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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 44
Chapter 2
Babylon Is The Worlds Foremost Military Power
… for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see
no sorrow.
Revelation 18:7
Babylon is such a great military power that she fears no one. “… for she saith in her
heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow” (Revelation 18:7). Babylon says
she is a queen. A queen rules a nation, kingdom or empire. Babylon is not a widow and shall see
no sorrow because of her military strength. What Babylon is saying is, I'm queen of the world;
none can defeat me; I have no fear!
This is a perfect description of the United States of America, the undisputed military
Superpower of the world. With 1,384,812 active duty service personnel and 1.2 million reserves
the US had the second largest active military force in the world behind China.
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But the number
of active personnel is just a small part of the overall picture. The United States military
equipment and weapons of war and her positioning of bases throughout the world make her by
far the most powerful military in the world.
The military equipment and weapons arsenal of the US is superior in every category
including quantity, technological superiority and effectiveness. In 2001 the US had 7,620 tanks,
27—Navy Cruisers, 35—Navy Frigates, 54—Navy destroyers and 12—Air Craft Carriers. The
US had 73—Nuclear Submarines,
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about 2,400—active Tactical (fighter and attack) aircraft and
about 200—active Strategic (bomber) aircraft.
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The US is one of only a few nuclear powers.
Outside Russia and former Russian republics, no nation has more than a few nuclear weapons
and Russia's weapons are beginning to fail due to age.
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The current inventory of nuclear missiles
includes 500 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs),
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336 Trident II
intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs)
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and an unspecified number of nuclear bombs and
depth charges for use against submarines. The US has spy satellites that watch the world; it has
the Stealth bombers, laser guided bombs and missiles, smart-bombs, and the cruise missile. Only
China has a larger military than the US's combined 2.6 million active and reserve personnel.
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