The US can easily attack any nation in the world. A study reveals that U.S. military forces were directly responsible for about 10 to 15 million deaths during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and the two Iraq Wars. The Korean War also includes Chinese deaths while the Vietnam War also includes fatalities in Cambodia and Laos. Proxy wars for which the United States is also responsible, there were between nine and 14 million deaths in Afghanistan, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Guatemala, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sudan.
Overall, the United States most likely has been responsible since WW2 for the deaths of between 20 and 30 million people in wars and conflicts scattered over the world.
The US has approximately 5,113 nuclear warheads, including tactical, strategic, and non-deployed weapons. The US is the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons.
5 of the 18 US Trident submarines are on patrol in the Atlantic and Pacific at any given moment. They carry 960 nuclear warheads.
The US Navy has 13 aircraft carrier strike groups and 77 attack submarines. With stocks of over 4,000 bombs and 100 guided missiles, a single one of these carrier strike groups is bigger and more lethal than the entire military force of most nations.
The US Air Force, which maintains over 170 strategic long-range bombers, 20 operational stealth bombers, and 450-500 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at various locations around the world.
In 2004 the US had about 702 overseas bases in about 130 countries, which is about two-thirds of the nations of the world.
Since WW2 the US has bombed over 30 nations.
The United States accounts for 43 percent of world military spending and 30 percent of global arms exports
The US sold arms or military services to well over 100 nations in 2008. Over two-thirds of the world's active conflicts involve weapons have been supplied by the US .
Overall, the United States most likely has been responsible since WW2 for the deaths of between 20 and 30 million people in wars and conflicts scattered over the world.
The US has approximately 5,113 nuclear warheads, including tactical, strategic, and non-deployed weapons. The US is the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons.
5 of the 18 US Trident submarines are on patrol in the Atlantic and Pacific at any given moment. They carry 960 nuclear warheads.
The US Navy has 13 aircraft carrier strike groups and 77 attack submarines. With stocks of over 4,000 bombs and 100 guided missiles, a single one of these carrier strike groups is bigger and more lethal than the entire military force of most nations.
The US Air Force, which maintains over 170 strategic long-range bombers, 20 operational stealth bombers, and 450-500 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at various locations around the world.
In 2004 the US had about 702 overseas bases in about 130 countries, which is about two-thirds of the nations of the world.
Since WW2 the US has bombed over 30 nations.
The United States accounts for 43 percent of world military spending and 30 percent of global arms exports
The US sold arms or military services to well over 100 nations in 2008. Over two-thirds of the world's active conflicts involve weapons have been supplied by the US .
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