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our navy = #1 in the world.
our air force = #1 in the world by far.
our military technology = #1 in the world without question.
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These things mean nothing if your enemy decides to spread some kind of smallpox superbug in NY, LA, etc....
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Seriously, comments like this are borderline retarded. "Yea, America may have the strongest (by far) Navy, and the (by far) strongest Air Force, but Russia and China can....well they can...use smallpox! Yea,that's it!"
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Well it IS a viable option for an enemy that's obviously outmatched. All it takes a is few infected people and media coverage before massive panic and chaos ensues, followed by economic chaos, etc...
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Followed by us deploying any of the notorious NBC (Nuclear,Biological,Chemical). Enemies on the run may choose to open Pandora's Box, but ultimately they will be completely destroyed by that decision. When pushed, us Americans are ruthless mother [censored], which seems to go unnoticed by a lot of people. If someone were to choose to attack us That Way, the whole "winning hearts and minds" idea goes right out the window. Picture to illustrate my point:
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Testing of the Peacekeeper re-entry vehicles, all eight (ten capable) fired from only one missile. Each line represents the path of a warhead which, were it live, would detonate with the explosive power of twenty-five Hiroshima-style weapons
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That image is self-explanatory.
"Accuracy is expressed as circular error probable (CEP). This is simply the radius of the circle that the warhead has a 50 percent chance of falling into when aimed at the center. CEP is about 90–100 m for the Trident II and Peacekeeper missiles."
For those keeping score at home, there is a 50% chance that each warhead will strike within 90-100m of its designated target area. Oops
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