But with a billion people they could effectively have a 300,000,000+ person army. The US can’t even fill their planned manning right now. Every branch is sucking hind tit to get their numbers in. Institute a draft? Shit 1/2 wouldn’t pass the physical and the other half would flee. I was in during 9/11 and did a tour in Iraq. I saw first hand the incompetence and the fucking cluster fuck that was the Army and it sickened me. I lost a lot of respect for it and couldn’t wait to get out. That was almost a decade ago. I watched an interview with some woman who went on a carrier and the CMDR was blowharding about how they are ready for anything. She brought up the Chinese carrier killer and he of course counter pointed. She brought up the recently shitcanned ships they were trying to build, and mentioned the navy is 10-25 years backlogged on repairs and retrofit. I try to convey some counter points and it’s like being in a circle jerk on this thread. Can’t make a statement without being attacked, downvoted, and replied to with some fucking dumb shit. Go to r/ collapse, ukrainerussiareport and read some of that shit.