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I was doing a bit of reading (and re-reading of Red Storm Rising and Red Army) and found myself asking, who really had the edge in a purely conventional engagement between the two Cold War super powers?

My personal thoughts are to give the initial edge to the Red Army, as they have the sheer weight of numbers to potentially simply overwhelm the NATO ground forces in a matter of days.

But, in the long run they have to cut off NATO resupply from the sea and decimate NATO air assets. That includes carriers, which is no easy task.

All my thinking is that while the Soviets have an immediate advantage on the ground, in the air they possess not so much of one while on the high seas its a toss up IMO depending on who strikes first.
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