00:00Russia vs the United States The annual defense budget of Russia is $47
00:06billion, which is 3.9% of their GDP.
00:10The annual defense budget of the United States is $664 billion, which is 2.4% of their GDP.
00:18Russia has a total population of 143 million people, with 47 million who are fit for service.
00:25It has 766,000 who are active frontline personnel, and it has 2.5 million who are active reserve
00:32personnel.
00:34The United States has a total population of 321 million people, with 120 million fit for
00:39service.
00:40It has 1.4 million people who are active frontline personnel, and it has 1.1 million who are
00:45active reserve personnel.
00:47The United States' frontline manpower is more than twice the size than that of Russia,
00:52but if both nations called on their reserves, Russia would have the overall manpower advantage
00:56by 700,000 personnel, or 21%.
01:00The United States is absolutely outmatched when comparing both nations' tanks, with
01:05only 8,800 tanks going up against Russia's massive arsenal of 15,400 tanks.
01:13The United States makes up some ground with their armored fighting vehicles, with 41,000
01:18AFVs against Russia's 31,300 AFVs.
01:23Other land units that both armies employ are self-propelled guns, towed artillery, and
01:28multiple launch rocket systems.
01:31When comparing aircraft strength, the United States vastly overpowers Russia with 13,444
01:37aircrafts compared to Russia's 3,547 aircrafts.
01:43Looking at naval power, the United States has a slight edge, with 415 total ships going
01:48up against Russia's 352 total ships.
01:51There are two major points of interest, however.
01:53The United States boasts 19 aircraft carriers against a single aircraft carrier for Russia.
02:00However, Russia owns 81 Corvette warships against the United States' zero.
02:06On the subject of nuclear warfare, the United States has 5,100 warheads on standby, Russia
02:12controls less than half of that, with 2,200 warheads on standby.
02:17We must remember that almost every ground vehicle, aircraft, and naval unit needs fuel
02:22to be employed.
02:23Russia consumes 3.3 million barrels of oil a day and produces 10 million barrels daily
02:29with a massive 80 billion barrel oil reserve.
02:32The United States currently consumes 19 million barrels of oil a day and produces 9 million
02:38barrels with a 37 billion barrel oil reserve.
02:44Perhaps the most important resource when it comes to war are allies.
02:48The United States boasts treaties that ally them with over 54 nations.
02:52Russia has only 5 documented allies.
02:57Experience also plays a big factor in the strength of a military and its commanders.
03:01The United States has been involved in 103 wars dating back to 1776.
03:07Russia has been involved in 107 wars dating back to 1480.
03:11As we progress through the digital age, cyber warfare is becoming a critical part of a nation's
03:16strength.
03:17The United States is known to be investing heavily in cyber warfare with their Cyber
03:20Command Program.
03:22Russia will not share information about their advances in cyber warfare.
03:26This is a brief look at how these two nations match up against one another.
03:30Who do you think has a stronger army?
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