Eric Pederson
Updated Mar 11
Originally Answered: What would happen if Russia invaded USA (no allies help USA)?
Man, there’s a lot of these kinds of questions lately.
First of all, there is no possible way Russia could ever invade the USA…even if the allies didn’t assist the Americans. The U.S. got to be one of the most powerful military nations on Earth partly because it’s never had to worry about foreign invaders at its doorstep…unlike Europe and Russia…and has had plenty of time to right-size and properly train/equip its forces.
The U.S. is bordered by TWO vast oceans — literally the bridge between East and West. In case you’re not good with geography, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are enormous. So Russians would need to, somehow, get their troops and equipment transported many thousands of miles over open ocean, in perfect coordination with each other, while simultaneously avoiding all American sonar, radar, and satellite nets. Virtually impossible task…and that’s not even counting all the stuff that could go badly for them just due to natural forces while underway at sea…in the midst of climate change.
So there’s that.
But assuming the Russians were able to do that, they’d eventually be spotted amassing off both American coasts and the U.S. military would have plenty of time to get into position defensively while the Navy was sent out to engage the enemy. So, being that the U.S. Navy is unrivaled in size and capability in the world, it’s a good bet a whole lot of Russians would die just in the naval battle that would ensue off the east and west coasts. Plus, NORAD would be very active, so the U.S. Air Force would be providing virtually non-stop combat air patrols over U.S. air space to prevent a potential Russian air attack coming over the top from Siberia.
Assuming the Russians somehow managed to get through all THAT with a sufficiently sized force to proceed with an invasion, they’d then have to establish numerous beachheads to get all those men and machines ashore. D-Day was basically a success for the Allies in WWII because we just threw enough humans into the meat grinder to overwhelm their defenses. So the U.S. Marines and Army would probably be sitting comfortably in their armored vehicles or pillboxes just waiting to lay waste to any Russians coming off an amphibious landing craft.
By the time all of this was done, there probably wouldn’t be enough Russians left to occupy New York. Oh! And I almost forgot, Americans are crazy gun nuts. Everyone has one. So assuming they did get some men and materiel ashore, they’d have to contend with MILLIONS of armed citizens taking pot shots at them.
So yeah. Russia will never invade the U.S. Ever.
**EDIT**
I’m noticing some people liking this answer who are people politically opposite of me. You really should reconsider doing that. This isn’t an endorsement of your right-wing pro-gun/pro-military views. It’s just subjective observation. This country still sucks because of what you all have turned it into and it does kind of irritate me that we have found common ground about this. Just know that after the invaders are dead I’ll turn my weapon on all of you. Just saying.
