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My first response is - You have to be kidding. However, I realize that there are many Americans who have never served in the military nor studied any type of military history or military science and, thus. believe the idea that the U.AS. military is the ultimate power and, consequently no country can stand up to us and our allies. Yes, we seriously kicked tail in the first Gulf War fighting an enemy with the previous generation of Soviet hardware and tactics (e.g, no AWACs capabilities to coordinate air operations). But this time we would be fighting the first line Russian equipment on their own ground.Russia is also a very large country. Basically any invading army must stop every 20 - 48 hours for crew rest and re-fueling even in there is no armed opposition. The trick of forward deployment of fuel bladder for refueling would not work strictly because there would be no unoccupied area to hide them in. In Iraq, our forces only needed one such stop. In Russia, we would need multiple stops. The logistics of supporting such an invasion over several thousand miles would be extensive. In WWII, the Nazi advances all ground to a halt within just two months well short of their goals because of the logistics of supply and equipment repair plus the extreme exhaustion of the men and tank crews. The same would apply today with NATO troops. Even the best modern technology cannot overcome this obstacle.And lastly, as others have pointed out, you have forgotten that Russia is a nuclear superpower. Unless Russia was so severely kicking our tail that it would not be necessary, sooner or later the invasion would be met with at least a tactical nuclear response which would quickly escalate to an all out strategic nuclear exchange.So, in summary, an invasion of Russia by NATO would either result in a humiliating defeat of the invading forces, the Best Case Scenario, or an all out nuclear exchange between the world’s two largest nuclear superpowers.11/19/201 Thanks to all who have given this response an upvote.

Considering India never fought a full scale war which lasted for more that 20 days but China fought the Korean war which lasted for 3 years and clashed with Vietnam for over a decade, why is India not increasing its military budget? (Short rephrasing)(Photo Credit: Indian Defence News )India has actually fought in conflicts that were well over 20 days, and that is not even factoring in the wars India fought as one of the oldest civilizational entities, before it became the nation of India, rather than an imperial incarnation of the Indic peoples, such as the Gupta, Mauryan, and Mughal empires. The Gupta Empire, for example, engaged in a 50 year struggle with the White Huns to protect their empire. (They were successful) But in this answer we'll focus on the battles fought by the Indian Empire, under the British Raj, and the battles fought by an independent India from 1947 onwards.In modern times the Indian Empire, under British rule, fought in the first world war, (1914–1918) where more than 1.3 million Indian soldiers mobilized and fought in places ranging from Gallipoli to Flanders.During WW2, which raged from 1939 to 1945, more than 2.3 million Indian soldiers fought in multiple theaters under British command, ranging from North Africa to Italy and on the Indian border itself, against the Japanese Empire.(Photo Credit: http://ddoughty.com Indian soldiers with Bren gun in WW2)So pre-independent India fought in two global, multi-year conflicts, gaining vast technical and operational experience.Independent India had its first war in 1947, when it fought against Pakistan for control of Kashmir, where the ruler had acceded to India but Pakistan wanted Kashmir because the Maharajah of Kashmir was ruling over a majority Muslim population. This war lasted over a year and resulted in two thirds of Kashmir in India’s control and one third in Pakistani hands.The 1965 war was short, but involved over seven weeks of fairly intense combat over wide theaters involving the entire armed forces. So India easily exceeded 20 days of sustained combat in this war. India ended the war in a strategically dominant position over Pakistan.The 1971 war was also an intense war, more so than the 1965 one, and involved the land, sea and air forces of Pakistan and India. The war lasted 13 days, so this is the only one of the four major conflicts an independent India fought (excluding the small 1962 and 1967 border clashes/war with China) that lasted less than 20 days. It was also a very consequential war as Pakistan was split in two and the new nation of Bangladesh was born from the eastern part. Pakistan, from this point on, would never again be seen by the international community, particularly the Western bloc nations, as an equal challenger to India.The 1999 Kargil War, while limited, involved sustained land and air operations over several months in brutal, high altitude terrain, and India emerged victorious from that conflict as well.Other operations such as the peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka by the IPKF, from 1987–1990, was not a war but did involve forces of close to 100,000 at peak strength and continuous, low level combat for several years with the formidable LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) rebels. The operation ended with India scoring victories in many individual battles but it soured relations with Sri Lanka and was not a strategic win for India. It also led to the death of PM. Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated by a Tamil female suicide bomber.Lastly, India has also engaged in multi-decade operations against various terrorist, insurgent, and transnational groups in the Seven Sisters area and the India-Myanmar border area.So in summary, India has considerable experience under its belt in terms of long duration conflicts, ranging from the WW1 and WW2 global conflicts to low intensity counterinsurgency battles to high intensity conflicts with near peer opponents, as well as an ongoing 50 plus year Cold War type struggle with the Chinese colossus to its North.(Photo Credit: NDTV.com India's long serving Jaguar Fighter-Bomber)And as to India's defence budget, they are increasing it, as far as open source records show. At over $70 billion USD India's defence budget is now the third largest on the planet. The 2021 budget saw an increase in the topline amount as well, although most of the increase were for personnel costs and to cope with inflation.On top of this India has authorized several large scale emergency purchases immediately after the beginning of the hostile face off with China in 2020 at the Ladakh sector, and it seems more such emergency purchases are still to come. So it would be a misnomer to say that India has not fought in full scale wars of greater than 20 days or that its defence budget is not increasing.

The Battle of Stalingrad started on the 23rd of August 1942 and ended on the 2nd of February 1943. The battle was not a siege in the beginning.The Germany 6th Army and the 4th Panzer Army attacked Stalingrad aggressively in late August, September and October. It looked like the Germans were winning, but they could not break the Russian lines in front of the Volga, They did capture most of the city. Winter was setting in and they still had on Summer uniforms.The German Luftwaffe desperately bombed Russian positions in the first months of the battle. In Oct and November the Russian Winter descended upon the front and air operations were severly disrupted.The “Siege did not begin in August. It began on the 19th of November when the Red Army struck the North West and Soth East flanks of the German Forces and quickly isolated the German Army by surrounding it.Russian General Marshal Zhukov was the mastermind behind Stalingrad. He delibertly sacrificed large portions of the 28th, 51st, 57th, 62nd and 64th Armies to suck the Germans deep into the city. The Russian units were not reinforced and told to fight to the last man. Most of those units suffered massive losses, but held the Germans with their backs to the Volga.The German Army Attcked North in Operation Winter Storm to relieve Stalingrad. It was very successful the first few days, but was stopped by the Russians with large numbers of tanks and artillery.German Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein pleaded with Hitler to allow the 6th Army to attempt a break out attack toward the South. Hitler forbid any move from Stalingrad.The Germany 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army lost 300,000 dead and had 91,000 captured at Stalingrad . About 600,000 Germans and Axis troops from all units were killed or died from wounds in the Campaign at Stalingrad. The Russian Red Army losses were around 1 million dead.In Summary the Siege lasted from November 19 when the German Army was isolated until February the 2nd when Field Marshal Paulus surrendered the 91,000 survivors of his German 6th Army to Russian General Gregory Zhukov.In terms of losses and suffering only Leningrad was worse. About 300,000 German and 500,00 Russian soldiers died there from all causes. Well over 1 million Russian civilians perished in the 872 day Siege of Leningrad.