Easiest (and Hardest) Countries to Take Over

The world is filled with dominating military forces from all around the globe, but some countries barely even have a military to speak of. Check out today's epic new video to find out which country seriously has the weakest military in 2022, and which country is the true military superpower!
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[@AaronAtkinsHonorableChairman]

and military size doesn’t totally correlate with how difficult it is to invade… geography plays an enormous role

[@BenSalernoMedia]

Amen. This is one of the reasons a huge military like China still needs to think twice about attempting to invade Taiwan, whose main island is extremely mountainous and 100km of open water off the coast of China. Necessary achievements like air superiority are essentially out of the question when your helicopters only have enough fuel for a one-way trip and have nowhere to land. That's assuming they make it across the strait to begin with. Their only shot is to throw the kitchen sink at them and hope for the best, but the losses they'd incur while doing so would be obscene.

[@boring4975]

Yea like Afghanistan

[@OpinionatedZoomer69]

@@boring4975 and the USA, being atlest an ocean away from any real miltaristic threat on each side

[@SoApost]

So, let’s build a nation surrounded by ocean, no beaches but all high cliff sea walls, and a curved transparent roof covered in grease so any bombs or paratroopers just slide off it into the ocean.

[@bobthebuilder1360]

@@OpinionatedZoomer69 *gets invaded by Canada*

[@jeanclaudebugeja3136]

It always amazes me how Malta is never mentioned in having the smallest army. We only have around 2000 soldiers, no tanks , a very small navy and only a few aircrafts without weapons and only used for search and rescue.

[@Platypus2814]

Yeah except no one can get to malta with its position in the meditteranean except european powers, as the strait of bosporus and the strait of gibraltar are heavily guarded and cant fit a large navy. Europe and Turkey are all on good terms with malta, so its actually quite defended

[@Jash0192]

Isn't it true that a lot of your military strength is used as symbolism and tradition? Been to Malta recently and went to your cannon museum and valetta, and the historian mentioned this.

[@losangeles9817]

My Country belize only has 1k soldiers. 0 tanks 1chopper with no weapons 1 small air craft with no weapons Only about 10 vehicles to transport soldiers and most of the time are In garages Coast guard with about 5speed boats lol that's it.

[@losangeles9817]

Oh and we have outdated m16s

[@yeaitzsavage4469]

@@losangeles9817 you have america, you’ll be fine

[@adamjohnson6715]

Weakest: 10. Panama 0:12 9. Central African Republic 2:55 8. Gabon 6:37 7. North Macedonia 9:33 6. Eritrea 13:40 5. Suriname 17:07 4. Sierra Leone 19:54 3. Somalia 23:11 2. Liberia 27:12 1. Kosovo 31:02 Strongest: 10. Pakistan 1:03 9. Brazil 4:12 8. United Kingdom 7:50 7. France 11:05 6. South Korea 15:00 5. Japan 18:10 4. India 20:54 3. China 24:21 2. Russia 28:00 Honourable Mention: Bhutan 31:40 1. United States Of America 32:00

[@mfnafi5]

Thanks for the list. The video felt like it jumped all over the place.

[@Goebbels11]

Tnkx

[@rebeccalawliet2145]

Thank you

[@Medulla1993]

@@cmplx6114 Yeah and Germany. Big cap.

[@WhiteBorderMTG]

That russia ranking has aged like fine milk lol

[@zeromoga]

I think it is safe to say that Russia may have dropped a rank or two since this came out.

[@jdunnatl]

Just from the military equipment taken from Russia, Ukraine's military has tripled in size - which is even better than what they've managed to destroy.

[@kylejay8493]

Yall this was 5 months ago chill.

[@aukorei]

@@kylejay8493 No.

[@jdunnatl]

@@kylejay8493 VERY different levels of tech. Zero offense meant to Ukraine, but they are only still fighting because of Western equipment - and they still may lose. Russia always fights wars of attrition with heavy, heavy losses.

[@JamesDuckettAuthor]

Exactly! Not only that, but the revelations of how poorly maintained their equipment is, they shouldn't have been this high anyway.

[@ricos_road6328]

I used to be an American Paratrooper and I often trained with nato militaries and I’ll I have to say is this. The British Paras are by far the best trained fighting force over ever seen in operations. I guess when you’re a small homogeneous force it’s easier to train all of your men to that degree. Cause they put us to shame tactically speaking in small unit movements

[@BetterAdventures]

Idk when I trained with them in a joint operation in jrtc we gave them the easiest task and they got mass cassed, dropped the ball and put us a day behind on insert so we had to land many miles before our original insertion to the box and having to ruck much further through the woods, they got embarrassed, but could just be a fluke

[@farleydrexelmz4212]

Parakoopa

[@Itachi951000]

Meh.

[@johndaly785]

Y'all ever dealt with the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) from Ireland?

[@rajeshparihar2521]

You know there is a thing called the Marcos

[@jackjackingson3497]

I was expecting this to be more about things like geography, social cohesion, ect. A strong army is important, but is by no means the deciding factor on how difficult a country is to take over.

[@flip3249]

in theory Vietnam and Afghanistan were easy too

[@Montepel]

Agree. I was expecting the same - mountains, lakes, rivers play a big role in the conflict. Examples are obvious - Vietnam, Afghanistan.

[@StevWasTaken]

Panama 🇵🇦 0:12 Pakistan 🇵🇰 1:03 Central African Republic 🇨🇫 2:55 Brazil 🇧🇷 4:12 Gabon 🇬🇦 6:37 UK 🇬🇧 7:50 North Macedonia 9:34

[@joydeepmukherjee689]

India has 3 Aircraft carrier, 2 operational and 1 under construction, Its developing it's own 4.5G Tejas MK2 and 5th Gen AMCA. India's missile program is one of the deadliest and most advanced program with a huge line of versatile weponery. India is also developing it's own arsenal of weapons to decrease it's dependencies over US or Russia

[@satanicmicrochipv5656]

Agree. India is an up and coming industrial economy. Their economy will soon outgrow BRICS and they will want to snuggle up with the economies of NATO nations and it's protection from GYNAHH!!!.

[@ladislastrebeth7496]

You should take cybersecurity into account in your military powers vids. A modern military is worth nothing if it gets heavily disrupted by cyberattacks in the first hours of defending itself

[@dinamosflams]

And that is the main reason why china is surpassing russia

[@printname3608]

So NSA who invented SHA? An algorithm we globally use for network security and Bitcoin?

[@ladislastrebeth7496]

@@printname3608 SHA is from the NIST,not the NSA. And thk god SHA1 isn t used for Bitcoin

[@ladislastrebeth7496]

@@dinamosflams lol no? It s even the other way around. China is behind in terms of cryptography, that s the reason they invest in quantum networking, to bypass the need of cipher algorithms

[@emperormeako]

I heard that this is a large focus with the UK military which is why the planned on retiring their challnger tanks to focus more on cyber warfare since they don't have the number to compete on land warfare.

[@vicer77]

That part about the Chinese soldiers getting bummed out and having those entertainers cheer them up was crazy.... 😬

[@legendaryryan1623]

not too crazy.. the U.S entertained its troops many many times whilst they were in afghanistan and iraq, from comedians, celebs and many song artists. held massive concerts and such for them. can be justified by saying they were "bummed out" by being deployed so its almost the same thing

[@Superpo0oper2020]

And strippers entertain US army

[@interlace84]

I'm seeing a battlefield where screams and explosions are replaced with clown noises and laughter...

[@FinMcool21]

@@legendaryryan1623 But the Chinese soldiers were in training, and the US Soldiers were in an army. And where did u hear of celebs? Lol US Only had prostitutes

[@michaelwhite4522]

USO

[@nazukeoya]

"The Us doesn't have hypersonic weapons" We just successfully tested them, this year.

[@kaeelondonn]

we've had them since the 90s most likely but everything advanced like that is hidden

[@kingoftheneeks3623]

​@@kaeelondonnwe've been tinkering with them since the 60s

[@legion5648]

We had hypersonic missles since the 50s called the icbm.

[@JaceDeanLove]

@@legion5648 I think he means non-nuclear? Idk

[@uncommonsense360]

@@legion5648 Non-nucleur kinetic impactors, not nucleur warhead tipped ICBM's

[@davidforrest5342]

Brazil have a solid defensive military, they have enough troops and tanks to defend against any other south american country and have the navy to over power any other navy in the area other than America. All it means is they would struggle really bad as an offensive force without air superiority, but they have enough defensive units to be able to deter an enemy from attacking them not to mention the land itself being very difficult for an occupying force to navigate through. Its a good balance to be fair

[@goldknightshaka7621]

Paises gigantes territorialmente nunca serao invadidos, pois quem tentar vai fracassar. E so se basear em total de soldados e equipamentos nao diz nada, pois vejam a Russia, segundo mais forte nesta lista, esta sofrendo para derrotar a Ucrania que nem na lista aparece. Ah vao dizer q eh pq EUA/Europa estao ajudando, oras nao podemos esquecer to Pacto do Rio, que exige e demanda que todos os paises do continente americano protejam uns aos outros em caso de invasao estrangeira, ou seja, seria impossivel algum pais de outro continente tentar algo.

[@iamaminepro614]

well thats why they are number 8 in a list with over 150 countries

[@jordansteele2819]

I believe in all of these videos a lot of key factors are missing when it comes to war, as anyone that has served or has any military experience will know, defeating someone in battle does not just happen because you have more numbers than them or better equipment...although it does help. Things such as the morale, combat experience, leadership, level of training and skill of each individual is vital in war because if any of these are lacking it can turn tides. One soldier that is extremely skilled with a basic rifle is better than 10 that don't know how to use their good ones. or as Napoléon put it, "if you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. BUT if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight like a lion.”

[@hemangkulkarni3947]

the quote is nice tho

[@hemon6969]

And terrains are also a major factor in war

[@ADPax10]

As someone who also has military and a small amount of general DoD experience, this point you lay out should be obvious to those who have been on any type of real-world battlefield, so I 100% agree. An additional point to keep in mind though, concerning technology and gear, we really have no idea what kind of weapons innovation the internal services (think triple-letter agencies, organizations like DARPA, and private defense contractors like Battelle) have come out with that 99.99% of people are not privy to. This same sentiment goes for the other world powers like China, Russia, Western European powers, S. Korea, etc.. This is largely a hunch, but I gua-ran-tee you that there are weapons tech at minimal functional prototype stages that would likely blow most of our minds. A modern hot war would be very interesting, not to mention terrifying for those parties involved. *EDIT:* There are multiple reasons why the U.S. Defense budget dwarfs even China by 2.5 times and "conspiracy theorists" talk about a 'Black Budget'.

[@jordansteele2819]

@@ADPax10 yeah 100%, if a full scale war were to kick off it would have very little firefights between small groups with the tech and weapons advancement nowadays…whole divs would be getting wiped out in weeks if that

[@OK-yy6qz]

The most important part though is the alliances of the nation. For example if a country is in NATO they're essentially untouchable no matter how small the army,same for any country that has an official alliance with Russia or China. If they don't have an alliance but good relationships it will also be important like what happens in Ukraine (Russia facing heavy sanctions and also Ukraine constantly receiving equipment from the west and even some mercenaries). If it's let's say a middle Eastern country with no alliances (cough Afghanistan) things will be easier

[@Thexakatron]

The video was titled about what would be the hardest to annex, or invade, but it ended up being about only military power. These may share, and the military power does make invasion harder, but geography and other things play a role too. For example: The Swiss military may not be the biggest (Excluding the reserve force), but Switzerland is way harder to take over than you would think. Period.

[@arokh72]

Though not mentioned in the basically UScentric video, even us in Australia would be hard to invade. Not only is our climate against invasion, the geography can be a challenge, being mostly sparsely populated desert, the requirement for long supply lines, at least initially, is also a problem. The only way an invading force can get here is via sea or air.

[@1991beachboy]

I'd say Finland is up there too. Thousands of lakes and forests that makes it difficult to invade. Rough terrain and lots of swamp like terrain. Forcing you to invade on the roads where you can easily control the enemy and make them suffer for every inch of land they take

[@Thexakatron]

@@1991beachboy kind of like in the Winter War- a problem like what the Soviet Union suffered

[@1991beachboy]

@@Thexakatron yea. And that was just the winter when everything was frozen over. That wasn't when the swampy areas would be too much of a problem. The tracks of the heavy russian tanks on wet mud in the middle of swamps, lakes and forests would also be an easy target.

[@charlieboy6315]

Agreed - the title is really misleading. In the UK part, for example, it talked entirely about how the UK struggles to project power over distance without US help (referencing the Falklands - 8000 miles away) and didn't even reference how easy/hard it would be to invade.

[@efxnews4776]

Brazil also has some major advantages, a huge population, and terrain so horrible that even Brazil strugges to develop itself, Brazil has lots of costal cities, most of the major cities are costal, what folks don't realize is that vast majority of second tier cities are in highlands (wich spreads all over across the continent) , and are filled with with military hqs It would be easy to invade Brazil, but incredibly difficult to hold or retreat.

[@arthas640]

That all also makes it so no one really can invade them. They're far larger than the rest of the countries in the America's save the US and the fact that the US has maintained the idea for over a century that the America's are their sphere of influence and threaten war with anyone who'd attempt it. This almost lead to WW3 when Cuba aligned with the USSR and that was just an internal rebellion. The US is the only one who could invade and they have zero reason to do so.

[@Emersonunes]

Poise, São Paulo mesmo tem vantagem no terreno, destruindo os túneis que conectam a capital ao litoral, os militares não podem subir apenas contornar pelo Rio de Janeiro ou Paraná e nisso já perdem muitas horas tempo suficiente pra armar baterias antiaéreas na cidade e proteger as rodovias adjacentes

[@VainIsUnique]

"Russias spot at number 2 has been eroding and likely won't remain much longer" That aged well

[@vandematram4]

But still they are hard to invade .. Russians may see a new revolution or coup against current dictatorship of Putin ( i like putin as a person ,but people of Russia may hate him for this unwanted Ukrainian war , which gained less , lost much ) .. That may change rankings .. India and China may go up ..

[@Wailmur]

@@vandematram4 cringe

[@richs4678]

@@vandematram4 I feel right now China could go right into Siberia no problem and Putin's only response be nukes or suicide.... Russia is probably in like 5th place on this list.... and it depends on the conflict type, Vietnam? Afghanistan? David beats Goliath all the time...

[@iamaminepro614]

hmm idk china is definietly higher than russia(on paper because we are yet to see them in a real battle) but India is a little behind because most of the indian weapons are russin made and a liitle old for the current time(they are in the 2000s era) but at this rate india might go up but china is definetly on top because they have wayy too much🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑@@vandematram4

[@laurakastrup]

Here’s a fun fact: Denmark does not have a standing military. We don’t have an army. We have a defence. To be fair our neighbour is Germany and we all know how well that went for us last time

[@Malik-em6ng]

Also, we the type of military that will sink our own marine than let Germany get it.

[@askatata]

Germany couldn't even win against Denmarks police forces 🤣

[@INTYHazor]

@@askatata thats just a straight up lie

[@affenscheusse]

@@askatata It took the Germans only a few hours to invade denmark. Stop lying 🥴

[@askatata]

My God guys, that's just a joke...just like the German military now

[@leonperry3137]

Honestly, what does the infographics show have against the U.K. It’s kinda funny 😂

[@tacmal4660]

They’re openly lying. The Uk refused any help from the usa in the falkland wars and the war last 74 days. Also 100 British marines thrashed 1500 American soldiers in war drills.

[@nathanflynn9276]

Exactly I'm pretty sure a few us cargo ships are used to help with logistics but that can be expected when the conflict is 1000s of miles from home and the nearest base is only about 2/3 the way there

[@rafaelhernandez5699]

Red coats

[@stevedunn5546]

Yup no mention of two new aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines etc

[@i26C]

We don't have the biggest army, but we have the NHS lolololololololol Regardless, we have nuclear weapons, submarines, carriers, modern airforce, and who knows what cyberwarfare tech

[@Flamsterette]

Thanks for the upload!

[@trippinout.]

Canada has polar bears and killer whales on patrol 24/7. Come at us.......we dare you.

[@ShourjoTS]

Don't forget daddy USA.

[@zohaibusmani7154]

Putin right now: “wright that down, write that down!”

[@nethercrocodile5859]

More like:ЗАПИСЫВАЙТЕ ЭТО, ЗАПИСЫВАЙТЕ ЭТО!!!

[@theuploaderofvideos.2520]

I agrse

[@theuploaderofvideos.2520]

Agree I mean

[@Lalapoo11]

@@nethercrocodile5859 I bet u used Google translate правдо?

[@blueprogrammer503]

@@Lalapoo11 he probably did for satire?

[@tekwing5850]

I have to say this, because I am British. When Argentina first invaded the Falklands an incredibly small group of Royal Marines disabled lots of important equipment for a war like submarines and artillery. Eventually when they were told to surrender to keep them alive by the Great British government, the Argentinians had to count how many Royal Marines there were, because they did not believe that such a small group of incredibly brave soldiers could have caused so much damage and disruption.

[@therandomkid9325]

i am british too an they are right.

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

US may have the stronger military, but the British have better special forces and marines in my opinion

[@antpra]

LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS

[@audience2]

@@antpra The Falkland Islanders 🇫🇰 overwhelmingly voted 🗳 to remain British and they will.

[@darkhobo]

@@BisexualPlagueDoctor Thats just a fact. My uncle was an Airborne Ranger. He eventually became an instructor. Taught airborne how to jump. He had been Airborne for years. Did hundreds of jumps. Before they had him teach other Airborne, he had to go to England and train with SAS or whoever.

[@user-ex8bw6co3c]

Thanks needed this

[@theodoroseidler7072]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@theenlidor]

India makes many fighter jets and has its own aeronautics company. But as the air force is huge,jets from France were bought at a discount.

[@abps9947]

Right

[@ncpdswordshielddivision2240]

English was almost broken

[@aahaanarya6825]

@@ncpdswordshielddivision2240 he definitely can speak more languages than you so chill

[@ncpdswordshielddivision2240]

@@aahaanarya6825 k

[@bajingo1006]

@@ncpdswordshielddivision2240 who?

[@adrianaslund8605]

You could probably take over Sweden with a Golf club and a "can do" attitude.

[@gamenisgezond4464]

Hahah, how times have changed, 1000 years back in time we would watch our costs for vikings

[@Attorante]

@@gamenisgezond4464 Then again Swedish vikings weren’t the feared ones as they mostly traded in the east. Its the norwegian, danish and icelandic vikings that were a real threat

[@kai4258]

pewdiepie wants to know your location

[@kurtsvensson4362]

What? Sweden has a strong military and makes world class aircraft and other weapons. It scores close to Canada and Ukraine which both have quite powerful militaries.

[@dread8841]

@@kurtsvensson4362 it's a joke

[@SomeBavarianGuy.mp4]

thanks for the guide, i am gonna try this out

[@VHNexxus]

Thank you for this tutorial! I will be using this very soon!

[@abududzanet]

I was just thinking about which Country i should invade then i stumbled across this list. Thank you infographics show! 😀

[@keithangstadt4950]

The 3 most important factors in modern warfighting: Logistics, logistics, and logistics

[@reihanboo]

thank you

[@esomethingoranother3718]

Good video

[@kannan159]

Mig 21 of Indian airforce is not comparable to modern jets but it should be noted it is the most advanced variant of mig21 and it did shoot down one f16 before getting shot down. And IAF already has several squadrons active for su30mki and mig-29upg and Tejas . And for tanks there is 2000~ T90S/MS and 2000~ t72mk1/mk2

[@dinoman2545]

Hehe hi

[@animeshgautam6197]

Yes but American or European will not consider it because of there own embracement 😂😂

[@kartikkilam9959]

you forgot arjun tank @kannan

[@kartikkilam9959]

also in India china border clashes of 2020 - INDIA only lost twenty personnel, while china only officially announced death of only 4 personnel but it was reported by a Australian media agency that 38 pla soldiers drowned in the water and died that day so total goes up to = 4+38=42 . So india clearly defeated china.

[@animeshgautam6197]

@@kartikkilam9959 In urgency of making video he forgot about doing some research 😂

[@kevinparks9679]

I love you guys no lie, the narrator has the best voice ever to fall asleep to awhile learning all types of cool stuff I been following you guys for the last 4 years, keep up the great work

[@mxgittins232]

Doesn't matter how big your army is its how well they are trained, British have some the best trained troops in the world, just look at the paratroopers and SAS also look at wars UK been in how out numbered they been and still won battles

[@tobiaspramono378]

Example of this comment : F a l k l a n d s

[@maseehwardak6055]

Taliban 😂

[@kanaansch]

*the Revolutionary war*

[@orphandestroyer]

@@maseehwardak6055 this is pretty sad but true.

[@maseehwardak6055]

@@orphandestroyer I'm pretty happy about it, sure the taliban aren't the best, But having peace after 20 years is a big thing. They can't keep women from going to work and school forever

[@fred_fred_fred]

This is incredible. I was just wondering about this.

[@gmclipz6795]

Although the uk’s army may not be what is used to be, we have the most highly trained soldiers and special forces on the planet with centuries of experience and we live in an island to shield us from attackers

[@JetstreamAviation747]

He was also wrong about how we relied heavily on the US! Not true at all!

[@deanalli6218]

They not gonna talk how the uk nuked the us twice 😂

[@iurope4834]

But the UK gave the US independence while it was the british empire

[@JetstreamAviation747]

@@deanalli6218 We have never used nuclear weapons before!

[@tranpantrashcan8491]

the UK is irrelevant, haven't been relevant since 1945 and won't exist in the next 20 years

[@jamallewis3113]

He be really roasting whole nations🤣what a badass

[@voyageridk_]

thanks

[@gerstein03]

This video fails to take in quite a few things when discussing America. How well a country can defend against a foreign invasion has a lot to do with geography and it's honestly unbelievable how perfect the geography of America is for defending against invaders. Not to mention roads and borders with Canada and Mexico were set up with military goals in mind. And that's not even taking into account the fact that a large chunk of the population owns a firearm. There would be so much guerrilla warfare

[@Asylia5911]

^^^ *this.* The United States’ geography is so incredibly impressive for defense against foreigners that it’s almost feels like cheating. Not only are there the vast oceans to the east and west, but also allied nations to the north and south. Even if you managed to somehow get past the oceans undetected, you’d have to go through the largest navy in the world and the air force before ever reaching land. Framing the two coasts are also two enormous mountain ranges-the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains. You also brought up the point of the insane amount of citizens armed with firearms. I currently live in a community where hunting is the hobby of the majority of people-they know how to use those fire arms and are not afraid to. Next is the sense of patriotism. A country will fight harder than _ever_ when their country is on the line. It’s completely different than being the ones invading others. Also did I mention how the United States can be energy and food dependent? Cutting off trading or outside help wouldn’t do much since the United States can sustain itself with its vast amount of resources. Plus there is almost every biome here imaginable and foreign soldiers cannot prepare for everything. I’m not even going to bring up how every country in NATO would have to come the the US’s aid. I’m only scraping the surface here as well 😂

[@Kenneth_James]

Fk infographics. US has done more for the world than anyone deserves. He is overly critical.

[@MichaelGarcia-ez4mj]

@@Asylia5911 absolute MONEY of an explanation for only some of the advantages for the US and disadvantages for foreign aggression.

[@Asylia5911]

@@MichaelGarcia-ez4mj thank you! I’m glad my geography nerd self could be helpful :)

[@germmanator]

@@Asylia5911 ya just look at world vs US scenarios, sans nukes

[@icyou9704]

Thanks this will be useful for my plan

[@billyboss9712]

Good Stuff, You should do one on smaller countries and islands like the Caribbean Islands

[@barkydogable]

Interesting that the B-2 bombers and laser weapons weren't included. And the UK is probably much higher on this list due to its training and command capabilites. It's not just numbers as we keep being shown.

[@callumludlow856]

I think they overlook the capabilities of the UK military as this is an American production after all. They dont like to mention the fact we train numerous branches of their special forces and train alot of troops around EU and also feild the best battle tanks in the world and have any amazing intelligence network🤔

[@legion5648]

@callumludlow856 nato cross trains all special forces and regular troops we train uk too. It's to pick up tricks and styles that may be better suited to diffrent situations that come up

[@cryptokoolaid]

Uk unfortunately is very hard to invade

[@JaceDeanLove]

@@callumludlow856 Abrams outclasses a Challenger 2

[@stevenmartin6473]

@@JaceDeanLove not a lot between the two very capable tanks...which are a dead tech by the way

[@BiggAlmilky]

Also a couple of other thing to remember are fighting experience. British armies have been in wars constantly over the last 20 years and have massive battle experience which alot of other top countries in the top 10 including Russia which has fallen apart in a real conflict. Also ww2 applied massive costs to the britian including massive costs america made us pay for ships and equipment which we only finally paid off some 20 years ago.

[@alexisrivera200xable]

Military strength is not a good measure of a country's overall strength. Things like the projection of soft power (nuclear weapons for example as deterrent) obviate the need to maintain a big standing army and strategic partnerships like the ones the UK has with the US makes the countries less appealing as target for invasion. There is a single fact not addressed by this video, COSTS. Maintaining a standing army can easily bankrupt a country and should only be done if there is a real threat to its sovereign integrity. One look at how the US spends around 5 times the amount of money on its military than the other 5 top militaries in the world COMBINED shows how costs can spiral out of control. Many countries maintain minimal military strength simply because they have no imminent threats that require continual spending on defense.

[@elizabethdavis4240]

Better to have and not need. Then not have and need it.

[@jakesmall8875]

The u.s military existing is the reason most of the world can afford to not have military spending

[@raunakshalya2118]

yeah nuclear umbrella is a good thing for countries who can't fight for themselves.........

[@unerone4155]

It’s better to be a warrior in a garden then a Gardner in a war

[@cody1212143]

Your forgetting some of these counties do have the ability to build nuclear weapons but cannot because of a world treaty. So if their nation was into a threat,yes they can actually build their nukes,so if your American be kind to your neighbors without weapons of massive destruction.

[@darkeatermidir6452]

Brazil probably has the best trained jungle forest don't underestimate that. USA troops even come to Brazil for training

[@saab35drakenenjoyer62]

goated name

[@jaegermonster9549]

In the end, we all go to Brazil.

[@gleqy]

thats true for pretty much the whole of south america

[@boredomisboring]

It would be interesting to see an update in 2023 and Russia’s placement

[@boidestroy]

This information will be of great use to me

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

Great informations 👏

[@User-hz5vz]

Fun fact : The Indo 🇮🇳-🇵🇰Pakistan War (1971) led to the surrender of about 93,000 combatants and officials of the Pakistani Army.

[@User-hz5vz]

That's India 🇮🇳🔥 :-)

[@frizzykriz9251]

Thanks to Russia who helped us when no one did

[@kryp3096]

We saw in February 2021 when Pakistan captured Indian pilot and shot down aircraft. Abinandan pilot was captured. Currently in modern time we know where India stands in comparison to Pakistan.

[@adityaawasthi7221]

@@kryp3096 ya we know .... infographic show already told us 🤣🤣🤣

[@DakshSrivastava101]

@@kryp3096 USA never got 50% of its personel captured in Vietnam, whereas abhinandan shot down a F-16 before going down and was handed back to India after being in the fear of an invasion.

[@ozziekel3637]

Thanks I will use this information for “things”

[@cassildaandcarcosa294]

Russia as second most powerful 😂😂😂. This aged like fine milk.

[@thtmfdubbleay]

Amazing content as always man

[@gamewizardks]

U.S. Hypersonic capability is a total secret. It is guaranteed that if the Russians or Chinese have any new tech, the U.S. has the HELLO KITTY version of the same thing.

[@jakesmall8875]

We do out weird stickers on our bombs dont we

[@linaabusriwel1222]

is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing like bro I really love hello kitty

[@gamewizardks]

@@linaabusriwel1222 Good. It's just an expression.

[@marconi7007]

Brazil have hypersonic aircraft too

[@marconi7007]

current developing but is almost finished

[@Nolan-JohnstonYT]

thank u will use this adcice

[@TheRilluma]

22:59 those smiley faces are so real and full of soul

[@alexanderm2220]

To take OVER though? This channel rarely considers military experience and geography, which is one of the most important things in this scenario. UK would be one of the hardest to take over based off these two

[@teethgrinder83]

Yep there's a reason the mainland hasn't been invaded since 1797 lol and that wasn't successful or well organised. Also we've been relying on "soft power" more and more now apparently (or so I've read) which could be argued is more beneficial to us considering where our country is placed (between the Atlantic Ocean/USA andCanada and Western/Northern Europe, both of which we have relatively good relationships with-despite leaving the EU). Frankly I'm glad we don't have a massive military, so long as the money saved is used for things like the NHS and other social programs-its a different world today than it was 100yrs ago or even since the Cold War

[@shambhav9534]

@@teethgrinder83 Hasn't ben invaded since 1797? Who? I don't know of anyone who did invade in 1797.

[@nightmareparanormal]

I think literally only the US could take over the UK out of any country in the world. But that would never happen.

[@teethgrinder83]

@@shambhav9534 sorry I've been trying to send you a link about the invasion but my comment keeps disappearing for some reason. I'll try again but it was the French who invaded in Pembrokeshire so if you look that up you'll find out-it didn't go well at all lol I'll give the link a try again

[@teethgrinder83]

@@nightmareparanormal yep for sure they could take us over especially as we rely on them for a lot of our military capabilities (intelligence being a large one as well as using their satellites) and those things alone would make us extremely vulnerable but like you say it wouldn't happen because it's just not in their interests at all

[@arohk1579]

Let's get it right Japan was deprived of any military capability after WW2, it's not that they enjoyed being pacifist's and they had no choice but to be protected by the US. Japan was not allowed an offensive Military after WW2 Unlike Germany which was allowed to increase it's military power. Japan is still prohibited from establishing a military force, it's also not allowed to solve international conflicts through violence. So there is a valid reason Japan is considered to have a weak military.

[@Crashed131963]

It's also the reason Japan is the 3rd wealthiest country in the world. No military spending need as much. Imagine the US not needing to waste money on military spending and putting it elsewhere?

[@derpy-penguin7720]

Well yes and no as Germany was still forced to limit it's military and if I remember correctly can't have any more than 350000 troops to their name

[@drakolithe6493]

@@Crashed131963 the us only spends 3% of it's budget on millitary, so it wouldn't change much

[@Esoniconline]

@@drakolithe6493 The US spends much more than 3% of its budget on the military.

[@arthas640]

Its depressing how japan is the only major country on earth that has to have its foreign relations and its military dictated by foreign powers, including its greatest enemy China. China sees itself as entitled to having aircraft carriers, nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and an aggressive imperialistic military but freaks out if Japan buys missile defense systems or tries to build any ship more powerful then a defensive destroyer. Can you imagine if Germany got to dictate what vehicles the russia military could build or if America got to decide if China was allowed to build any air defenses?

[@535Medic]

You're gonna have to readjust those Russian tank numbers...

[@spivackl]

The greatest defense: having absolutely nothing that anybody would want.

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Meanwhile in the dessert

[@nightwatch3889]

Thanks, I really needed this information before Friday. Now I have something to do over the weekend 😉

[@Therabidrabbit89]

Proud Aussie here, can say with pride I've worked along side our American, English, Japanese, Canadian, new Zealand and French brothers, all professional all the best at what they do 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ryojs4286]

being t3rr0r1sts you're right oh and being wasted by Afghanistan

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

English or British? I'm pretty sure you are talking about British soldiers.

[@Therabidrabbit89]

Doesn't matter, English British, same thing my dude

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@Therabidrabbit89 Doesn't matter? You're not very bright, are you? Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish soldiers aren't English, nor do you see English flags on British military uniforms. It's not like people call you a Kiwi either, right?

[@Therabidrabbit89]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 exactly. They came from England so I called them English, always someone gotta argue over technicalities lol 😆

[@retropipes8863]

Fascinating stuff - and I bet the ranks have shuffled already since then!

[@WilliamDearthwd]

9:00 is that the idea for that book series? ^^

[@koustubhsahu1703]

21:44 inferior Indian MiG-21 took down a Pakistani F-16 before going down. Indian armed forces NEED equipment upgrades, but what it lacks in equipment, it makes up with extremely capable defence personnel.

[@kyrosgoyal9695]

Our 2 Decade Tejas Fighter Jets are more superior to newer American F-16s GIVEN TO Pakistan

[@TheReactiverse]

Tea is fantastic.

[@markoyt8449]

@@TheReactiverse thats all your engllish teather taught u before going to terorista

[@kartikpundir9590]

@@markoyt8449 Sheeesh!!!!

[@lordsbully2456]

@@markoyt8449 teather? engllish? mate maybe try drink some tea

[@renanalves3684]

I am Brazilian, and I must say that our military lack experience just because we haven't fought a war in ages, and it wouldn't be a simple task to invade Brazil. The forests are too difficult to even just walk, the rivers are too large and violent, and we have ecossistems that can't be found anywhere else, like the Caatinga and Cerrado, what means that no other country can really think about having an easy time fighting in our beloved land. Soldiers from the US, UK and other superpowers come to Brazil to train for warfare in jungles. (Sorry for the bad english)

[@brunomiguel2067]

But your english is good bro

[@gabrielmac369]

Na verdade temos experiência militar sim!!! O exército brasileiro esteve envolvido em diversas operações, principalmente em operações de paz da ONU durante toda a Guerra Fria. Lutamos em Israel, Egito, Líbano, Chipre, República Centro Africana, Haiti, etc... Etc... As vezes com milícias organizadas, chefes do crime, a máfia, exércitos rebeldes, etc... Etc... Até nisso o vídeo está errado

[@nabusca3625]

@@gabrielmac369 não dá pra se comparar a experiência de ALGUNS militares com toda a contingência que compõe o exército, menos de 10% desses militares ativos talvez tenham alguma experiência de guerra.

[@u2-tv899]

To invade a country located in American continental, invaders can’t be an outsider because it’ll become a threat to USA & Canada… That’s why this continent is so quiet for now…

[@u2-tv899]

To invade a country located in American continental, invaders can’t be an outsider because it’ll become a threat to USA & Canada… That’s why this continent is so quiet for now…

[@irvinekinneas6258]

Brazilian Air-Force actually thinks itself to be toe to toe with the bests of the world, some even say they could resist a invasion by the USA. And the air force holds the highest technology among the 3 forces. Trust me, I'm an Air Traffic Controller. Japan has changed it from "self-defense" to "pro-active defense" and now it includes all their neighborhood and allies, so now it's extra-territorial and can intervene international conflicts like an almost regular army.

[@FuckGoogle2]

With the Gripen they would be.

[@arvidsky]

I expected much more from the title. It doesn't factor in geography and only vaguely factor in socio-political circumstances and other elements that would have a big effect on a countries ability and willingess to fight.

[@alexisbudzisz]

Another weakness of Brazil, perhaps the most important one, is the cost of high-level/high-ranking personnel, which takes a huge chunk of the army budget (which is disproportionately large already), and holds back other investments.

[@jeanhenriquedemacedoviana7681]

Well to be fair our true problem is that our military see themselves as many things, except a military force Teenagers get in for the easy money, adults stay to avoid job market, High-Ranking military thinks of themselves as some sort of high society. And nobody looks like they could fight anything other than civilians

[@JamesSpazer]

As a conscript korean soldier, I can verify true that a lot of us dont get armor. Many of the equipements r badly out dated or barely functional.

[@bettabasics643]

Wait north or south ? Because I thought in the south they had good equipment

[@vipulwarti9690]

@@bettabasics643 ofc south you think a North Korean will be on KZbin?

[@JamesSpazer]

@@bettabasics643 south. Yes we have good equipments but only available to very few divisions or brigades. Majority of us are stuck with very outdated equipments.

[@garlandgarrison3739]

@@vipulwarti9690 beat me to it🤣🤣🤣

[@garlandgarrison3739]

@@JamesSpazer Thanks for the input. Its always nice to have people with personal experience verifying Infographics' information.

[@P4R5]

"Panam is one of the countries in Latin America to abolish a military. After its government was overthrown by the military, Panama remained a military dictatorship." Ah yes, the floor is made out of walls

[@jaythomas3224]

Best Video

[@bhgtree]

"Lack of experience." Is the best thing any country can say about its military.🤝👍

[@PC_Simo]

Yes. That means the scare effect is enough to protect the country from hostile aggression.

[@spencer4679]

There's nothing wrong with participating in UN peacekeeping forces and gaining experience at the same time

[@bhgtree]

@@spencer4679 Yes, I fully agree.

[@stanleyho8009]

Very true, but it also means if a war was to break out they might not be able to defend themselves as well as they wanted to but it is certainly a good thing they speak of “lack of experience”.

[@quyenluong3705]

@@spencer4679 "peacekeeping" using violence? Military is violence, and is never intended to lead to PEACE.

[@silentkilla14]

UK is an island and that alone with very experienced military with hundreds of years experience, it is very difficult. You missed out on basic info man!

[@scipioafricanus2212]

Are you surprised? They do that all the time.

[@VindalooJim]

I've noticed this channel is regularly biased against the UK.

[@silentkilla14]

I noticed this too....

[@86wellacre]

Yeah I think this list is somewhat incorrect. Geographic size doesn’t make a country powerful so I wouldn’t be fooled. I’m sure the country would be more than capable of defending itself.

[@jacobpenton3132]

What you mean? They love the UK lol, most every American does.. and being an island is obsolete in this day and age, since we don't have to rely on the direction of the wind to get ships places lol

[@lukejohnson6060]

I actually think italy would be one of the hardest to invade, as they had a very good military, in all air, sea, and ground. They are also surrounded by mountains from the west, north and east, and by coast for the west, south and east. Plus they have a strong relationship with nearbye countries, which could help if they were attacked

[@Mysterymanmman]

I think a good way of describing Britain is: We’ve got a rabid bite but has anybody got any toothpaste I think im getting a cavity

[@ohionumber1247]

The way these vids are going the next one is gonna be “how to build your own polish invasion force with only $20”

[@kyrosgoyal9695]

LOL

[@djamelhamdia134]

I can singlehandedly invade Poland with a stick.

[@ohionumber1247]

@@djamelhamdia134 with its rap sheet most people can

[@diversejoe617]

Most world powers: you can't touch this Japan: *Hold my sushi*

[@SCPFoundationexplained2021D-2]

Lol

[@levth01sct]

Technically, the US DOES have hypersonic missiles. The retired AIM-54 Phoenix formerly used by the F-14 is technically hypersonic, and is available for recommissioning if required. Also, although their official status are as being in development, the US has the LRHW and the AGM-183 hypersonic cruise missiles. However, Im sure those missiles are truly unofficially in service, and that it is kept as classified for now, which is even more threatening.

[@iMurano]

Talking about invading Brazil is easy, the hard part is invading and keeping it as an occupied territory, operation Surumu sent it's regards. 🇧🇷

[@ylordzz-__4131]

O brasil e um pais gigantesco, realmente difícil de manter um ocupação, mas em caso de invasões o brasil perde com certa facilidade dependendo do inimigo

[@Mr.K9811]

Okej but… you dont walk in the amazons in modern war, naval and air combat wil be huge part , maintaining occupation is station troops here and there… you all might pack a huge punch bc of population count and the favelas killing enemys coming in city by foot as ukraine did on russians… but its one punch and wont be supplied in longer term, invest in newer jets than gripen as they are not best in modern day (spoken from a swedie), impressive battlefield tho and im sure not everyone can operate in such conditions

[@iMurano]

Tomahawks makes things a lot easier, but Brazil has a huge landscape and a mixture of terrains, will be quite hard for the logistics and troops moving here and there. Naval landing might work, but at a certain cost too, will be quite a battle tbh, but we're friends with most of the superpowers, so I doubt any of them would try to invade us 👀 But if we rely on our government, our troops will be stuck with Vietnam war era equipment, sadly...

[@jotareiss]

The Brazil's biggest self-defense weapon is it's diplomacy

[@HeadlinesBuster]

Sorry your facts are incorrect... 🇮🇳 Indian Air Force operates 36 Rafale already Delivered 260 Sukhoi-30 MKI 65 Mig-29 135 SEPECAT Jaguar 45 Dassault Mirage 2000 24 Indigenous Tejak MK-1 (8+73 in order) 70 Mig-21 Bison

[@praddumnvats6759]

Source?

[@HeadlinesBuster]

@@praddumnvats6759 it's official...

[@criesandthrowsuponthefloor608]

@@praddumnvats6759 source: Trust me Bro

[@HeadlinesBuster]

@@criesandthrowsuponthefloor608 Fake ID...😂

[@HeadlinesBuster]

@AFKSOLITUDE Fake ID... Fake Name... 😂

[@chattaboxxx2332]

I actually appreciate that after world war 2 Japan has adopted a policy of not having any major long range attack capabilities. I mean its a huge lack of practicality for Japan, but its a monstrously peaceful and honourable gesture to the rest of the world after everything. Japan is known for a lot of things, but honour on a generational countrywide scale is something they seem to have over everwheyere else on this planet.

[@Cecil_Augus]

Well, they were forced to do so by the US

[@chattaboxxx2332]

@@Cecil_Augus yes but that didn't mean they had to continue doing that forever. The fact that it is true to this day stands as a testament to that, especially while they are also at risk of conflict with other countries right now including the clearly volatile and unstable russia.

[@stubbsieshorse327]

Really? I don't remember Japan formally apologising for its actions in WW2. Infact, they still lie to themselves about it at the highest levels of society. Honour pffffft

[@chattaboxxx2332]

@@stubbsieshorse327 they do that to stop insurrection in house which can be a big problem and is in fact a big part of what caused thier involvement in ww2 in the first place. And yes these days they deny involvement, but I think actions speak a lot louder than words here.

[@GalacticEmperorAstronomus]

@@stubbsieshorse327 to be fair japan was dragged into the hypernaripnalistic focus by force by it's military. Look at Krauts video "how japans democracy fell" But it stills doesn't excuse the government to apologize for it. Yeah it was couped and dragged into war without even consent. But the people should've done something.

[@twrampage]

Russia ain't looking like the second strongest no more.

[@pedroaugustognatari]

Here in Brazil the majority of the population lives near the coast, but we also have a chain of mountais all over the coastline that protects the biggest part of those cities (like são paulo). Our capital is also located far from everything, wich makes it hard to get to, and all the major cities have its own army. Here we say that you can get into Brazil, but cannot get out. And for centuries the biggest brazilian weapon is its diplomacy, we have good relations with all the countries, even north korea has a brazilian embassy

[@kanishkrai28]

If war happens, let’s go to Greenland, anyone in ?

[@alexjavi7849]

Switzerland might be a better idea

[@loganrosepiler2005]

Any Scandinavian place is a good idea.

[@kjrom]

The US will invade it, better go to Argentina like certain Austrian painter.

[@thet9869]

New Zealand

[@DarthVader-6637]

I'm going to Switzerland

[@DennisHicks78749]

As we are seeing, those Russian numbers are greatly inflated, based on vast numbers of non-functional equipment. Tanks that will never run again, missiles that mis-fire, incompetent, dispirited, poorly led personnel. Though at a horrific cost in lives and destruction, it’s invasion of Ukraine has done the world the favor of revealing just how rotten to the core it’s military has become. Time for a change of leadership, an acceptance of rule of law and some form of government that grants rights and a say over governance to it’s people.

[@TheRezro]

On top of that I understand he wanted to be critical, but he make few mistakes regard US: 1) US is in position allowing them test future solutions. Though some didn't pay of another did (Boston Dynamic). 2) Zumwalt tech would be used in promising actual next generation of ships. 3) LCS were intended as coastal guard, but cost overruns make clear that it is cheaper to buy Frigates. 4) F-35 is actually good, just still didn't reach maturity. But it would be mass produced in near future. 5) US has hypersonic missiles from 70's and they actually would install them on Zumwalt.

[@braziliantsar]

Typical westerner spreading fake propaganda while trying to justify it with "dictator bad, I love democracy"

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

*its You got that wrong trice, impressive.

[@HypeTrains]

There is something entirely unsettling about military personnel with melon-shaped smiles that puts more fear into me than the threat of nuclear annihilation.

[@DachampsterStudios]

perhaps these ranking need more context. it seems the Collective Defense part of modern alliances supercedes the wishes of a single nation to build itself up against everyone else in a 1v1 fight. for example, britain surely cant defend itself, but an attack on british soil would have 30 other nations sending everything they have to bolster the defense

[@Dumebi7278]

The Liberian Armed forces being commanded by a Nigerian Major General sounds crazy to me 😂😅

[@devilmancrybaby2101]

Thank you the Infographic show you guys are awesome we know it’s not easy the work that goes into each video with the animations and drawings

[@Monkeezznuts]

Did you say this in the other video

[@anonymoususer8083]

@@Monkeezznuts you weird bruh who cares? Obviously you do huh 🤡

[@brandonrettig8419]

@@anonymoususer8083 someone woke up and chose violence huh

[@susricefarmer261]

Nah its just a well directed sfm movie man

[@anonymoususer8083]

@@brandonrettig8419 ok brendon

[@holysauce4982]

Alr thx, this list just became my todo list

[@cbdy1358]

I remember in Afghanistan I saw a convoy of UK troops leaving the wire for patrol on a vehicle that looked like a oversized Polaris ranger with a rollbar. We asked them what happens if they’re hit with an IED in a vehicle with no armor? They said “oh then we die”

[@bobthebuilder5243]

alternate title: what countries you should avoid and what you should invade

[@soyunpinchehuevon]

Brazilian program is Nova Couraça which translates to "New Cuirass" or "New armor". I just read the program and it looked more like a modernization viability study than a modernization program itself. And some sources say that the Gripen is a 4.5 gen fighter.

[@efxnews4776]

Gripen actually has the best electronic warfare capabilities than any fighter jet, and is built to be upgraded, Brazil loves to upgrade stuff so gripen is a perfect match.

[@user-su7vz8ib8s]

hey infografic show thank you for mentioning kosovo i apreciate that

[@off-seasonmemes]

So The Infographics show secretly has a private army capable of invading any country? Cause that would be impressive if they are able to do it

[@diehardeaglesfansince1994]

Youre talking about they dumped a few billion in wasted projects....they give out billions every year to other countries. I doubt it hurts them very much

[@dabooser1048]

Right! If they are concerned about wasted money there are a few other US agencies that have squandered at a much higher and consistent rate.

[@lins4454]

As a brazilian, I would say that our biggest problem with military is that we spend a lot of money in high military salarys and those ones are in the reservation, as you said in the video, we cant handdle a modern warfare eventhough we have a relative fat budget from national defense, the point, as I said, 70% of it goes to retared and salarys, not weapons or training.

[@BlueSpirit3743]

Irish resident here! I was honestly expecting Ireland to be listed at #1 weakest. The fact that it has been omitted from this is hilarious. You can cross-check the specifics in your own time, but I'm fairly certain that we have the following: a few "attack" helicopters (yeah, sure); x1 "big boat made of steel" - wait for it - "with a cannon on it" (snorts); trained armed forces of a few thousand, who are ground forces only, and carry - wait for it - swords (you'll have noticed this if anyone followed the Queen's visit here back in '11, or whenever it was); 0 air force to speak of; o ground forces to speak of; 0 navy to speak of. Why is this so important? Ireland, as is evident to anybody, is arguably the most important nation on earth for undersea internet and comms cables. We're the last stop before America going west, and the first stop for them heading east. Nobody cares about Iceland **whose airspace is fully protected by NATO** and, is therefore, really just an extension of the US, and Greenland and Faeroe Isles are technically just vassal states of Denmark. Also, no one lives in either territory. For the US, Ireland also supersedes Portugal in this instance due to language - for the US' 'ease-of-comms', its Ireland. There have been frequent documented cases of Russian spy ships moored off the western Irish coast (google it), who are blatantly and flagrantly spying on Ireland's undersea cable network to the US completely unimpeded. So long as they remain outside of our 12 mile nautical territory, they can do as they please. We have 0 navy or air force to deter them - or indeed to deter any nation who wishes to do the same. Sure, there exist "not-so-secret" arrangements with Downing St. that the UK would "leap to our defense" in the event of a hostile act/invasion, but what if an attack were to be launched on both the UK and Ireland simultaneously? Can it really be expected that Britain's Defense Forces should sacrifice their own to save Ireland's? And isn't this just, well, a bit insane of an assumption to make for the times we're living in? Everyone touts this whilst forgetting one majorly-imperative Achilles heel: Ireland is *not* a member of NATO, and making us now just 1 of 4, alongside: Malta, Cyprus and Austria. AT doesn't need to join as its surrounded on all sides by NATO members; Cyprus will probably end up being incorporated into NATO once Turkey is inevitably admitted, and Malta is about as threatening to X military as Trump on a horse. (no offence Malta but, lets be real here: no on cares). For allegedly being "the wealthiest nation on earth" heading into 2024 (give me a break), but more accurately, an independent, crucially-located, North-Atlantean, **NON-NATO**, relatively-close-to-Russia, GIGANTIC island nation - which, in case we've forgotten, stands at the GATEWAY to Europe and is really the most geopolitically-important nation on earth geographically speaking - I'm really sorry guys, but Ireland absolutely has the world's weakest military because we have none. I declare this debate open! 😅 And I'll brb btw: I think I see a Russian frigate unloading snooping deep-sea robots down to the seabed just off the horizon, presumably to hack into Biden's direct line to Leinster House. Snoop snoop snoop.

[@bhanureddy2087]

You don't have to defeat your enemy in a war, just make it costly enough to detour the enemy from attacking you

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

That doesn't help at all with dictators such as Putin around.