Re: Who'd Invade Us?!!? (Now who's playing the Xenophobic ca
we have 15,000 in our Reg Force and another 15,000 in our Reserves. Our Navy Has only 46 ships, about 15 of which are not suitable for combat. our Air Force has about 60 COMBAT ready Fighters. Our Defense Department is woefully underfunded, we need Airlift and sea-lift abilities which is not present, our navy is unable to keep the 40 year old Sea King Helicopters in the air, and we need a presence in the Arctic which is not going to happen. The armed forces although well trained we are under funded and underequiped, it will take tens of billions if not Hundreds of billions of dollars, to get our Army, Air Force, and Navy up to what it should be. Ideally I think we should have a Reg Force of 250,000-300,000 troops in addition to another 100,000 Reservists, 40 Squadrons in the air force, and a 3 Ocean Navy, in addition to the Ability to Move our troops anywhere in the world, to help enforce UN mandate and to allow us to maintain Peacekeeping Operations around the world, I think it would take 25-30 years to implement though, this IMO is the only way we could be a truly independent nation, with out relying on the United States.