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Who was closer to usurping #1 global superpower status from the US?
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Peak Power USSR
Current China
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Anonymous 1d

We do a little country power scaling

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Anonymous 1d

Can’t say I’m surprised China is winning (they should be), but I am a little shocked it’s 10 to 0 right now lol.

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Anonymous 19h

China’s population tree is so cooked dawg. Their poor policy to fight overpopulation has led to a projected 50% decrease in the next 100 years. From a government perspective, China’s feats don’t come close to prime USSR’s (especially space race) and neither does their military competition. The US and France are the only two nations with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and even still, the US owns 11/12 in service and 12/13 in history (shoutout Big E).

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Anonymous 5h

I think this is right but it’s closer than people might think

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Anonymous 1d

Neither are or will be

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Americoping 😂

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

You probably support Zorman

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Yea

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

China’s literally eclipsing our GDP and the allies we’ve scared off with our aggressive behavior are going to them instead

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

We don’t know what it was like to watch the USSR get a satellite and a man into space before us bc ppl were shitting themselves for sure

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19h

Militarily tech, the US clears China. The main issue is with how certain terms like stealth and hypersonic are defined. If the US went off China’s definition of hypersonic, we’ve had them since the V2 Rocket. Foreign stealth doesn’t use the same cross-section specifications as us, and the F-22 Raptor is still the most capable fighter in the world. China has numbers and economic influence over the US, but that’s it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19h

I don’t really talk to military bros a lot. How would you compare peak USSR’s military and their tech to the US at the same time? This post is a bit of a meme but Im glad to see it inspire some genuine discussion.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17h

Sorry I meant to reply earlier but my job got busy and my reply was gone! Nukes and MAD Doctrine made things just about even, but aside from those the US was pretty far ahead from the 60s onward. The US’s Cold War-era stockpile in Ukraine is doing way better than anyone expected against modern Russian equipment. Also, looking at both countries’ direct military conflicts, both had major failures, but the US took Afghanistan in 3 days while the USSR couldn’t in over 9 years.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17h

Oh and as for Korea, Doug MacArthur is the sole reason that China got involved and that North Korea exists today. It wasn’t even a close war, he just had to let South Korea march the last little bit to the Chinese border, but he refused.

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