Could Russian military take Japan if it wanted to? (2020)

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  • čas přidán 12. 11. 2020
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  • @Binkov
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    • @LittleRamsies
      @LittleRamsies Před 3 lety +5

      Could Japan build their own nukes???

    • @ZiggityBoo
      @ZiggityBoo Před 3 lety +4

      @@LittleRamsies - If they wanted to they could get nuclear weapons within months (If not sooner). The only reason they don't is because their security is guaranteed by the US and public opinion is against it. They are highly advanced.

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      @LittleRamsies Před 3 lety +3

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  • @liamartinproductions
    @liamartinproductions Před 2 lety +89

    The Tokyo Metropolitan police force could defeat the Russian army.

  • @jerrylatham5413
    @jerrylatham5413 Před 2 lety +77

    At this point my bet is on japan.

  • @skaldlouiscyphre2453
    @skaldlouiscyphre2453 Před 2 lety +85

    2020: It's possible.
    2022: OH HELL NO

  • @atb8660
    @atb8660 Před 2 lety +85

    2021 questions: does Russian military have the power to defeat Japan?
    2022 questions: does the Russian military have the power to defeat the brass section of the Polish dockworkers union band?

    • @Rachietutu
      @Rachietutu Před 2 lety +6

      😂😂

    • @gohibniugoh1668
      @gohibniugoh1668 Před 2 lety +6

      no

    • @rogerbrownreacts8528
      @rogerbrownreacts8528 Před 2 lety +1

      Russia would say we would have won but the Girl Scouts broke Treaty and helped Brass Band.

    • @BirdRaiserE
      @BirdRaiserE Před rokem +2

      I died laughing
      At this rate it will be
      2023: how long would it take for the inhabitants of Houston, Texas to capture Moscow?

  • @laurentdrozin812
    @laurentdrozin812 Před 2 lety +37

    I think we now know the answer. The Russian army would starve somewhere in the middle of Siberia. They would never fire a shot.

  • @Kroepoek82
    @Kroepoek82 Před 3 lety +515

    Japan would never lose. I've seen enough anime to know they would drum up a bunch of high-school teens in hyper-age mecha's to take on their entire nation's power, nukes and all.

    • @octaviuseugeneraymond5493
      @octaviuseugeneraymond5493 Před 3 lety +24

      what about the undefeated and undisputed king, the snowmen solider from siberia? They are very fierce warriors and can take down even the strongest of empires. I’ve seen them in batte before.

    • @postovik19780121
      @postovik19780121 Před 3 lety +3

      Все так , японцы крутые)

    • @britishpersonwholikesgerma908
      @britishpersonwholikesgerma908 Před 3 lety +4

      @@octaviuseugeneraymond5493 I think you mean the Cossacks... but Siberian people are strong in general soooooo...

    • @tinyobito6565
      @tinyobito6565 Před 3 lety +4

      How about the anime people where they fly around with strings and fight with swords and stuff? And that one guy screaming "sasageyo" and the beyblade

    • @generalsherman519
      @generalsherman519 Před 3 lety +1

      @@tinyobito6565 Siberians would destroy them with one finger

  • @ebrim5013
    @ebrim5013 Před 2 lety +97

    Better question in 2022: could Russia possibly fend off a Japanese attempt to secure the Kurils?

    • @leemacdonald6533
      @leemacdonald6533 Před 2 lety +10

      🤣😂🤣 no chance🤣😂🤣

    • @arsyadidris6349
      @arsyadidris6349 Před 2 lety +1

      Hahah, i know its a joking comment,, but ill try and give a serious answer:
      The answer is definitely a “hell no”,, but then what next? Japan would need to amass a new decent size garisson to protect those islands AFTER taking them back. Coz they wont risk stretching the garrison currently in Hokkaido. I can imagine japan doing this no problem, but russia would need to give them a very strong reason to do so, and Japan would need alteast 5 years to create that new garrison.

    • @manueljarquin4364
      @manueljarquin4364 Před 2 lety +1

      The kurils islotes no worty for any nations ? .

  • @changes6982
    @changes6982 Před 2 lety +42

    I bet now everybody is rethinking how powerful the Russian military actually is 🤔

    • @frankthompson6503
      @frankthompson6503 Před 2 lety +1

      They have embarrassed themselves.
      Most powerful nation with old military technology.
      Left out in the open questionably weak .
      There flaw in tank military strategy is turret one inch thick armour and all the amunition round about the turret.
      One bomb from a drone or rocket from a drone bang four crew dead.
      Their ships plenty of fire power no armour protection on the decks.
      Their areoplanes fast stealthy with no armour.
      Their military no discipline and inexperienced.
      Although they say we are well trained soldiers.

  • @tugjarvis6342
    @tugjarvis6342 Před 3 lety +130

    ..... obviously​ Godzilla isn't in these scenarios.

    • @ElYeyuno
      @ElYeyuno Před 3 lety

      Don't forget Mothra and all those tentacle 'entities'.

    • @Medgator
      @Medgator Před 3 lety

      @@ElYeyuno not entities , they are fictinal Gods not gods they are Gods bruh

    • @sledairsoftandgaming4578
      @sledairsoftandgaming4578 Před 3 lety

      @@Medgator stroke?

    • @Medgator
      @Medgator Před 3 lety

      @@sledairsoftandgaming4578 no there is a diference between (G)od and a (g)od in fiction .
      Zeus is a (g)od
      And the real God is (G)od lol

  • @thereal4114
    @thereal4114 Před 2 lety +40

    After seeing the poor performance of Russian against Ukraine I'm not sure Russia can compete with Japan.

    • @klanas40
      @klanas40 Před 2 lety

      Nuke them like USA did, lol.

    • @efraimgoldberger6670
      @efraimgoldberger6670 Před 2 lety +9

      Japan's high tech industry will replenish will beat old Russian equipment. and realistically there is no way the US would not arm Japan with the latest weapons.

    • @shlomoshlomo963
      @shlomoshlomo963 Před 2 lety +4

      @@efraimgoldberger6670 realistically the us already has bases in japan and would mobilize it's fleet to prevent russia from invading in the first place

    • @gamm8939
      @gamm8939 Před 2 lety +2

      @@efraimgoldberger6670 Realistically, the Pacific Fleet would annihilate Russia together with the Japenese

  • @bignope5720
    @bignope5720 Před 2 lety +27

    "In 2019, the number of tractors in use reached almost 109 thousand units in Japan" - i'm sorry, but russia couldn't take on the japanese farmers association, let alone the JSDF

  • @bon7029
    @bon7029 Před 2 lety +40

    "Can Russia take Japan if it wanted to?"
    [looks over at the situation in Ukraine] I'm thinking not.

  • @helloturtle3749
    @helloturtle3749 Před 3 lety +220

    "The Caspian sea fleet would LIKELY stay put". Bruh is there a chance they're gonna walk on land

    • @kurousagi8155
      @kurousagi8155 Před 3 lety +43

      There’s a canal linking the Caspian Flotilla to the Black Sea Fleet.

    • @Bogatyr92
      @Bogatyr92 Před 3 lety +22

      They would probably go through the Volga-Don Canal to reach the black Sea and than join the main force.

    • @royalteluis623
      @royalteluis623 Před 3 lety +4

      Of course they’re not gonna walk . There gonna fly across to Japan .

    • @omega2469
      @omega2469 Před 3 lety

      They will put them on a train like they do for tanks

    • @ramiel7666
      @ramiel7666 Před 2 lety +1

      ...they are Russians....they might......

  • @francescoboselli6033
    @francescoboselli6033 Před 3 lety +304

    "The Caspian Sea fleet would likely stay put" lol 😂

    • @chastermief3501
      @chastermief3501 Před 3 lety +28

      i mean hes not wrong

    • @Admin-gm3lc
      @Admin-gm3lc Před 3 lety +35

      There are canals from caspian to black sea to move ships

    • @jaybee2402
      @jaybee2402 Před 3 lety +1

      No shit, Shirley 😂😂

    • @kathibaba7665
      @kathibaba7665 Před 3 lety +6

      Have you ever heard of something called the Don Volga canal?🙄

    • @royalteluis623
      @royalteluis623 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Admin-gm3lc yeah Putin is gonna dig a canal through all of Russia to get to the Japanese sea

  • @Dexter8393
    @Dexter8393 Před 2 lety +42

    The real question is could Japan Self-Defense Forces take Russia if it wanted to ?

    • @YFun-ux5rs
      @YFun-ux5rs Před 2 lety +1

      they would destroy Russia in a defensive war but unfortunately they lack any significant offensive capabilities and don’t have the logistics to project power thousands of miles to reach Moscow or St Petersburg but Siberia or the northern islands shouldn’t be a problem.

    • @Dexter8393
      @Dexter8393 Před 2 lety

      @@YFun-ux5rs Have the same conclusion. Although another interesting question would be if they are able to take and secure russian arctic coast which is very important for trade routes and airspace

    • @12kenbutsuri
      @12kenbutsuri Před 2 lety +1

      The Vatican can take russia if they wanted to.

    • @dynastywarriorlord07
      @dynastywarriorlord07 Před 2 lety +2

      They don't need to go that far. Just capture the sakhalin islands and Japan will have all the oil resources to sustain itself for decades if not centuries

  • @johnnylevan-gilroy7848
    @johnnylevan-gilroy7848 Před 2 lety +34

    2022 answer: no

  • @weezee5947
    @weezee5947 Před 3 lety +299

    Russia: It's over Japan. I've already won the the war.
    Japan: (Makes a speech about the power of friendship)
    Russia: N-nani!!!

    • @Raul_Menendez
      @Raul_Menendez Před 3 lety +21

      Talk No Jutsu dosen't work when Russia gains it's old power up.
      C O M M U N I S M

    • @RomeoMan11
      @RomeoMan11 Před 3 lety +5

      But, MLP is much more popular in Russia than Japan)

    • @qanon7958
      @qanon7958 Před 3 lety +3

      @@RomeoMan11 In mother Russia, Ponykind do roam

    • @qanon7958
      @qanon7958 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Raul_Menendez Stalinist Nazbol Russia > Post-Stalinist commie Russia

    • @theretarbconsultant5469
      @theretarbconsultant5469 Před 3 lety +3

      **Nato has entered the chat**
      NATO and Japan: *MUDAAAAAAA!!!*

  • @salmonjason4470
    @salmonjason4470 Před 2 lety +22

    lol no. Japan would pretty much wipe out Russia completely from the far east with ease if the war is strictly conventional. Japan's self defense Navy and Air force is top tier.

  • @j.w.b5048
    @j.w.b5048 Před 2 lety +24

    Aged pretty well into 2022.

  • @powersettingsm7172
    @powersettingsm7172 Před 3 lety +95

    Imagine being binkov having to deal with this comment section

    • @lazarustaxon7775
      @lazarustaxon7775 Před 3 lety +3

      His comment section is always like this, it's annoying.

    • @oiuii
      @oiuii Před 3 lety +6

      Yeah its just a bunch of people that think they are the next napoleon and zhukov

    • @SomeGuy-ty7kr
      @SomeGuy-ty7kr Před 3 lety +12

      lol, I suspect the core of his strategy is to ignore it completely

    • @oiuii
      @oiuii Před 3 lety +4

      @@SomeGuy-ty7kr that is a very good strategy

    • @lazarustaxon7775
      @lazarustaxon7775 Před 3 lety

      @@SomeGuy-ty7kr I would in his position too, its a shame he doesnt have a better fanbase.

  • @theunraveler
    @theunraveler Před 2 lety +31

    Now we know the answer. Russia cant even take on a poor Europe country I doubt they can take on Japan

    • @cityman2312
      @cityman2312 Před 2 lety +3

      Plus it's monumentally difficult to take an island by force under any circumstances. I doubt very much that Russia could get large numbers of troops across the Japanese Sea to Japan in the first place.

  • @mrsnrub282
    @mrsnrub282 Před 2 lety +72

    At this stage I'm convinced Japan could easily take Vladivostok

    • @Lilhajxjk274
      @Lilhajxjk274 Před rokem

      It can't. You have no proof of it

    • @HarutoAogami
      @HarutoAogami Před rokem +3

      We've done so before, and we will do it again.

    • @mrsnrub282
      @mrsnrub282 Před rokem +1

      @@Lilhajxjk274 if it weren't for the threat of nuclear war, they definitely could. There is just no reason to. It's a shite city in an even shitier country. Japan is way, way better

  • @Yuri231
    @Yuri231 Před 2 lety +45

    2020: Could Russian military take Japan? / 2022: Could Japanese military take Russia?

  • @nervsouly
    @nervsouly Před 3 lety +80

    Don't forget: Russia has the highest user numbers when it comes to watching Hentai. Attacking Japan would be considered a sacrilege within the Russian population and lead to a revolt.

    • @nervsouly
      @nervsouly Před 3 lety +3

      @Gachibass Commentator but the hentai was already freely available everywhere? Guehuehue!

    • @nervsouly
      @nervsouly Před 3 lety +5

      @Gachibass Commentator OK CONQUER THEM NOW!!!

    • @dsedh23
      @dsedh23 Před 2 lety +5

      Lmao

  • @rogerbrownreacts8528
    @rogerbrownreacts8528 Před 2 lety +167

    I’m from the Future. The answer is no.

    • @archimade
      @archimade Před rokem +17

      I'm further from the futur, and the answer is still No.

    • @Henry-xu5jg
      @Henry-xu5jg Před rokem +8

      @@archimade I’m further from the future and the answer is still no

    • @En-oflife
      @En-oflife Před rokem +4

      @@Henry-xu5jg I'm from the 22nd decade. Russia has become a failed state. and the entire Far East was annexed by China.

    • @toddparker8145
      @toddparker8145 Před 10 měsíci

      toilet paper

    • @kdg54e-sport62
      @kdg54e-sport62 Před 10 měsíci +1

      You are not from future, you from group anti Russia

  • @coldtruth9235
    @coldtruth9235 Před 2 lety +24

    Russia is a third world country with very weak and outdated military.
    Only reason why they are so acclaimed is because of WW2.
    But people forget, they didn't win alone but with the backing of the entire economy of the world.

  • @CombatIneffective
    @CombatIneffective Před 2 lety +23

    We know the answer to this now. No. They can't.

  • @hmshood9212
    @hmshood9212 Před 3 lety +119

    Baltic Fleet: Ah shit here we go again....

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 Před 3 lety +12

      To Turkey:
      "Russia would like to move troops through us."
      [Yes]. [No]

    • @gerrardbg3052
      @gerrardbg3052 Před 3 lety

      Yes

    • @shinchan-F-urmom
      @shinchan-F-urmom Před 3 lety +2

      Lol we that was in 1905, perhaps u have forgotten that we kicked Ur balls at Kharkin Gol in 1939, took Manchuria and Sakhalin
      Perhaps Abe wants another War
      We Russians will give u war

    • @dungrae1749
      @dungrae1749 Před 3 lety +2

      @@shinchan-F-urmom Abe is done. Manchuria is Chinese now,

    • @shinchan-F-urmom
      @shinchan-F-urmom Před 3 lety +3

      @@dungrae1749 Japan revisionists should be given war, Nanking should be avenged with blood

  • @formerIychucks
    @formerIychucks Před 3 lety +43

    This comment section is a war itself. Binkov's Battlegrounds comment section: A place for 'military experts' and 'historians' to argue and discuss.

    • @dynamo3590
      @dynamo3590 Před 3 lety

      ついにィ、日本語のコメントを發見!! 😀😀😃😃

  • @pulsatingsausageboy2076
    @pulsatingsausageboy2076 Před 2 lety +33

    Well, one thing is for sure. If Russia tried to invade Japan it would be an absolute fucking slaughter. This conflict with Ukraine proves they suck at logistics, have a lot of very old and not well maintained equipment, and their troops are trained very poorly. They couldn’t drive over land which would make their already abysmal logistic performance significantly worse. Japanese troops, on the other hand, train with U.S. forces constantly. They’re very well trained in ground combat as well as logistics. And the Japanese terrain would be an absolute fucking nightmare for them. Japan is extremely mountainous which would make Russian armor almost useless and force them into a situation where it would be mostly Russian versus Japanese troops on the ground. I’ll take the Japanese all day long in that fight. Russia wouldn’t have a prayer.

    • @grahamt5924
      @grahamt5924 Před 2 lety +5

      Russia, the second best army in Ukraine, would not stand a chance of invading Japan.

    • @YFun-ux5rs
      @YFun-ux5rs Před 2 lety +1

      And that’s assuming they even make an amphibious landing which is very unlikely. Japan’s navy alone can take on almost any country, especially in a defensive war. Don’t get me started on all the US troops placed in Japan. Bottom line, no chance.

    • @arsyadidris6349
      @arsyadidris6349 Před 2 lety

      With Patriot installations on their eastern flank (and possibly rven on their western flank) and an impressive navy thats pretty much encircling its home,, no chance in hell will a malicious russian bird cross japanese airspace. The “softest” spot is definitely in hokkaido and everything north of that, but the jsdf knows this. Which is why their beefiest garrison made its home there.
      And if the russians somehow managed around all THAT (major doubt), only then will they have that nightmare of a terrain to contemplate.

  • @rcgunner7086
    @rcgunner7086 Před 2 lety +29

    Looks like this video is appearing in a lot of folks feed today. I'm guessing now with the knowledge that we have in 2022 that the answer is a resounding "No". The Japanese have a modern air force and navy and they have a well trained and disciplined army. It would be a slaughter for the Russians. They are rather lucky that this isn't the Japan of the 1930's, or else they would face an invasion of the disputed islands.

  • @ZaGaijinSmash
    @ZaGaijinSmash Před 3 lety +153

    Japan can send the American otakus living in there into the battle first as cannon fodder.

  • @Melly-Mang
    @Melly-Mang Před 2 lety +21

    Short answer, definitely Japan.
    Long answer:
    I mean, technically Japan has even less military experience than Russia, but I'm pretty sure with the material they have, the wargames they do with US and with Russia's abysmal performance, yeh Japan will certainly win anytime.

  • @adjacentchannel
    @adjacentchannel Před 2 lety +29

    Given how bad Russia has preformed in Ukraine, I doubt they would stand a chance against Japan.

    • @anarchyorslavery1616
      @anarchyorslavery1616 Před 2 lety +3

      Russia has been gaining more ground than the US gained per day in Iraq and is losing troops far less than what the western lying media tells you.

    • @davidgrajalesmirage
      @davidgrajalesmirage Před 2 lety +7

      @@anarchyorslavery1616 nope. The mere number of vehicles losses given by Oryx (both sides, confirmed with pictures) suggests Russia has lost at least almost 2000 vehicles. Given the number of crew members each vehicle has, the loses of Russia should be around 25k troops mixing all kind of losses (deaths, injures, POW etc)

    • @anarchyorslavery1616
      @anarchyorslavery1616 Před 2 lety +1

      @@davidgrajalesmirage litterally impossible...Russia has not even sent that many into Ukraine period. Now for Ukraine those would be the suspected losses, since Ukrainian civilians are participating in the conflict at gunpoint by the kiev regime and are estimated to be no less than 14,000 for pro Kiev forces collectively.

    • @belkYT
      @belkYT Před 2 lety

      @@davidgrajalesmirage furry

    • @HenryMidfields
      @HenryMidfields Před 2 lety

      Even during WW2, when Japan was against...pretty much everyone not named Germany, the best case scenario for the Soviets was to occupy the northern half of Hokkaido.

  • @NickJaime
    @NickJaime Před 2 lety +24

    Well, the myth of the Russian army has been shattered by themselves. The reputation they built up and road since WWII has come crashing down in weeks. So the newest information says no they couldn't take or hold any country with decent size.

    • @miklu26
      @miklu26 Před 2 lety +2

      Which is weird as they have never succeed after WWII

  • @Jayjay511
    @Jayjay511 Před 3 lety +66

    Japan should establish Foreign Legion branch for Weeb and Weaboo alike.
    We would fight for our Holy land!

    • @Jayjay511
      @Jayjay511 Před 3 lety +5

      @Usecriticalthinking By important areas, they would likely be station near the danger zone like coastal. The Japan Higher up would consider use them as expendable forces. And here they, the weaboo in particular thought they would be stationing at Akihabara all day long.

    • @n3gi_
      @n3gi_ Před 3 lety +1

      Nah, I love my life. I wouldn't even fight for my own country, why would I go to another country to fight their war? I'm going to a small peaceful island country in a time of war.

    • @yiayyiay1352
      @yiayyiay1352 Před 3 lety +12

      i cant wait for you weebs to rush with katanas while gettinging hit by a su-25 and gunned down by people with firearm's training

    • @Jayjay511
      @Jayjay511 Před 3 lety +13

      @@yiayyiay1352 Imagine their last words they chants before commit to finale charge. Yes that cringy broken japanese-english mix!

  • @scoutobrien3406
    @scoutobrien3406 Před 3 lety +41

    I feel like there's a pretty big misunderstanding in some comments of the scale between these two in a longer term war footing. Maybe because Russia is geographically huge and people equate it to the Soviet Union.
    Japan has 126 million people
    Russia has 145 million
    Japan's GDP is $4.9 Trillion with 5.2 trillion PPP(-basically how much a dollar buys inside the country)
    Russia's GDP is 1.7 Trillion with 4.0 Trillion PPP
    That means that despite the standing Russian military being much bigger than other countries of its size, in a long term war they're much closer than they seem with Japan's massive nominal GDP advantage allowing it to buy much more outside materiel than Russia while Russia can rely on its internal territorial resources to make up the difference.
    This is not David vs Goliath unless Russia can somehow finish the war without nukes before Japan can leverage its much more automated economy and mobilize it's much more compact population to parity.

    • @scoutobrien3406
      @scoutobrien3406 Před 3 lety +9

      Or actually it is David vs Goliath and David has a constant supply of rocks and a tree fort.

    • @tvgerbil1984
      @tvgerbil1984 Před 3 lety +21

      Japan has a major strategic weakness. It has very few natural resources. It's GDP relies entirely on getting oil and raw materials from outside Japan. Russia could throttle Japan's industries by setting up an exclusion zone round Japan and attack all shippings within the zone. It does not have to be 100% watertight. Just the threat alone would intimidate a large portion of commercial shippings. Furthermore, Russia could use its planes and submarines to lay mines along major sea lanes. All these would force Japan to commit its naval assets to form convoys and mine countermeasures. Once Russia is able to relocate its naval and air assets to the east and consolidates its strangling hold on its economic warfare against Japan, the war is unlikely to favor Japan from then onwards. It was the same strategy used by the US against Japan in WW2. Japan simply cannot defend itself against Russia without allies.

    • @tvgerbil1984
      @tvgerbil1984 Před 3 lety +11

      @@PumpkinEater-dm1xx If the Russians had learnt their lession in the Russo-Japanese War, they would do what the Americans have done in WW2. They would concentrate their efforts in destroying Japanese merchant shippings, ports and Japanese economic infrastructure. Most of Russia's industries are located far west in Europe, out of reach from virtually all Japanese weaponry while Russia's economic warfare could hurt Japanese economy directly. With this kind of strategic disparity, which is similar to what happened in WW2, Japan simply can't win without allies.

    • @svenv32
      @svenv32 Před 3 lety +5

      @@PumpkinEater-dm1xx Remember the Kurils? now under Russian control... Japanese lost to the soviets during ww2... ww1 is over, we are in the future... Japan's army can't win against the Russians, Japan is behind Russia in war techs and missles. the Guy had a point, Russia will not give away their islands just like that.

    • @alustin
      @alustin Před 3 lety +3

      Japan rely heavily on US support. without US support Japan is in a very dangerous place militarily. No nuclear arsenal, even if they had nukes their cities are so concentrated, that it wont survive an exchange of nuclear warheads.

  • @alpha2gproject783
    @alpha2gproject783 Před 2 lety +27

    I couldn't help but laugh. I'm pretty sure that at this rate even Sweden could take Russia.

    • @sittienakan1594
      @sittienakan1594 Před 2 lety

      There's not a single country in Europe that could take Russia, assuming there's no allies of course. Russia is best on the defensive and Ukraine is actually getting stomped right now, there only oil refinery was destroyed. I could go on why Russia is actually winning and Ukraine is losing. Maybe you also forgot things like Ukraine had been prepared for years and had better prep time, they kept getting supplied anti tank weaponry and overall are getting help from basically several major superpowers while Russia, for the most part, isn't getting as much as help. I think you also forgot that being on the defense has historically proven more effective and easier. The Russians aren't motivated, but if someone does try to attack and take their land, they'll fight till their last breath.

    • @TmackSD184
      @TmackSD184 Před 2 lety +5

      The swedish women's soccer team could take Moscow

    • @joshuaknight311
      @joshuaknight311 Před rokem

      Sweden do have a top 20 military and really good tech

  • @FielValeryRTS
    @FielValeryRTS Před 2 lety +14

    "I have the most heated discussions with great generals and foremost military experts in the world."
    "Wow, where?"
    "... CZcams comments."

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID Před 2 lety +23

    Correction; Russia now has 2, not 3 cruisers...

    • @dynastywarriorlord07
      @dynastywarriorlord07 Před 2 lety +3

      1 Japanese Maya, Kongo, or Atago destroyer is worth 10 Russian Slava or Udaloy cruisers

  • @GreenStarTech
    @GreenStarTech Před 2 lety +19

    Japan also has a way bigger economy and close ties to the US.

  • @johnsigmon7707
    @johnsigmon7707 Před 2 lety +23

    They would have to be mad to invade Japan, even if The US was factored out of the equation. If they thought the Ukrainians were vicious, the Japanese will fight for every single inch of their land and die for it.

    • @factsguy4582
      @factsguy4582 Před 2 lety +1

      You are right

    • @vorynrosethorn903
      @vorynrosethorn903 Před 2 lety +3

      The Japanese are a lot weaker culturally and demographically than they were in WW2. The willingness to fight and die for the emperor is one of the things which there has been considerable effort to undermine and also the are large groups of anti war opponents (who are fanatical and thus will undermine the public interest no matter what and left wing traitors (the communists and socialists who are both entrenched in the education system and have a history of doing nasty stuff like covering for the North Koreans when there were suspicions about people going missing along the coasts). A large part of the population is elderly and unlike in other countries there aren't even going to have ever had military training, Japan will have a lot less to make up troop numbers than the population size would suggest. The one thing which might be good is production, there is already a work culture of working yourself to death without complaint and most people are reasonably clever and know how to work together and take orders so production would probably go a lot smoother than most would think possible for such a challenge and in a timeframe which would leave western experts baffled. They would just have issue finding the men to use the equipment who aren't one foot in the grave or totally apathetic.

    • @eurtz876
      @eurtz876 Před 2 lety

      @@vorynrosethorn903 russia's logistics collapsed in a country right next to their industrial and political heartland connected by nice flat terrain,now they have to pull off the biggest amphibious invasion since d day and do so from SIBERIA of all places. Yeah no,the Japanese could be armed with literall sticks and stones and still win by virtue of the Russian invasion collapsing in on itself from lack of supplies and food.

    • @juri8723
      @juri8723 Před 2 lety

      @@vorynrosethorn903 you are brainwashed.

    • @vorynrosethorn903
      @vorynrosethorn903 Před 2 lety

      @@lepepelepub12 I wasn’t saying they’d lose, considering Russia’s policy on nukes and Japans lack of a deterrence the war likely wouldn’t start in the first place. I was responding to the idea that fight like the Japanese of WW2 did, even if the cultural context was not fundamentally different the capability would be inhibited by the fact that a large portion of the population would be unfit to fight. Ultimately the context is different however, in 1945 the Japanese had been at war for 14 years and had been steeped in Emperor deification, state shinto and militarism for 70 years. The school system drilled into them that death was better than dishonour and life lighter than a cherry blossom, adults in their live including their parents would also affirm it. There was military style training from a young age and even the school uniforms were based on military uniforms (Prussian for boys, sailor for girls), on top of this the population was young, vigorous and confident, the birth rate was high so each generation grew and the elderly were cared for within the traditional family unit (though care for might be a western way to put it as they were often the ones at the top of the family hierarchy and at the very least were accorded considerable respect).
      The two societies were in some ways mirror images of one another.
      I know I might have made it sound a bit romantic but the cost of the old system was in human life and it had negative aspects like being terminally stupid in it’s fanaticism, dealing with people on intentions too much (it doesn’t matter if someone professes loyalty to the state, if they don’t follow orders then they are impediment to its aims and should be punished) and having a culture of political assassination.
      An actual war between japan and Russia might be worthwhile so long as Japan gets nukes first so it can call Russias bluff, the northern territories are mostly of strategic worth but Sakhalin has oil reserves which would make it worth the price in blood considering how resource poor japan is. The fact that many of the professional troops are off getting killed and the Japanese have local naval superiority so it be a probable bet. Japan would do less well if it wanted to take more than islands and China would probably be the main threat throughout. A limited war followed by consolidation would be the only plan feasible from the start however. Though it would do little to deal with the much greater existential threats to the nation.

  • @patclark2186
    @patclark2186 Před 2 lety +30

    After seeing the non nuclear Russian Army and Aerospace Force fail so badly in Ukraine, It looks like Japan could easily take back the Northern Territories lost at the end of WWII. For sure, Russia will have almost nothing to stop Japan. And Japan is re-arming to confront China, so a little dustup against an exhausted Russia might be good training for a resurgent Japan. ...time will tell.

    • @time391
      @time391 Před 2 lety +1

      You don't want to see a resurgent Japan. Another nuclear nation in Asia would be a nightmare scenario for everyone, World War III would be inevitable at that stage, either set off by miscalculations from anyone (China, Russia, US, North Korea, or Japan).

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 Před 2 lety +1

      It was in 1905
      History doesn't repeat itself but it does rhyme

    • @libertatumautmori4506
      @libertatumautmori4506 Před 2 lety +1

      @@time391 As someone who works for a think tank in Singapore that does extensive research of the geopolitics and military scenarios of Asia, you're just wrong.

    • @abnerdoon4902
      @abnerdoon4902 Před 2 lety

      @@libertatumautmori4506 Did you really expect youtube comment section westerners to actually know about other countries.

    • @KingdomRepublic
      @KingdomRepublic Před 2 lety

      @@libertatumautmori4506 if you are indeed working for a think tank then why are you here on a CZcams video? Is that where you get your sources from? Lmao

  • @m124f546
    @m124f546 Před 2 lety +41

    Fuck sake, Russia can't even beat Ukrainian farmers. What, the Russian military supposed to be able to invade Okinawa? Fucking hell..

    • @ilko9992
      @ilko9992 Před 2 lety +1

      But ukraine military was trained by british special forces i think. Also its farmers with javelins xD

    • @rem145
      @rem145 Před 2 lety +1

      The issues are with nukes. Japan doesn’t have them. America probably would back Japan as this would be an Article 5 event . But then what does China do?

    • @crodeusvult9635
      @crodeusvult9635 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ilko9992 ok sooo??? Isn t Russia a second strongest military power in the world.Shouldn t they have troops trained same as British or American??? They have thosands of tanks and best equpment,yet they still lost. Morale,training and logistics are everything in war but clearly Russia has none of that.

    • @neozeonsolid
      @neozeonsolid Před 2 lety

      @@rem145 Japan is one of the only nations on earth that can domestically send satellites into low earth orbit. Pair that technology with the raw materials they have for their power plants and they have nukes. Many analysts show Japan as a de facto nuclear state.

    • @ilko9992
      @ilko9992 Před 2 lety +1

      @@crodeusvult9635 well yes they were supposed to be the second strongest military but now we know we all were delusional xd

  • @hailexiao2770
    @hailexiao2770 Před 3 lety +33

    The comments being full of Russia stans is to be expected, but Russia stans with *manga avatars* is a surprise.

  • @jl7487
    @jl7487 Před 2 lety +14

    They lost to japan in 1910 already

  • @catsfrommars
    @catsfrommars Před 2 lety +22

    Revisiting the comment section after seeing Russia’s performance in Ukraine

    • @itsupportpropertymasters1679
      @itsupportpropertymasters1679 Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah , Russia is having a hard time against Ukaraine. I don’t think they can invade anyone without risking being defenseless against NATO.

    • @anarchyorslavery1616
      @anarchyorslavery1616 Před 2 lety

      @@itsupportpropertymasters1679 they are not having a "hard time" they are absolutely wiping out ukraine as we speak, they have gained far more ground than US did in Iraq per day.

    • @bignope5720
      @bignope5720 Před 2 lety

      @@anarchyorslavery1616 lmao

  • @LoboalphaMASTER
    @LoboalphaMASTER Před 3 lety +37

    15:24 - Ah, island hopping, the great weakness of Japan

  • @Dr-Zoid-Berserk
    @Dr-Zoid-Berserk Před 2 lety +16

    I didn’t think Russia could win last year. After the embarrassing inept invasion of their land neighbor, there’s no way Russia could conquer Japan.

    • @arsyadidris6349
      @arsyadidris6349 Před 2 lety

      Most they can pull off is have a bloody fight with the japanese on the northern islands, maybe land a few hits on hokkaido.. and thats it. SAM wall too strong on the eastern side of Honshu.

  • @Rikimkigsck
    @Rikimkigsck Před 2 lety +16

    Imagine Russia couldn't even take Ukraine's cities after 50 days. Geographically Ukraine is one of the easiest country to invade but still their demilitarized army is winning against Russia.

  • @ilmaio
    @ilmaio Před 2 lety +55

    In 2020 it was a question, now it is a joke...

    • @HeroDai2448
      @HeroDai2448 Před 2 lety +6

      Joke of the decade

    • @coajdka
      @coajdka Před rokem

      japan wouldnt stand a chance though

    • @dannylesbile8592
      @dannylesbile8592 Před rokem

      Russia the rusted tiger

    • @dannylesbile8592
      @dannylesbile8592 Před rokem

      Japan has all the modern military equipment ukraine still lacks the best roketry of any us ally it could use their space assets and produce smart ballistic mussles with just the most high end conventual explosives it could annihilate any bases plus you have to put Japan's industrial captivity to a war footing to be fair n factor in that Russia couldn't use it's full military capicaty even a japan using 10%of it's GDP on the military isn't a true threat to Yelstins Russia and even at war with Russia China is the bigger threat to Japan

    • @coajdka
      @coajdka Před rokem

      @@dannylesbile8592 they never used all they could

  • @Yuri231
    @Yuri231 Před 2 lety +325

    After Ukraine war, we learned that Japan is more likely to take Moscow, than Russia to take Tokyo...

    • @TmackSD184
      @TmackSD184 Před 2 lety +56

      The Mexican army could take Moscow

    • @mohdnazreen5892
      @mohdnazreen5892 Před 2 lety +6

      how stupid statement here

    • @manueljarquin4364
      @manueljarquin4364 Před 2 lety +2

      You need to read strategic militar Tokio have not nuclear bomb is not possible ...

    • @suvidminecrafttutorials4175
      @suvidminecrafttutorials4175 Před 2 lety +8

      @@manueljarquin4364 Nuclear weapons are out of the equation because while Japan may not have any nukes of it’s own the United States (which is obligated to defend Japan by Treaty) has enough nukes to end the world multiple times so Russia wouldn’t dare.

    • @ktm8848
      @ktm8848 Před 2 lety +2

      that's why ukros army is being grinded into dust in the east just wait for 10 days and you will see who's gonna take over thé other's capital

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 Před 2 lety +20

    Japan will just weaponize the moving gundam RX78 in Yokohama and pulverize Russia into submission.

    • @time391
      @time391 Před 2 lety +3

      Now that I want to see, a real Gundam Battle Suit would be amazing.

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 Před 2 lety +1

      How do we know it isn't already weaponized and hidden in plain sight

    • @time391
      @time391 Před 2 lety

      @@jamesricker3997 Which universe are we in though?

  • @Dog.soldier1950
    @Dog.soldier1950 Před 2 lety +21

    This didn’t age well🙄

  • @abcdef-iy9vo
    @abcdef-iy9vo Před 2 lety +21

    Russia has to go nuclear on day 1 to win. Russia has no amphibious capacity and airborne assault cannot take and hold ground until relief force arrived. No air superiority mean you are dead meat.

    • @WaspCameraInSpringfield
      @WaspCameraInSpringfield Před 2 lety +1

      Would they even be able to nuke important parts of Japan without air superiority?

    • @bradleywesterman4439
      @bradleywesterman4439 Před 2 lety +1

      @@WaspCameraInSpringfield Yes, ballistic missiles from land and sea would be more than enough. No air superiority needed unfortunately. That’s the horrifying thing about nukes. If they are ever launched in significant numbers there’s essentially no stopping them.

    • @Andrew-rd9zq
      @Andrew-rd9zq Před 2 lety

      What are the chances their nukes fall apart before reaching their destination? 😬

    • @arsyadidris6349
      @arsyadidris6349 Před 2 lety

      The JMSDF do have SM-3 missiles in their destroyers to counter incoming MIRVs… though i cant really say how effective they are.
      Better than nothing i guess.

  • @kampfpanzerleopard346
    @kampfpanzerleopard346 Před 3 lety +28

    Everybody gangsta till the Caspian Fleet comes.

    • @tjorven0110
      @tjorven0110 Před 3 lety +4

      russia builds canal from caspian sea to japanese sea
      caspian fleet comes in
      russia wins 11/10

    • @ppp7277
      @ppp7277 Před 3 lety

      @@tjorven0110 deluded

    • @MatsLM
      @MatsLM Před 2 lety +1

      Those 2 torpedo boats obviously would destroy all the Japanese navy

  • @Duke_of_Lorraine
    @Duke_of_Lorraine Před 2 lety +29

    Let's do a naval invasion on a country 3x as populated as Ukraine and a bazillion times richer, with American troops located there, and with logistics bottlenecked by the Transsiberian and the Vladivostok fleet.
    What could go wrong ?

    • @YFun-ux5rs
      @YFun-ux5rs Před 2 lety +7

      Japan has a military ranked #4-5 compared to Ukraine which was like #20, they have extremely modernized equipment (anti-missile defense, F35s, etc), especially a very advanced navy/air force plus the 50k+ US troops on top of the logistics issues you mentioned. No way Russia can win when they are struggling in Ukraine.

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine Před 2 lety +6

      @@YFun-ux5rs also one move that Binkov did not mention but that I'd certainly try if possible : a precision strike on the transsiberian railroad, to cripple it for days and all the logistics with it. Repeat every few days using the F35's stealth.

    • @nickisntmyname7454
      @nickisntmyname7454 Před 2 lety

      @@YFun-ux5rs You forgot the fact that Russia has a military rank of 2-3 and since he said no allays so Russia could send 10 nukes

    • @dynastywarriorlord07
      @dynastywarriorlord07 Před 2 lety +1

      @@nickisntmyname7454 This is why I think Japan should be allowed to build its own nuclear weapons as long that they have a strict no first use policy

    • @little_error295
      @little_error295 Před 2 lety

      @@dynastywarriorlord07 why would u ever put that much trust in the Japanese 😭 mfs don’t learn

  • @petermello55
    @petermello55 Před 2 lety +19

    They can’t even invade their direct neighbor with fucking up logistics. Imagine going through eastern Russia and them having the fly/ship everything in, they’d be fucked. Half of them would probably lane in Korea

    • @bon7029
      @bon7029 Před 2 lety +5

      Knowing Russian Logistics, the ships would run out of fuel halfway there.

    • @AndreUbermensch
      @AndreUbermensch Před 2 lety +3

      @@bon7029 the Russian fleet from the Baltic would sink itself while fighting imaginary japanese vessels and English fisherman on the way there.

  • @watchinthebay5624
    @watchinthebay5624 Před 2 lety +16

    Russia has made itself into a joke by showing ppl its military ineptitude. Should have just continued to talk big and everyone would still respect their military strength.

    • @andermolk2428
      @andermolk2428 Před 2 lety

      in fairness, apart from the "vaunted" army, BEFORE the war, Russia had nothing. Absolutely impoverished and corrupt country with a slave population.

  • @Nephilimus
    @Nephilimus Před 2 lety +22

    Did you take japanese farmers into account?

    • @tadcastertory1087
      @tadcastertory1087 Před 2 lety +3

      I was going to say, if they have tractors, Russia would be in big trouble.

  • @Pulse_89
    @Pulse_89 Před 2 lety +24

    Russia can’t even cross a Ukrainian river! 😂. Couldn’t imagine what the fearless Japanese would do.

  • @Thanatos833
    @Thanatos833 Před 2 lety +16

    This video hasn’t aged well. After the Russian Debacle in Ukraine, this video is kind of redundant.

  • @RedStar439
    @RedStar439 Před 2 lety +23

    From 2022: No.

  • @Hairysteed
    @Hairysteed Před 6 měsíci +12

    *Russia invades Japan*
    Japan: "Omae wa mou shindeiru"

  • @Trubripes
    @Trubripes Před 2 lety +18

    If the condition of Russian navy can be judged by the condition of their army,
    They'd sail out of of Vladivostok ... and sink straight down.

    • @natanaelvandijk2027
      @natanaelvandijk2027 Před 2 lety +1

      My bet the ships will sink in the harbour.

    • @ZE0XE0
      @ZE0XE0 Před 2 lety +1

      @@natanaelvandijk2027 they'll sink in dry dock 🤣

  • @seihai-kun6726
    @seihai-kun6726 Před 3 lety +35

    4 countries you never try to invade and occupy: US, Russia, Japan, and Vietnam
    Especially Vietnam

    • @1978mackdaddy
      @1978mackdaddy Před 3 lety

      True

    • @trololoev
      @trololoev Před 3 lety +3

      why Japan? Soviet invade and occupy Japan in 3 weeks.

    • @nathans3815
      @nathans3815 Před 3 lety +6

      @@trololoev Because the US will show up and defend it

    • @themasterninja110
      @themasterninja110 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nathans3815 along with NATO becuase America got involed.

    • @sikorsky7597
      @sikorsky7597 Před 3 lety +3

      Lol why include Vietnam? They are easily to invade.

  • @resistencialiberal9555
    @resistencialiberal9555 Před 2 lety +21

    Last time they tried this, the Japanese sinked their navy an humiliated them pretty badly.

  • @swiffersweatjet7815
    @swiffersweatjet7815 Před 2 lety +23

    People watching this in 2021: yeah that’s seems like a reasonable outcome
    People watching this in 2022:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA

  • @YFun-ux5rs
    @YFun-ux5rs Před 2 lety +19

    1) Japan is a significantly richer and industrial country than Russia ($1.5 trillion RU vs $5 trillion JP)
    2) Japan ranks #4-5 militarily with a very modern and advanced navy, airforce and defense system
    3) Ukraine was ranked #22 (albeit with significant Western support) and Russia is struggling with them
    4) Russia has big problems with logistics and maintenance in Ukraine, a neighboring country with a huge shared border whereas Japan is an island nation that is thousands of miles away from Russia’s main population increasing these logistics problems exponentially
    5) Japan has a defense treaty with the US and houses 50k US troops and equipment, both which will increase immediately if Japan is invaded.
    6) Japan will receive insane financial and most likely military support from Western countries just like Ukraine did, further boosting their capabilities.
    Conclusion: As long as we are talking about conventional warfare, no chance in hell.

    • @iam_karla
      @iam_karla Před 2 lety

      The only struggle for the Japan to be the number 1 military is the defensive status due to the pacifist submission of its constitution.

    • @danghoangluong2942
      @danghoangluong2942 Před 2 lety +4

      Japan anti ship missile would obliterate Russian Nay

    • @nekom-zn6vk
      @nekom-zn6vk Před 2 lety +1

      わかりやすく、ありがとう

    • @ZE0XE0
      @ZE0XE0 Před 2 lety +2

      @@danghoangluong2942 and i dont think the russian air force would fair much better than their navy.

    • @arsyadidris6349
      @arsyadidris6349 Před 2 lety

      Tbf, japan would slaughter the russians easy with just one ally helping them:
      South korea.
      South korea has pretty impressive teeth (u kinda need em when u have north korea as a neighbor). So on top of the american forces already present, further reinforcement from south korea would make this theoretical war seriously disadvantagous… for the russians😂

  • @rjmercer042
    @rjmercer042 Před 2 lety +15

    This did not age well.

  • @kokyaw98
    @kokyaw98 Před 2 lety +16

    Russia will never dare to invade Japan

  • @rickjames18
    @rickjames18 Před 2 lety +29

    After what everyone is witnessing in Ukraine, I think it's fair to say we have all overestimates the Russian military. I think Japan would win by taking and holding the Kuril Islands. Japan probably can't attack Russia, but they can easily take the Islands that belong to them anyways.

    • @NoOne-xd1gw
      @NoOne-xd1gw Před 2 lety +4

      Surprisingly Russia has logistical problem in Ukraine. Ukraine soldiers easily listen to their communication radio and cut their supply line. Against Japan, Russia would have more more difficulties.

  • @tadcastertory1087
    @tadcastertory1087 Před 2 lety +21

    Let's face it, if Japan wants the Kuriles back, what's Russia going to do about it?

    • @randomuser2461
      @randomuser2461 Před 2 lety

      As long as russia doesn't nuke them. Might be something for them to realistically look forward to negotiating after putin is gone.

    • @bryanbahling2877
      @bryanbahling2877 Před 2 lety

      Absolutely nothing, they got a small taste of western military hardware and they don't like what they are seeing.

    • @AndreUbermensch
      @AndreUbermensch Před 2 lety +4

      The same thing they did in 1904... Send a fleet fighting fisherman on the way and shooting themselves while doing it. The Russo-Japanese War was the funniest thing I've ever heard about.

  • @JStefanA
    @JStefanA Před 2 lety +16

    Watching in 2022 lol. RIP.

  • @Tvirus12
    @Tvirus12 Před 2 lety +8

    Japan: Back for more, eh? Last time I said you were 100 years too early, let's see how far you've come!

  • @generalissimustg810
    @generalissimustg810 Před 2 lety +11

    japan would be nightmare for land invasion thanks to geography, not just because its island state, but it have huge urban areas, and around 80% of its territory are mountains.

  • @gohibniugoh1668
    @gohibniugoh1668 Před 2 lety +16

    they couldnt defeat Ukraine despite overwhelming superiority in everything, japan would clean their clock.

  • @william254
    @william254 Před 2 lety +14

    In order to win, Japan would have to bomb their ports and bases before Russia can gather their forces. Wait...this sounds familiar.

    • @hemendraravi4787
      @hemendraravi4787 Před 2 lety

      shit got real they just awoke the motherland (6800 NUKES)

  • @wahswolf88
    @wahswolf88 Před 2 lety +15

    Looks like Russia will have to hand over Kuril Islands...

  • @cheng3580
    @cheng3580 Před 3 lety +21

    You forgot that the JMSDF are currently in the process of modifying one of the Helicopter Destroyers to be able to house F-35s, making it an aircraft carrier, its also ironically named JS Kaga.

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 Před 3 lety +13

      (To those that don't know)
      The reason for the Irony:
      Kaga was a battlecruiser converted into an aircraft carrier during the 1920's-1940's

    • @fnamelname9077
      @fnamelname9077 Před 3 lety +1

      @@madwolf0966 Is that... irony? Or is that poetic?

    • @cheng3580
      @cheng3580 Před 3 lety +4

      @@fnamelname9077 its bears the same name as the one that was modified. She sank at Midway.

    • @cheng3580
      @cheng3580 Před 3 lety

      @Kira Ki I love how I never even seen any of these comments. Thanks CZcams from saving me from a guy who hasn't even bothered to link anything to back up his claims nor have I stated anything in regards to Russia in my comment. I can see you are clearly bias to Russia. And I can say goodluck on getting the current Navy of Russia to do anything nor win conflicts. Because I find it funny that Russia struggles or takes too long to win its current wars. Its rampant corruption along with Navalny's arrest a few months ago.
      P.S I don't hate the Russians nor do I think they suck, but mostly its government is shit.

    • @cheng3580
      @cheng3580 Před 3 lety

      @Kira Ki You keep repeating this fact yet you miss something. Where did these great powers come from? What was their history? They weren't great powers before and were great powers under different flags and different names like the Qing, Ming, USSR and etc.
      Russia might be big landmass wise but its nothing compared to the USSR. It has a standing on the world stage but honestly its crumbling more than even Hitler's description of the "House of Cards". But this time it shows by videos of corruption, rampant mafia gang wars, pooe infrastructure, lack of funding etc. It might look to you that it might be a super power but I rather you look at the facts here. You seem to have this idea that the world's powers today will be in the future world powers also. But guess what, no. As Deng Xiaoping has mentioned. The asian century might never come. And this is coming from an Asian from one of the 4 Tigers of Asia.

  • @libertatumautmori4506
    @libertatumautmori4506 Před 2 lety +31

    After seeing how things are going for Russia in Ukraine, it is official that if Russia were to face a country equal to it in technology it would get stomped. I can see that Poland alone could take on Russia now. Japan? Russia would get curb stomped.

    • @7ElevenTruther
      @7ElevenTruther Před 2 lety +3

      Funny enough, before the Russian invasion, I was under the impression and even argued with a German friend of mine that the present Bundeswehr (often considered a joke in terms of readiness among NATO militaries do to being deprived of funding since reunification) would get curbstomped by the 2014 Russian army.
      As fate would have it, practically overnight Germany became the world's 3rd largest military spender, and even bought a few squadrons of f35s for the b61 nuclear bomb role. I don't know why but something tells me 2022 will be the year hell froze over lol.

    • @libertatumautmori4506
      @libertatumautmori4506 Před 2 lety

      @@7ElevenTruther I argued the same thing before this war. Propaganda is a motherfucker, right?

  • @pavelnadolski
    @pavelnadolski Před 2 lety +15

    A far more fair match up. Could Russia take a Starbucks Coffee shop defended by a few employees and two surly grad students who just want their damn drinks?

    • @12kenbutsuri
      @12kenbutsuri Před 2 lety +2

      I doubt it. Russian troops are no match against grad students with caffien withdrawal.

    • @TheClaptonisgod1
      @TheClaptonisgod1 Před 2 lety

      Russians aren't as big on coffee as many countries. They'd probably accept a loss, however, if it was a vodka bar? Different story.

    • @derpidius6306
      @derpidius6306 Před 2 lety

      If it isn't a war crime, just refit / build a brand new liquor store full of poison in a city near the frontlines, so if the Russians were to take the city and raid the store, it'd probably take everybody out provided the effects aren't instantaneous

    • @jackgreenlee7223
      @jackgreenlee7223 Před 2 lety

      @pavelnadolski: If you throw in a bitching Karen, who's order they can't get right! I'll accept that analogy!

  • @jamescox1799
    @jamescox1799 Před 2 lety +18

    Based on Ukraine. Absolutly no chance.

  • @RogerBuffington
    @RogerBuffington Před 2 lety +17

    After what we have seen in Ukraine, I think that the obvious answer here is NO!

    • @lemon39845
      @lemon39845 Před 2 lety +2

      I agree, especially with very low morale among Russian soldiers, them turning against their own leaders, logistic problems and more

    • @charlesc.9012
      @charlesc.9012 Před 2 lety +4

      I think their morale won't be such a huge problem since they won't be burning down their father-in-laws' farms and killing their nephews. However, Japan is a massively dangerous opponent whose power is only limited by their constitution. The russian far east is a 7th world country, and positioning forces there will be a massive pain.
      Technologically, they command industrial technology such as shipbuilding and submarines, electrics and aviation in great excess of what russia can call upon. It is not even a contest, because Japan today is building its navy at a rapid pace.
      Tactically, their navy is more than capable of stopping any attempt to even gain marginal control of the sea, and their air power also prevents any landing attempt.
      Strategically, Japan has far more friends. There is only a self-imposed extinction to be gained from angering the rest of the world. The Japanese are also capable and highly dominant as a culture and people, so russia might take over Japan at great cost, and the next thing they know, russia's official language will be Japanese, while suddenly the empire of Japan will be bigger than that of Churchill's Britain, and the invaders would become second-class citizens in their own capital. It would come as a surprise to nobody, because Honshu probably has greater buying power than the whole of russia and belarus combined

  • @YFun-ux5rs
    @YFun-ux5rs Před 2 lety +20

    After Russia’s flagship Moskva was sunk by an Ukrainian made subsonic missile, there is no doubt that Russia’s military in all three branches are overhyped. Japan would sink the entire fleet no problem.

    • @CoolCraftCool
      @CoolCraftCool Před 2 lety +1

      I actually think vs an actual navy they have a chance to do better as the Russian ships and especially their subs are designed to target large warships but yeh 1970s and 1980s warships with poor maintenance and sketchy modernisation vs mostly 2000s and newer warships with actual modernisation is never going to go well.

    • @YFun-ux5rs
      @YFun-ux5rs Před 2 lety +1

      @@CoolCraftCool you aren’t getting my point, if a flagship level cruiser got sunk by Ukrainian made missile then it is even more likely for Japan, which has more advanced defense capabilities to inflict damage on Russia. what Ukraine is doing to the Russian army will be done tenfold by the Japanese.

    • @CoolCraftCool
      @CoolCraftCool Před 2 lety

      ​@@YFun-ux5rs No I got it what i'm saying is there is every chance the Russians were not looking for Ukrainian attacks as there is no fleet to contend with and were just content to monitor standard Radar for planes and attack helicopters. A low flying anti ship missiles were not a capability that Ukraine were able to field even a few years ago so its possible they haven't taken the possibility seriously; then again it could be like a lot of the land vehicles that poor maintenance meant that the more advanced systems were not even available even if they had want to keep them active or its also possible that the system strait up failed to do its job I haven't seen anyone willing to make a guess as to which yet. But taking all that aside having an actual fleet to shoot at which is again what the Russian fleet is built to do they would probably perform better doing what they were designed to do rather than what they were not designed to do.

  • @macewindu2255
    @macewindu2255 Před 2 lety +19

    Paper Russian Army.

    • @liamvarin6209
      @liamvarin6209 Před 2 lety +3

      Don't forget to add Butchers and Looters!

  • @baird5682
    @baird5682 Před 2 lety +12

    Who else came here because of tensions over Kuril Islands while russia is losing a war in Ukraine?

  • @MrMustang1945
    @MrMustang1945 Před 3 lety +117

    Why didn’t you name it “Russo-Japanese War 2, Electric Boogaloo?”

    • @Jupiter__001_
      @Jupiter__001_ Před 3 lety +10

      Because this would be "Russo-Japanese War 3: The Last Russade"

    • @adam95190
      @adam95190 Před 3 lety

      Too many iSorrowproductions

    • @ElYeyuno
      @ElYeyuno Před 3 lety +3

      Because the Russians later won TWO more wars against Japan.
      Final Score: Russia: 2 - Japan: 1.
      Russia Wins.

    • @kevray
      @kevray Před 3 lety +1

      He’s not a zoomer

    • @kalamarmaximis149
      @kalamarmaximis149 Před 3 lety

      @@ElYeyuno you mean coming in at the last second and destroying an under supplied and under manned army yea nah

  • @emanuelleitch3370
    @emanuelleitch3370 Před 3 lety +16

    The real war is in the comment where the greatest arm-chair generals fight.

  • @shooteroffuture
    @shooteroffuture Před 2 lety +13

    2022 came in to say: No.

  • @ivanthedumb3387
    @ivanthedumb3387 Před 3 lety +18

    Russia: Its over Japan i have the high ground
    Japan: *Makes speech on how friendship is key*
    Russia: NANI

  • @AmericanMaking
    @AmericanMaking Před 2 lety +22

    You're gonna need to remake all the russia videos given the new information.

    • @DBeau73
      @DBeau73 Před 2 lety +3

      Considering that the Russian army is totally useless? Japan would kick butt.

    • @luka1608
      @luka1608 Před 2 lety

      @@DBeau73 Ukraine is getting help from whole world plus Russia is sanctioned. If USA was in the same situation then they would also be worst world military right?

    • @TheRogueminator
      @TheRogueminator Před 2 lety

      @@luka1608 no, they really wouldn't

  • @royalteluis623
    @royalteluis623 Před 3 lety +30

    Let’s wait for the entire Black Sea fleet to sail over

    • @090giver090
      @090giver090 Před 3 lety +11

      *Somewhere in Baltic fleet HQ*
      - Comrade Admiral, we are ordered to sail to pacific to aid pacific fleet against Japan.
      - Aw shit, here we go again!

    • @grindelz
      @grindelz Před 3 lety +1

      Oh no my ptsd

  • @mikeholloway2625
    @mikeholloway2625 Před 2 lety +16

    I have been watching the Japanese re-arm and expand their forces for several years now. Honest opinion... attacking Japan will be a big mistake by anyone. The Japanese have been extra careful with all of their work and are not going to be making many mistakes on any field they are forced to fight on. -Q

  • @vietdo5021
    @vietdo5021 Před 2 lety +15

    We have the answer now I think?

  • @MistyKathrine
    @MistyKathrine Před 2 lety +13

    Without watching the video, the answer to the question in the title is no. Sources: Russo-Ukrainian war.

  • @rudolfabelin383
    @rudolfabelin383 Před 2 lety +13

    In 2022 after seeing them in Ukraine, the answer is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

  • @momsspaghetti9970
    @momsspaghetti9970 Před 2 lety +10

    a divison of cat girls is more than enough to defeat several Russian Battalion Tactical Groups

    • @gerry4b
      @gerry4b Před 2 lety

      Doubt they would get anywhere without full Otaku back-up...

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 Před 2 lety

      🤣

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe a Pokemon too

  • @nicholascazmay2126
    @nicholascazmay2126 Před 2 lety +12

    Based on recent history, Russia would be lucky to make it halfway to Japan without all of its ships springing leaks, if it’s vehicle fleet they’re deployed to Ukraine is anything to go off of…

    • @ZE0XE0
      @ZE0XE0 Před 2 lety

      Anybody read about The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron and their Voyage of the Damned? Even back in 1904 this was still a HUGE problem for Russia, with comical results.
      It would be a repeat of that historic voyage im sure.