Russia would defeat the USA in a war.

"America has spent about 700 billion dollars contributed to the military in the year of 2011, while Russia spent only about 100 billion dollars. So Americas' military is obviously a lot stronger." America's military is not "obviously a lot stronger". Most of the money the US spends goes to the navy. Russian land forces are far superior to the US forces. Whether we're talking tanks, AFVs, artillery or MLRSs, Russian forces are superior. "Siberian mountains" Central Siberia has little to no mountains. It is a flat tundra. "America could easily take many jets through the Arctic Ocean, (probably without being spotted by the Russians)." We live in the 21st century. It would be impossible to take a significant force through the air unnoticed. "with allies flying in ASAP." It was said in the rules of the debate that there are no allies in this scenario. "They would be driving heavy- terrain vehicles and jets would be keeping a close eye on them while in the air." It is no easy task to transport heavily armored vehicles such long distances. "America would gain a lot of power by invading Russia" But would lose tons (literally) of equipment, people and money. It is no guarantee that the US would win. "Russia wouldn't be able to do much about any of this" Except mobilize its army. My opponent's attack tactic mainly relies on quickly and stealthily bringing in large forces into deep into Siberia and expanding from there. In this day and age, doing this stealthily would be impossible. The planes would be detected and the Russian army mobilized. I would also like to note that even if the US manages to bring forces in as close as the Ural Mountains, that's still over a thousand miles to Moscow. Russia has the world's largest tank force with 15, 500 tanks. This would be a very difficult obstacle for US forces in the Russian mainland. US air support would be crippled by Russian S-400 SAM and Tor-M2 systems (which is capable of destroying jets, drones and helicopters at a distance of about 44 miles). The US would only be able to bring in a small amount of troops and vehicles before the Russian "alarm" goes off. This force of invaders would quickly be destroyed. http://www.ausairpower.net... http://www.globalfirepower.com... Where would the US air-force try to land and deploy their troops and vehicles? You cannot just drop them off anywhere. Russia also has the world's largest force of SPGs. With almost 6,000 Russian SPGs, the unfortunate US soldiers would face an onslaught of flying explosives. This would not only have an obvious physical effect by destroying troops and equipment, but it would also have a psychological effect. After being surrounded by explosions fired from an unseen target for hours, troops are suddenly not so keen to jump into battle. http://www.globalfirepower.com... Even if the US forces successfully brought in a significant force that wouldn't be wiped out within a week, the US would also have to supply them with food and fuel. This would be virtually impossible to do at the distances that my opponent proposes dropping in the forces. The planes with supplies would have to safely fly across a distance of up to 2, 500 miles (5, 000 miles since the planes have to fly back as well) to drop off their load. The US air-force would be taking enormous casualties, not only from the Russian anti-air systems such as those mentioned above, but also from the Russian air-force. The 3, 700 Russian MLRSs (most in the world) along with 4, 600 towed artillery pieces would also be bombarding US positions. For those who don't know, an MLRS is a Multiple Launch Rocket System which is similar to an artillery piece except 1) It can "drive itself" because it's usually on the back of a truck. 2) It launches multiple (up to 6, maybe even 8) rockets at a time, creating an enormous barrage of explosives tearing the enemy lines to pieces. With a bit of luck, the Russian forces might even be able to keep the US army at bay without casualties with the sheer, combined artillery power of SPGs, MLRSs and regular towed artillery. These, of course, wouldn't all be at the same place at the same time, but once the US positions are located, a very formidable force can be brought to the battlefield in days by Russia's extensive railroad system along with airborne assistance. http://www.globalfirepower.com... http://www.globalfirepower.com... I believe that the plan my opponent suggests is faulted because: 1. It would be impossible to perform it stealthily. The US forces would be detected. 2. The US would have to keep its men alive at such long distances. Difficult to do and gives easy opportunity for Russian aircraft and anti-air systems to severely damage the US air force. Because of the above reasons, it would ,in fact, be possible to surround the pocket of US forces and choke them. After they're surrounded, it would be much easier to: 1. Destroy incoming aircraft that carry supplies. 2. Bombard US positions day and night with artillery. 3. Make sure that the US forces aren't spreading because, well, they're surrounded. If not by bullet, then by starvation the soldiers trapped in the pocket would die. After locating and surrounding the US land forces, the Russian navy would be mobilized as well. Russia has a navy mine-warfare force of 34 ships. These would be put to use mining the area around Russia (especially around the Kamchatka peninsula and the Sea of Okhotsk.) Doing this would effectively lock the US navy out of the Russian hemisphere. Yes the US navy could try to push through, but this would result in disaster. The mines themselves would take their toll and stall the US forces as they are trying to carefully maneuver through. They would give the Russian navy time to pull in forces such as submarines. Knowing where the minefields are, the Russian submarines could hunt the exposed US ships. http://www.globalfirepower.com... Russia has the world's largest force of Corvettes (74 ships). They are relatively small but fast and maneuverable ships while still having formidable firepower. If the US ships break through the Russian defense line, these ships could quickly be sent to the point of weakness to eliminate or damage the threat. At this point, having the US navy effectively blocked off and the pocket of invaders surrounded, the US can still try to push through but will sustain very heavy losses. While the enemy ground forces are locked in, Russia has time to bring in more and more troops, armored vehicles and artillery. "I doubt the war would last very long." That's also what the Germans thought in 1941.