On the morning of April 11, 2018, a “doomsday plane” took off into the sky over America. This is a special E-4B airliner, which has the second name "Aircraft of the End of the World."

Members of the US command center must escape on it: President Donald Trump, as well as the country's top military leadership.

The aircraft is protected from nuclear explosion and rises in alarm only in the event of a nuclear war, when there is a risk of damage or destruction of command and control structures on the ground.

When will the war with America begin

A new round of tension between Russia and the United States began after the American leader threatened to retaliate against the use of chemical weapons in Syria (Duma province). The fact of the chemical attack on April 7, 2018 is denied by the Syrian authorities, as well as the Russian Ministry of Defense.

However, the President of America threatened to make a decision within 24-48 hours regarding the further actions of the US Air Force. Washington has promised to find out which states are involved in the latest events in Syria, and Donald Trump has openly threatened that they "will all pay the price."

The world is on the verge of World War III, when the arms race has reached its peak, and the economies of Russia and the United States are cracking under the pressure of overproduction of the latest murder weapons. Michel Nostradamus is in solidarity with this opinion, who in his predictions directly indicated that Great War between countries will start in 2018.

The famous clairvoyant wrote that his forecast for 2018 suggests the start of a big war in France, after which most of the countries of Europe will be attacked. In the notes of Nostradamus there is an indication that soon after this peace will come, "but only a few will be satisfied with it."

The eminent prophet pointed out that the war between "two great world powers will last 27 years." There is also a hint in Nostradamus' notes that Russia, North Korea and China will join forces to jointly attack the US.

Will there be a nuclear war in 2018

The fact that the Third World War is inevitable was also said by the seer Vanga, who foreshadowed the fatal End of the World immediately after the fall of Syria. The great clairvoyant directly pointed out that the power of China will reach its climax by 2018. But the Russian economy may suffer significantly due to the cessation of oil production.

Military experts and predictors agree that the fall of the ruble and the explosive situation in the world are closely linked. America is preparing an unpleasant surprise for Vladimir Putin by May 7, 2018, as his next inauguration is scheduled for this day. But at a meeting at the Central Intelligence Agency, they named the exact date for the start of the Third World War, which falls at the end of April.

The United States is aggravating the situation in Syria more and more, but America is afraid of a real war with Russia. “In relations with the United States, everything is heading towards direct confrontation. They are afraid of this, because nowhere and never have they fought with a powerful power, only with small countries. And we have a new weapon that we can test during such a conflict,” Zhirinovsky wrote.

If a war breaks out between Russia and the United States, military operations will be carried out on foreign territory. “Not a single bomb will fall either on the soil of Russia or on the soil of the United States. All actions will unfold in Syria or Ukraine, all misfortunes will fall on the heads of the long-suffering Ukrainians, Arabs, Persians, Turks. Of course, we are very sorry for these peoples,” Zhirinovsky wrote.

What will happen to the ruble exchange rate in the near future

After the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, the stock market collapsed, some shares lost more than 30% of their value. Also, create a little panic about Trump's statements about a possible US missile attack on Syria. The fall of the ruble against the dollar and the euro accelerated.

Already on April 11, 2018, 80 rubles were given for the euro, and 64.5 rubles for the dollar, which is comparable only with the hype of 2015

Large Russian businessmen literally lost about fifteen billion dollars in just a couple of days due to jump in the foreign exchange market.

The US Treasury has tightened sanctions against 38 Russian oligarchs. The most famous among them are Oleg Deripaska (the main shareholder of Rusal), Igor Rotenberg, Kirill Shamalov and Viktor Vekselberg.

The collapse of the national currency of Russia by almost 30 percent reduced the demand for foreign tours during the May holidays in 2018

The trend of strengthening the national currency in countries controlled by the US government speaks in favor of a deliberate collapse of the ruble in Russia. Most likely, the American government used the sanctions as its main trump card. Such pressure should not only lower Putin's political rating, but also force him to refuse to invest additional funds in the development of the Russian defense complex.

If war breaks out between Russia and the US, who will win?

Relations between Russia and the United States today remain very tense, and in the event of the outbreak of the Third World War, the chances of winning are approximately 50 to 50. The technical superiority of the United States is undeniable, but Russia also has something to answer in the event of association with other countries

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are unlikely to decide to arrange a nuclear Armageddon, as this can lead to mutual self-destruction. Clairvoyants predict the End of the World precisely in the event that one of the parties nevertheless decides to openly use the atomic bomb. According to the soothsayers, in this case, all life on Earth will perish ...

When will NATO go to war with Russia?

The arms race is being fueled by the efforts of North Atlantic Alliance strategists who have already paraded through Ukraine's Maidan and are eager to do the same on Moscow's Red Square.

However, leading politicians in Russia and America do not want bombs to fall on the cities of their countries. Great states are quite capable of protecting their population from the horrors of war, which cannot be said about the countries of the Middle East and the former USSR.

First of all, states such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Israel, as well as the Arab states are under attack. It is there that they will work out strikes, test the enemy’s equipment for strength, make provocations and demonstrate their military power.

According to LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian Federation it is beneficial to maintain a military confrontation with the United States, since you can clearly see what their army is capable of.

Dangerous events that bring our planet closer to the End of the World will continue starting from 2018 for more than one decade in a row. And in the coming year of the Yellow Earth Dog, people around the world will see special signs Higher Forces talking about the approach of the Apocalypse.

For example, three solar eclipse and two lunar eclipses during the year, which is more than it happens in quiet years. And according to the prophecy of the Hopi Indians, in the second half of 2018, the Blue Star will collide with our planet, which will completely destroy all life on Earth.

Also, Easter 2018 fell on April 8 and almost coincided with the Annunciation, which is always celebrated on April 7. Clairvoyants say that these special signs are a direct warning from the Subtle World about future disasters and wars.

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Third World War- a hypothetical conflict between political entities (states, political groups, and so on) with the possibility of a third time in the world.

In the 20th century, the most likely participants in the Third World War could be the superpowers of the USA and the USSR. Since the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the Third World War has been called a potential military conflict that may arise as an escalation after the use of nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction by new nuclear powers that antagonize each other (for example, India and Pakistan) or as a counteraction to an internationally prohibited development its nuclear missile potential (for example, the DPRK and Iran), or as a nuclear war between Russia and the United States, initiated by the authorities, careless actions or out of control representatives of one of the parties.

World War III Predictions You Didn't Know

1. Predictions of a 90-year-old Norwegian woman Gunhild Smelhus (Gunhild Smelhus) from the town of Valdre was recorded in 1968 by pastor Emmanuel Tollefsen-Minos (1925-2004) - one of the most influential evangelical preachers in Norway.

“The third war will be the biggest catastrophe in history, it will not be marked by political crises and will start unexpectedly,” Smelhus said. “The prosperity of Europe and the illusory sense of security will force people to move away from religion: the temples will become empty and turn into places of entertainment.” The system of values ​​will also be changed: “People will live as husband and wife, although not married”; "paternity before marriage and adultery in marriage will be natural"; "TV will be full of violence, so cruel that it will teach people how to kill."

One of the signs of the approaching war, Smelhus called a wave of immigration:

"People from poor countries will come to Europe, they will also come to Scandinavia and Norway." The presence of migrants will lead to tensions and social unrest. "It will be a short and very cruel war, and it will end atomic bomb". “The air will be so polluted that we won't be able to breathe. In America, Japan, Australia - rich countries - water and soil will be destroyed." “And those living in rich countries will flee to poor countries, but they will be just as cruel against us as we were against them,” the Norwegian pastor writes.

2. The Serbian seer is very popular in the Balkans Mitar Tarabich(died in 1899) - a peasant from the village of Kremna. He said that he heard voices in his head that told him about the fate of his people and the world. In his prophecies, he also saw "columns of refugees on the Serbian borders."

“In this war, scientists will invent the most diverse and strange cannonballs. Exploding, instead of killing, they will bewitch all living things - people, armies, livestock. Under the influence of this sorcery, they will sleep instead of fighting, but then wake up again. "Nam (Serb. - Ed.) we don't have to fight in this war, others will fight over our heads," Tarabich said. According to the seer, the final conflict will affect most of the globe: "Only one country at the end of the world, surrounded by seas and as big as our Europe, will live in peace and without problems." What country is this, the reader, guess for yourself.

3. Prediction Herman Kappelman from Scheidingen

“In a few years, a terrible war will break out. Forerunners of the approaching war will be primrose in the pastures and widespread unrest. But this year, nothing will start. But when the short winter passes, everything blooms prematurely, and it will seem that everything is calm around, then no one will believe in the world anymore.

4. "Forest prophet" Mulchiazl (1750-1825)

“One of the notable signs of the approaching war will be a “construction fever”. Building will be everywhere. And everything will not look like houses, including buildings resembling honeycombs. When people are so carried away by their arrangement, as if they were never going to leave the earth, then the "great destruction of the world" will begin.

5. Abbot Courique (1872)

“There will be a big fight. The enemy will literally pour in from the East. In the evening you will still say “peace!”, “peace!”, And the next morning they will already be at your doorstep. In the year when a powerful military confrontation begins, the spring will be so early and good that in April the cows will be driven out to the meadows, oats will still not be harvested, but wheat can be.

6. Let's finish the review with the predictions of the Bulgarian clairvoyant Wangi. The Russians believe her because her prophecies turned out to be surprisingly accurate. As for the Third World War, before her death, when asked about the beginning of the war, she answered: "Syria has not yet fallen." Hence the conclusion - you can not let Syria fall, which Russia is doing.

Whether a third war is about to break out or, as some argue, is already being waged in the form of smaller conflicts, it will undoubtedly lead humanity to the end of civilization. Albert Einstein said the following about this: "I do not know what weapons will be used during the Third World War, but the fourth will take place on sticks and stones ...".

Who needs a world war?

A number of authoritative experts are sure that the conflict on a global scale is beneficial, first of all, to the United States. This is explained by the fact that the Americans urgently need to retain the status of economic and political leader, which they are rapidly losing against the backdrop of a strengthening China. By unleashing wars in different regions of the planet, the White House government gets uncontrolled "access" to natural resources states declared by Washington "enemies of world democracy". The same methods of "soft capture" are used by America in relation to Russia. To do this, the Western Coalition uses all possible levers, including:

• EU economic sanctions;
• lower oil prices;
• support for protest movements within Russia.

Considering the current situation on the world geopolitical arena, we can conclude that at present America is actively using the same methods that contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

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Professor Dennis Sandol from the USA told his scenario of a possible conflict: access to the English Channel or retreat to the Urals.

If the parties do not urgently start looking for a compromise, an armed conflict between our country and the North Atlantic Alliance is possible in the near future.

About this in his article in the Financial Times writes a professor of conflictology and international relations George Mason University (USA) Dennis Sandol. According to Sandol, the constant expansion of NATO to the east and plans to include Georgia and Ukraine in the bloc put Russia in a stalemate.

After the end of the Cold War, it seemed that a world war was no longer possible. But if in Moscow they were constantly talking about our peacefulness, then the foreign policy of the West has not undergone significant changes. The NATO military bloc was not dissolved, while continuing to take part in many armed conflicts in the world. Since there was no equal opposing force on the planet, the Alliance was able to actually appropriate the functions of the world arbitrator.

Now, when Russia is no longer the same as it was in the 1990s and is actively defending its geopolitical interests, the West is doing everything to build up confrontation with our country. Often even to their own detriment. So the scenario of the American Professor Sandol does not look so fantastic.

But is our country ready for a large-scale confrontation with the West, if it does not begin at the level of sanctions?
According to the leading expert of the MGIMO Center for Military-Political Studies, Mikhail Alexandrov, the likelihood of a big war is indeed high, but we will be able to protect ourselves:

– Professor Sandol is certainly right: NATO policy has led to a sharp deterioration in relations between the Alliance and Russia. The bloc has taken a course to encircle our country, and now a direct threat to our security has been created. The trend became clear at the time of the "color" revolution in Georgia, now the West is trying to take full control of Ukraine.

In fact, we are already seeing an escalation of the conflict. In Ukraine, the army is advancing, the militias are trying to fight back. In the future, the arrival of volunteers from Russia is possible, the beginning of an offensive against Kyiv and the capture of the capital. The West will increase its assistance to Ukraine, Russia will have to intervene with its Armed Forces, to reach the borders of Ukraine and Transnistria.

Here it will depend on NATO whether the Alliance intervenes or not. If he intervenes, there will be a large-scale war. The only thing is that he does not have the strength and resources for a war with Russia. Of course, NATO has a large army, but it is scattered, not capable of conducting consolidated military operations, there is not enough heavy equipment, ammunition in Europe, and logistics are poorly developed.

Therefore, theoretically, Russia can easily go to the Balkans, defeating Bulgaria and Romania. Together with Serbia it would be possible to form an alliance and defeat Kosovo and Montenegro. In fact, we would take NATO in a semicircle. So we have good opportunities.

Of course, NATO can build up its armaments and assemble an army. But we will not sit idly by. We will conduct a partial mobilization, we will transfer troops from the Urals, where we have large stocks of weapons. By the way, NATO does not have this, they have destroyed all the reserves. We have 10,000 tanks in the Urals, and it takes several months to bring them into combat condition. We have mobilization reserve, but NATO does not have it. They will be able to create an army of a million, and we can quickly deploy an army of two or three million.

Most likely, tactical nuclear weapons will be used. In aviation, the Alliance has an advantage, because we will be faced with the task of quickly destroying their airfields. To do this, it will be necessary to use tactical nuclear weapons, in particular, cruise missiles. We do not have a sufficient number of medium-range missiles, but we do have air- and sea-based missiles that can reach anywhere in Europe.

After that, a war of attrition will begin in the spirit of the First World War. Electronic systems will be disabled, and without it, the use of NATO high-precision weapons will not be possible, and the Alliance does not have so many of them. NATO will have to fight with conventional weapons, and the West knows how to fight them poorly.

So it is not a fact that the victory will be on the side of the West. I think that NATO generals understand this and have recently been trying not to flaunt their power, reports Svobodnaya Pressa.

- Does NATO encircle Russia without having sufficient power?
- Now preference is given to paramilitary methods that combine political violence with the actions of sabotage groups. Essentially, big war NATO is not needed. We may need it if we see that we are not coping with the situation. We'll just have to respond asymmetrically. But NATO's strategy is to develop the post-Soviet space by political and paramilitary methods, as is happening now in Ukraine. Then start destabilizing the situation in the North Caucasus, in the Volga region, blocking our trade routes and energy supplies. That is, NATO is counting on an exhausting conflict that will lead to the gradual weakening of Russia, the falling away of territories from it and, in the end, the disappearance of the country.
But we broke this plan in Ukraine, going over to active actions. Unfortunately, we did not reach the borders of the former USSR. Then NATO would think not about the development of the post-Soviet space, but about its own defense, the creation of bastions in Eastern Europe in case of our invasion.
The West is waging an undeclared war against us, and our leadership wants to appear kind, talking about some kind of partnership.

- It turns out that the key to the success of the plans of the West is our indecision.
- Quite right. In 2008, it was necessary to defiantly defeat Georgia, to judge Saakashvili, to establish a pro-Russian government there. Then the West would no longer dare to meddle in Ukraine. But everyone saw our indecision, as we limited ourselves to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Therefore, they staged a coup in Ukraine, and again we are playing the long game.
Some are counting on a split between Europe and the United States. But Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev tried to do this, tried to maneuver with Germany. We should not step on the same rake now for the tenth time. But resources are pumped into such tactics instead of acting decisively.
Although we could now create problems for the Americans in the Middle East, around Saudi Arabia. And oil prices would skyrocket again.
As long as Yanukovych was the legitimate president, the Ukrainian army would not defend the regime in Kyiv. We could have established a pro-Russian government in Ukraine, but we missed the moment.

- In the West, they say that the Russian economy is only 2.5% of world GDP and, if desired, our country can be crushed by economic measures very quickly.
- It just sounds ridiculous! Russia controls most of the world's resources, has a huge territory, we have the highest nuclear potential. If we wish, we can destroy both Europe and the USA. Stalin did not have such opportunities, but we have them.
As for the economy itself, the share of the West in the world economy is constantly decreasing, now it is about a third. That is, you can do without the West in general. At one time, the Soviet Union had full-fledged trade relations only with Afghanistan and Iran, and even then it was able to survive. Now we have China, India and many other countries as partners. The West has the last lever of influence on other states - control over finances. But they are already talking about settlements in national currencies within the framework of the BRICS.

- In a military confrontation, the mood of the inhabitants, their willingness to sacrifice something, is important.
– When Putin achieved the return of Crimea, he had incredible support. This level of trust was, perhaps, only with Alexander the First, when he took Paris, or with Stalin, when Berlin was taken. But then the momentum was lost, there were no successes in the foreign arena, the ruble was falling, the economy was weakening. And this is where it gets annoying. If we took all of Ukraine, then the people would know what to suffer for. By the way, in the regions of Novorossia there is a huge industrial potential, excellent arable land.
Another problem is the representatives of the "fifth column". Here in Moscow they are introducing paid parking, uniting schools and hospitals. Such a policy irritates citizens.

– Is Western society ready to fight with Russia?
- The small states of Eastern Europe will not fight. The Germans and Anglo-Saxons will fight, maybe the French will join them. There are still haters of Russia in the form of Poland and the Baltic countries. Unfortunately, supporters of friendship with Russia in the West do not control anything. There was also resistance in Nazi Germany, but it didn't make a difference. All elites are under the control of the "Washington regional committee".

- Will the confrontation between Russia and NATO become a catalyst for conflicts in other parts of the world?
- Undoubtedly. As soon as war breaks out in Europe, China will take advantage of the situation and occupy Taiwan. North Korea will strike at South Korea in order to unify the country. Iran will certainly strike at Saudi Arabia. A unique situation will arise when all the resources of the West will be concentrated in Europe, and it will not have the opportunity to influence the situation in other regions of the world. So a complete catastrophe will begin.
According to Konstantin Sokolov, vice-president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, the war between Russia and NATO is already underway, only it is taking place in an unusual form:
- In my opinion, the direction of the West to strike at Russia was obvious. It's about only about the nature of the war. The form of war is spelled out in the concept national security USA. We are talking about the "world civil war".
We are now seeing the weakening of the ruble, the collapse of small and medium-sized businesses in Russia, the fall in oil prices. In fact, the fighting has already begun. It's just that no one will declare war on each other, there will be no front line.
For civil war characterized by various factions that are at war with each other. There will be no obvious external adversary, but there will be an opposition that is at war with the authorities. It's just another technology of war.

- War involves mutual strikes. Will Russia be able to respond to the West?
- I'm talking about a "world civil war", and it will be opposed not by Russia and the West, but by various world social groups. Say, in Russia, the oligarchs are the patriots of our country? No, they are representatives of a force that is attacking Russia, destroying its economy.
There are peoples, there are henchmen of world financial groups. Think in these categories. A new tactic is the establishment of power, which destroys the population through social transformations.

- Can Russia defend itself?
- Naturally, the people must protect themselves. First of all, we need to defend ourselves on a spiritual, moral level. We need to resist the influences that come to us from the West, to preserve traditional values. Now in the world there is Russia with its values ​​of collectivism, and there is the power of the “golden calf” advancing on us.

But there will also be armed conflicts.
- Of course they will. But these will be confrontations between non-state entities. Right now everyone is discussing how to fight the Islamic State. But at the same time, did any country declare war on another? No, they are no longer fighting each other. People gather according to belonging to a religious or social idea, and not to the state, and this is a sign of civil war.

- Are we making any efforts so that we are not defeated in a global confrontation?
“Now they are saving the military-industrial complex. But the national security system is much more complex. We need a systematic approach, which, alas, is not yet available.

– Is a “hot” conflict possible on the territory of Russia?
– Our opponents demonstrated their strength in September. When the majority of public opinion supports Russian policy in the Crimea and Ukraine, people came out in Moscow under liberal slogans. It was a workout. Our enemies will be able to arrange in Moscow and "Maidan", and other riots.
But the problem is that the government itself breeds discontent. Here they force me to remove the car from the yard, they introduce paid parking, they removed all the stalls in the capital - it has become more and more expensive in stores. In fact, they force me out of the house, brings me to "condition". And now there is a massive layoff from small and medium-sized businesses. People will have no choice but to go to rallies.

– Is there a chance that public opinion in the West will not support a war with us?
- It is clear to any Bulgarian, regardless of the level of qualification, that the leadership of Bulgaria on the South Stream made decisions not in the national interests. It is already clear that in Europe the elites are representatives of the world's oligarchic structures, there is no democracy left on the continent.
We must understand that our adversary is not an ordinary American or an Englishman, but the owners of financial capital. It was they who decided to pit people against each other. The world oligarchy should not feel safe. This is what the inhabitants of Russia and the West should understand.

The question of whether there will be a war between Russia and the United States has recently surfaced on the pages of our forum in a discussion of recent events related to. Therefore, I think it would be appropriate to bring this topic into a separate discussion.

Russia's relations with the European Union are now at an acute stage - Western and Russian politicians are making sharp statements, they are spinning on both sides, each of the countries is building up its military potential, demonstrating new types of weapons. It is not surprising that ordinary people are seriously discussing whether there will be a war with America and what the current aggravation of relations with Europe and the USA will lead to.

The reason for this mood among ordinary Russians was also the political race on the eve of the presidential elections in Russia. In an attempt to play on patriotic feelings, a stream of information is constantly pouring from the TV screens that the United States is not just our foreign policy rival, but the enemy, that the "Western military" is on the threshold of our home. Of course, people with a receptive psyche seriously begin to discuss that there will almost be a war between the United States and Russia in 2018, and then some predictions of Indian tribes or fortune-telling grandmothers pop up on the pages of the tabloid press.

Is a war between Russia and the USA possible?

As soon as Russian politicians hastily begin to export from the United States and countries Western Europe their relatives and friends, only in this case you can start sounding the alarm and this can serve as a signal, but for now, the discussion of the question of whether a war between Russia and the United States will start is more like a joke.

Lavrov calls Shoigu after Putin's address to the Federal Assembly and says:
- Listen, Seryozha, do not hit the USA, I have children there.
Shoigu in response:
- Yes, I know, Fetisov called about the States. Mizulina asked not to launch rockets in Brussels, Peskov - in Paris, and - in Zurich. Many of our other people also called, there is a huge list of countries where they were asked not to hit ... There is a short pause on the other end of the wire ... Listen, Sergey Viktorovich, where to hit then, in which case?
- Mmm, well, in Voronezh @bni, there are no ours there.
By the way, the “bomb Voronezh” meme appeared before this joke.

Will Russia be able to defeat the US in a war?

Well, OK, the most horrific predictions have come true, hostilities have begun between Russia and America. With the current state of affairs with atomic weapons, this will be a quick and deadly war, which will most likely end with the complete annihilation of humanity on Earth. So, in the current situation, arguing about whether Russia is ready for a war with the United States is stupid. Neither Russia nor the United States will be able to determine the winner in this war, and it is this fact that stops the countries that own nuclear weapons from direct military conflict. So if there is a war between the United States and Russia, then they will only indirectly affect the two superpowers and take place on the territories of countries far from the borders of the parties to the conflict.

Does the US want war with Russia?

Perhaps, I will leave the question of whether the United States decides to go to war with Russia open, let other “experts” discuss it, since I consider it stupid, even though the children of American officials do not live in the Russian Federation, I consider such a scenario unlikely.

Well, a bit of futurology - whether the predictions of Vanga and Nostradamus will definitely not give an answer to whether the US will have a war with Russia. Yes, allegedly Vanga in her forecasts voiced the possibility of starting a war after the fall of Syria, and Nostradamus prophesied a long-term bloody war between the two great powers. Scientists who deciphered Nostradamus' predictions say that the war will last 27 years. However, it is worth noting that mankind successfully survived several predictions of Nostradamus, without waiting for the catastrophe that he predicted.

As a conclusion: many experts believe that 2018 was a turning point in relations between the United States and Russia, and there are many reasons for this, including the alleged last term of Putin's rule and the recently announced economic program, the success of which will also depend on Russia's foreign policy. So it’s not without reason that Trump congratulated

Experts believe that military technical superiority is on the side of the US military. Therefore, in the event of a war with the Russians, the Americans will win. The Americans will win the Chinese too. Other analysts simply talk about a "small victorious" war. Still others object to the first two: they say, the Kremlin will have something to answer.

Who would win the war if Russia, China and America clashed "right now"?

According to Logan Nye, whose article was published in, the United States is the most powerful militarily.

1. Stealth fighters.

The US Air Force currently has a fifth generation stealth aircraft. However, there are problems here. The Air Force has only 187 F-22 fighters at its disposal, and the brand new F-35 has faced a number of difficulties, and even the pilot's high-tech helmet still cannot be brought to mind. Meanwhile, the Chinese and Russians are building their planes. Beijing is building four models: J-31, J-22, J-23 and J-25 (the latter are at the rumor level). Russia is working on one fighter, the T-50 (aka PAK FA), a stealth fighter with capabilities that some experts put on par with those of the F-22. This T-50 will most likely enter service in late 2016 or early 2017.

In 1980, the US Army adopted the first M-1 Abrams. Since then, the tank has been significantly upgraded, including armor, transmission and weapons systems. Basically, it's a novelty with a 120mm main gun, great electronics, armor configuration, etc.

Russian T-90. Russia is currently developing a prototype T-14 on the Armata platform, but now the Kremlin is counting on the T-90A. And this tank is still "surprising": one of these tanks "survived a direct hit from a TOW missile in Syria."

Chinese tank - "Type-99", equipped with a 125-mm gun. The tank is upgraded with reactive armor and is considered to be almost as survivable in combat as Western or Russian tanks.

Likely winner? Here, perhaps, a draw. However, America has more tanks and "better crew training." And the United States has more combat skills than its rivals, the author is sure.

3. Surface ships.

The US Navy has the largest military fleet in the world. 10 full-fledged aircraft carriers, 9 helicopter carriers. At the same time, technical advantages and the huge size of the Navy alone may not be enough to overcome the attack of Chinese missiles or attacks of Russian submarines (in the event that the Americans had to fight in enemy waters).

As for Russia, its launch of Caliber cruise missiles against targets in Syria showed that Moscow has found a way to launch serious attacks even from its relatively small ships.

The Chinese Navy has hundreds of surface ships with advanced missiles and more.

Likely Winner: US Navy. American forces are still "the undisputed world champion". However, this champion "will suffer heavy losses if he decides to fight China or Russia on their territory."

4. Submarines.

The US Navy operates 14 ballistic missile submarines (280 nuclear missiles in total), each of which can destroy whole city enemy, four submarines with 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 54 nuclear submarines. They are technologically equipped, well-armed and secretive.

Russia has only 60 submarines, but they are very maneuverable. Russian nuclear submarines are on par or close to their Western counterparts. Russia is working on new underwater weapons, including a nuclear torpedo.

China's navy has a total of five nuclear submarines, 53 diesel-powered submarines and four nuclear ballistic missile submarines. Chinese submarines are easy to track.

Likely winner: The US submarine fleet wins here, even though the gap is narrowing over time.

Military expert Aleksey Arestovich expressed the following thought in the article for Moscow: it’s time for Moscow to get nervous, because America needs a “small war”.

Arestovich notes that the Americans intend to repeat the bluff of the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) system, hoping to kill two birds with one stone. They want to force Russia and China, that is, their opponents, to enter into an arms race - one that both states cannot pull out. At the same time, they will actually test their missile system (the material mentions a test launch of a ballistic missile long range Minuteman III). The level of technology already allows you to shoot down missiles on a ballistic curve, the expert notes, and the Americans are doing it.

Such launches greatly tickle the nerves of both US opponents and those who have ballistic missiles. Since they raise questions about the effectiveness of the missile shield, the ability to deliver a preemptive, retaliatory strike, and so on. The US actions are not only related to the North Korean crisis, but are a warning to everyone that it is time to get nervous. If you don't want to be nervous, then you need to negotiate with us. The United States is slowly, by the millimeter, gaining even greater superiority even over those adversaries that have nuclear weapons and can produce ballistic missiles. Another 10 years of such tests, and Russia's missile power will be completely different from what it was customary to talk about it before, and which it was customary to be afraid of. The same applies to the Chinese, Korean, Pakistani, Indian nuclear potential.

According to the Ukrainian author, the United States "needs a small victorious war." Trump personally needs it to overcome the wave of criticism. And the White House is now deciding who to beat, the expert believes. Missile tests, he notes, are not only planned tests, but also acts of political influence "on the brains of the North Korean, Chinese, Russian leadership."

Harlan Ullman, in 2004-2016, sees American and, at the same time, NATO power in a completely different way. who served as a staff member of the main advisory group of the NATO Supreme Commander in Europe, now Art. advisor to the Atlantic Council in Washington.

In an article on the site, he talks about "black holes" that non-physicists study. There are also "strategic black holes", and their origin is much more complicated than those that are "in deep space".

NATO will have to deal with three such holes.

First black hole- from the field of strategy. “Russian interference in the affairs of Ukraine and the seizure of Crimea,” the author notes, turned out to be frightening. Russia's involvement in Syria has supported the "diabolical regime of Bashar al-Assad." Russia has become much more visible in Libya and the Persian Gulf as well.

And what about NATO? The Alliance created at one time the strategic concepts needed after the end of cold war and decay Soviet Union. And today, NATO's responses to Russia's actions reflect the thinking and concepts of the 20th, not the 21st century, the expert is sure. By the way, Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to go to war with NATO, the author believes. The Kremlin's policy relies on more than just blunt military force. Moscow was “not impressed” by the deployment of four battalions in the Baltic countries and the rotation of the brigade combat group within NATO.

The expert believes that the alliance needs a new strategy to solve these real problems and to plug the "second black hole": countering Russia's "active measures" or what some analysts call "asymmetric warfare."

Here's an expert's suggestion: NATO should move to a "porcupine defense" strategy, especially for its eastern members. The underlying concept is that any attack is so bad that under no circumstances will Moscow even consider using military force. Where do you get this "so bad"?

We need Javelin anti-tank missile systems, guided surface-to-air missiles (Stinger and Patriot), and they are needed "in very large quantities." Using thousands of drones will also deter any attempted attack, however this method is "too costly". In addition, Harlan Ullman advises using manpower in the form of local fighters who could wage "guerrilla and insurgent warfare." But even this is not enough.

Russian "active measures" include cyberattacks, propaganda, disinformation, intimidation and political interference, the author lists. And so far NATO has little to oppose to these measures. Therefore, the alliance urgently needs to "make efforts to plug this black hole."

The last black hole is the procurement of weapons systems. These processes are too long, they are unable to keep up with the rapid development of technology. And NATO should take this into account.

Will the alliance be able to realize all this? After all, it is "life important questions", and on them "the future of NATO is based."

While some experts and analysts are predicting a "small war" to the world, in which the United States (apparently, even without the participation of NATO) will finish off some of its opponents (apparently, not the DPRK, but someone more powerful), others warn: NATO - holes all around! Without patching them, the West may be the losers. The alliance is stuck in the twentieth century and cannot resist the smart policies of the Kremlin.