WW3 Risk WatchNorth America

North America

United States

The benchmark force: global bases, carrier strike groups, strategic lift, and extended deterrence in one package.

Military spend$997B

The largest integrated ecosystem of defense industry, space capability, and intelligence infrastructure.

Personnel1,328,000

Reserve 799,500

Air / naval assets2,800 / 296

Long-range power projection based on global basing and carrier groups.

Nuclear posture3,700

Full nuclear triad

Axes

Score by axis

Land84

Ability to deploy large ground formations with armor and long-range fires.

Sea100

Blue-water operations, carrier and submarine employment, and sea-control capacity.

Air98

Air superiority, long-range strike, airborne early warning, and airlift capacity.

Nuclear95

Warhead scale, survivability, and diversity of delivery systems.

Cyber & space95

Integration of satellites, ISR, electronic warfare, and cyber operations.

Asymmetry74

Missile saturation, gray-zone activity, irregular warfare, and drone-cyber integration.

Alliance100

Alliance depth, overseas basing, reinforcement potential, and long-duration support capacity.

Evidence

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