As an outsider who knows very little about USA military... Is the Red Dawn/Wolverines! MW2 scenario possible in any kind of way? (sh.itjust.works)

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If you saw the movie and/or played modern warfare 2 you know what I'm talking about.

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[-] Kimdracula@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I think in the game they implied the first drop was in Virginia, all the soldiers parachuted airborne... Oh and btw I'm not referring to take the whole country, not even in the game the Russians managed to do that.

Oh and there's also fighter jets and the whole satellite surveillance is down.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Which just makes it sillier.

Why would they take Virginia? And the surveillance system has multiple redundancies, including satellites and NATO allies.

[-] Kimdracula@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Because it was the easier target in the east coast? I dunno I'm not American lol

MW2 is basically a Michael bay movie, let's just assume EVERY surveillance system is down

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