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Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:22 pm to Reservoir dawg
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:22 pm to Reservoir dawg
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The Israelis have the most powerful military in the middle east. By far!
Technological yes, most powerful? I don't think so. Saudi Arabia and Iran would probably wreck Israel. Israel has no capacity for a large ground invasion, this is really tiny and not that difficult since they've been starving the opposition.
Against Iran or SA? No way. Heck, the way Syria has handled its insurgency makes me think they could take Israel.
Israel looks so good because they're always defending and have a huge cashflow to pay for high tech gadgetry. Defense is a multiplier, if they had to capture objectives against a sizable force? I doubt they'd be effective.
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:23 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
a Saudi vs Israel fight would be confusing for our politicians they wouldn't know which one to back.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:50 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Technological yes, most powerful? I don't think so. Saudi Arabia and Iran would probably wreck Israel. Israel has no capacity for a large ground invasion, this is really tiny and not that difficult since they've been starving the opposition.
Against Iran or SA? No way. Heck, the way Syria has handled its insurgency makes me think they could take Israel.
Israel looks so good because they're always defending and have a huge cashflow to pay for high tech gadgetry. Defense is a multiplier, if they had to capture objectives against a sizable force? I doubt they'd be effective.
You've got to quantify how you term 'most powerful'.
What's the metric?
Can Israel invade and occupy either SA or Iran?
Not no, but oh hell no. Having said that, neither SA nor Iran could defeat and occupy Israel. All of them lack the logistical ability to operate that far from home.
Both SA and Israel could hurt each other with their air power, so that might be a wash. Ditto at sea - although Israel's modern submarine force probably tips the balance in their favor.
Iran's air force and navy would be utterly destroyed.
And Syria? The country that can't put down a fractured and poorly armed insurgency? Really? Israel would swat them like flies.
Israel looks good because they ARE good. Their forces are built for defense because they've always been surrounded by enemies that would like very much to wipe them off the map.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:50 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Israel looks so good because they're always defending...
Well... there's also that trivial bit about fighting for their survival, as opposed to wrecking shite for the hell of it. But that's probably not important.
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