 1 Ford class with 10 more on the way to replace the Nimitz class. We also have 8 smaller carriers that are multirole as Amphibious landing ships. (Personal favorite). Check them out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5Nmi9yix863mnk.html The uk has 1 smaller carriers and another on the way (big by world standards but 2/3 the size of a Nimitz) France has one big boy like us. The Russian one is a joke it's called the (sp?) Kutnetzov. Look up how bad it is. China is working to get a real carrier fleet but they have 2 smaller carriers and a trainer atm India has a couple smaller carriers. Going to stop there because everyone else that has one is used as far as I know for helicopters not jets. Edit:I think Australia and Japan plan on adding f35s to theirs

In the end... money is what 'greases' the wheel, humanity is the 'wheel'.

Yeah, the US would "win" in the sense that nobody could really raise a hand against them thanks to their overwhelming navy, but in the end, *everybody* loses because everyone, including the US, is heavily dependent on global trade for their economic wellbeing. Grind trade to a standstill and all parties involved will be on life support, and even building new military hardware will become difficult.

At 10:32 you asked if SU had a 5th Gen fighter. The answer is yes. SU had one but there was only a few ever made. because Russia was broke at the time and India pulled out of the deal, Russia couldn't afford to keep going with the aircraft

Nuclear attack subs, not nuclear weapons. All carriers are nuclear powered too.

They have 5 gen aircraft now but didn’t at the time this video was made and they are limited in numbers but they do exist

When he said nuclear subs, he was referring to how they are powered, by nuclear power, not weapons.

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As of 2021, Russia only has ten 5th generation test aircraft, the SU-57

A nuclear attack sub can have nuclear weapons, but that is not why it is called that, it uses a nuclear reactor engine to power it, that's why it is called a nuclear sub, in fact old diesel subs can carry nuclear weapons too. It only refers to the propulsion system of the subs. Generally they are faster, quieter, longer range, and better in almost all aspects except maybe close quarters sea battles with certain mini subs against it. But again technology advances allow it to stay away from said situations and kill enemies in a way that is best for it not chasing them into waters advantageous for the enemy. Also, 5th gen aircraft, USA is the only true 5th gen fleet, Russia and China have what is called 4.5 gen aircraft, very good, but still not actual 5th gen via some issues either in RAM designs or possibly in Super-cruise tech, or even in some advanced guidance or target acquisition tech.

It's about the civilians...They all have guns.

Canada actually has our own oil reserves and are 2nd only to Saudi Arabia. We are still part of the Commonwealth. We are in a precarious position if the U.S. and the U.K. don't agree on resources, or military reactions

One huge consideration is how does the rest of the world get their troops to US mainland? Very few countries, including European ones, have the ability to transport large amounts of troops across international waters. The American military routinely helps to move friendly foreign troops(e.g. Canada and Europe) in coordinated conflicts because their home nations don't have the resources to do so. An invasion of the US, a nation of 330+ million people, would require millions of troops and military hardware being moved across vast swaths of water. This is no small task and virtually no country outside of the US has the capability to do so. Not to mention that the US has a heavily armed citizenry that would defend their homeland to the death. ....and now that Ukraine has shown Russia to have a Potemkin military, without Atomic weapons they wouldn't be of much help. They can't even launch a successful campaign against a much smaller neighbor on their own border, not to mention a continent sized military superpower an ocean away.

Nuclear subs are powered by nuclear power; that's what he means.

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Good video Kabir. I'd say that you have more military acumen and grasp of global military stats than most people. And no worries, I don't ever see the U.S. going to war with our British cousins ever again.

It’s not nuclear weaponry. They’re nuclear powered subs. Just means essentially infinite fuel

When they mentioned nuclear submarines, they meant nuclear power subs