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I have worked on the assumption that while the US has the highest GDP, and is the strongest economically speaking it does not hold the preponderance it did IOTL, as that is the only explanation that makes sense.
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How that translates into military power has been like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole as in WW the US cannot hope to match what it built IOTL.
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I have therefore assumed that the US has either a much stronger Army and Air Force, in Wesworld or they are running massive budget surpluses.
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I am curious, how strong economically and regarding non naval expenditures the other players think the US is in Wesworld.
Hmm. Maybe I shoulf devote my 30 factories to building more factories.
The current US fleet strength is a paper tiger for the most part. Old, slow and obsolete ships filling the gaps which are large indeed. Weakest carrier strength, weakest battleline strength, small number of large cruisers, not enough submarines, and a large number of destroyers. Amphibious capabilitied are lacking as are logistical. Realistically the USN would be hard pressed to stave off a second tier power never mind one of the Great Powers.
I would not think the US is inferior to any power here.
The USN is using most of its fleet on coastal defence, the Montanas being the core of its brown water fleet, with the aircraft carriers to support land based air to counter an expected invasion. The USN has no blue water capability. Therefore not a Great Power.
That is merely your opinion. Like all opinions, I am correct and so are you. My belief is that the United States is not a Great Power in Wesworld.
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the Montanas being the core of its brown water fleet
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Like all opinions, I am correct and so are you.
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My thought was that instead of having that rapid investment in the US Navy that occurred between 1940-45, the US had instead invested in a larger army and air force to counter the Iberian Army and Air Force that was not present IOTL. This instead has been shot down.
For my part, I find it surprising that so much Great War-era stuff remains in active service - and is even still, in some cases, being upgraded.
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