Vermithrax] The Russian military is probably pound for pound as strong as the US military.
Nooooo way dude. Russia's blue water navy compared to the US is practically non-existent. Their fixed wing, rotary wing, and umnanned aircraft are also not comparable. They would lose the air battle pretty damned quick, if they even managed to get their planes off the ground in the first place. Once the US has air superiority, the bombers and A-10s would play havoc with ground forces.
Switching to land forces, Russia does have a great deal more artillery, anti-air, and armored vehicles, but the vast majority of it is still old technology. We've had recent examples of what the US can do against old Russian technology (Iraq 2x with the 4th largest land force in the world).
Then if you compared logistics and communication capabilities... And the added benefit that the US currently has the most veteran professional military in the world.
Current day Russia would definitely be a top 3 opponent in the history of the US, but I don't doubt the US would knock them out cold.
