U.S. vs. Russia: America Remains World’s Mightiest Army but Vladimir Putin Boasts of Clear Nuclear Edge – Report (Source au.ibtimes.com) If a shooting war erupts between the United States and Russia anytime soon, the numbers say that America will win overwhelmingly, that is if the skirmishes are confine on conventional warfare. However, it will be a different story in case of a nuclear World War III. Using the Global Firepower Index , Three notable advantages of U.S. President Barack Obama, if he chooses to shoot it out with Putin, are in the personnel, air power and sea authority departments. Around 1.4 million active U.S. service members are at Obama’s disposal, facing off with Putin’s combat-ready 766,000 Russian troops. When it comes to tank showdown, the Kremlin is always ready to rollout 15,000 units that can barrel through the wall of 8000 plus tanks that the White House can muster in the event the two would engage in an armour face off. Russia, in fact, leads any military in the world in this respect. The same index somehow confirmed the earlier reports that in a nuclear duel, Putin will theoretically get the better of Obama as the Russian leader can readily deploy 8,484 nuclear warheads, arrayed against America’s 7,506, in a push of a button. And if strategy counts (as it should be), Russia is definitely on a warpath as it continues to modernise its military arsenal that its searing-hot defence spending could soon overtake that of the U.S’ $612 billion Pentagon budget.