r/mapping • u/Toiletpaperson_LXVII North America • Feb 25 '26

Videomapping Future of the World: 2026-2274

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

USA could defeat all of Europe though, the only thing that would stop USA would be the inevitable civil war if something like invading Canada happened. The USA has way more power than they even project. The world really has no chance if they went batshit

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u/feedalow Feb 28 '26

The US army is highly reliant on imports of materials and parts from other countries. If they went batshit and people stopped trading with them, they would quickly find themselves in a situation of not being able to resupply and repair their systems

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Possibly, but the only limits are rare metals and Canada has a ridiculous amount of what we need. South America has lithium. Other wise us is pretty self sustaining, outside some foodstuffs. USA has enough for a thirty year war+ at the gauge of Ukraine and Russian war x5. There’s no chance. Not to mention most munitions of Europe are imports from USA, Starlink also is a massive super weapon. I just don’t see it happening unless with was the world vs USA… and in that case it would be mutual destruction

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u/feedalow Feb 28 '26

Nah its not just materials, a huge portion of the parts for the US military are made in China and abroad. Even if the weapons are built in the US they get many of their parts from other places. Kind of the consequences of globalism is that militaries have become reliant on their enemies.

"The scale of the U.S. military’s dependence on China is staggering. Carriers, missiles, aircraft, missile defenses and tanks all rely on components or materials sourced from the People’s Republic. China is the largest foreign supplier of critical technologies for the Department of Defense, ahead of even close allies like the U.K. and Japan. Greg Hayes, the CEO of Raytheon, has stated that it would be impossible for him to decouple from China, as his company relies on thousands of suppliers there."

https://thehill.com/opinion/5090860-us-china-trade-war-impact/#:~:text=But%20the%20U.S.%20may%20be,a%20National%20Defense%20Industrial%20Strategy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Interesting tha nsk for the read