who should be a superpower if usa ever winds down?

[FraterPerdurabo]

Hey, I'm back after my banning. From the impression that I get, in the meantime, this thread has gone downwards. I mean what the hell does Star Trek have to do with something that in my opinion will be a key issue in the coming decades? Anyway, here we go.

South Korea's been also getting a lot of attention lately too. but America won't be "dethroned" for a while though. i mean, we have the resources and major oceans on each side. but by the time they do fall, i think russia could be back in power. if WWIII was to break out though, russia would win in my opinion. they like i said ealier are the hardest to invade. I also forogt to mention that besides the fact for being only able to be invaded from their south side, their climate would make it hard to invade them at all. When Napolean invaded russia his tanks froze and prevented thier advance if i'm not mistaken.

Dude, I'm sorry, but tanks were not invented before the First World War. Napoleon invaded Russia around 1810, if I'm not mistaken. WWI lasted from 1914-1918. Yes, the cold did kill Napoleon's soldiers, but not only. His army was also constantly being ravaged by Cossacks (irregular cavalry, kind of guerilla warfare), lack of supplies (scorched earth policy), and inadequate preparation (Napoleon's ego). I did Napoleon for one of my history modules at school, so please don't dispute this unless you have a credible arguement.

lol am i the only one who voted for russia. russia has throoughout history wanted to conquer the world(well that's what it said in a book anyways). like look how the soviet union wanted to take over the control of ravenged countries after WWII. usa knew that was a bad idea and then we plunged into the cold war. also, Russia is a HUGE country. and they got mountains cutting part of the country off from the rest of europe on their west side and they got the ocean the their north and east side. the only way really into russia is through china. And people from the north(mongols 1500-1600's) have managed to conquer china from the north before.

Russia does not have the organization required to govern itself, not speaking of the entire world.

As for China, no matter what anyone says, you're stupid not to think one of their top research topics include advanced weapon research, biocemic weapon research, and nuclear warfare research.

Oh yeah, I forgot that America's doesn't, right? Right.

ive heard that they have already developed cheap and efficient cars that dont use gas but they dont release it because it would destroy the economy. ive also heard that they have made an everlasting lightbulb but they dont release it because the industry would go broke

That's true. In some companies, they even have entire departments dedicated to research in creating products that work at 100% at first, but then wear down, so that you would go out and buy a new one.

Also, beforehand, someone mentioned that army size does not matter. Of course it does, how do you think Russia won the WWII?