Usa Vs Russia

As tensions continue to rise between the two nuclear superpowers, many people have begun to talk about a possible renewed military conflict. But how much of this is hype and how do the two countries compare in terms of military strength?

In a move that has drawn comparisons to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, a Russian three-star general walked face-to-face into the American Embassy in Baghdad and delivered a blunt diplomatic demarche: If the United States launched air strikes against Syria within an hour, the Russian military would begin its own. It was a stunning bout of brinksmanship between two nuclear-armed giants, and it revived Cold War levels of suspicion, antagonism and gamesmanship.

Despite the growing threat from Russia, it is unlikely that a military clash between the United States and Russia will become a reality. Both countries have a huge incentive to avoid such an outcome because of the enormous economic costs involved in an armed clash. There are also global challenges — terrorism, climate change and Arctic governance, for example — that require both the United States and Russia to work together.

Nevertheless, the two nations remain at odds over how to deal with the current crisis. The United States has placed economic sanctions on Russia, sent troops to Ukraine and ramped up military exercises across Eastern Europe. But the President has emphatically ruled out sending ground forces into Russia, and the deployments are mostly meant to reassure the United States’ NATO allies in Europe that the United States is willing to act in a time of crisis.