Which countries could Ireland defeat in a war?

hoorsmelt

Are there any countries with a weaker military capacity than ours we'd capable of defeating in a proper war?

Yawlboy

The Vatican (maybe)

I am pie

We'd be over in Isle of Man and have the flag up before they were up out of bed.

Dublin_Gunner

Andorra.

Then there are a good few without army's at all.

Costa Rica, Grenada, Kiribati, Liechtenstein to name a few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_without_armed_forces

Manach

Yawlboy wrote: »

The Vatican (maybe)

mmm - Methinks there will be Irish on both sides of that conflict.
On topic, it depends if it was just the current professional Irish forces or else would it be a total war with the full resources of the State behind the conflict.

omg a kitty

Iceland

..Given NATO doesn't nuke us..then we're screwed

Tabnabs

Iceland? Just ask the RN about that and the time they went to play with the Icelandic CG in the 70s.

Dublin_Gunner

Tabnabs wrote: »

Iceland? Just ask the RN about that and the time they went to play with the Icelandic CG in the 70s.

Personally, I'd never completely trust a wiki article! But it just came up on a quick google search so I posted it

endacl

If it came down to it, we could probably take Cork...

Border-Rat

Whats a 'proper war'?

Chuck Stone

The USA.

Fratton Fred

Border-Rat wrote: »

Whats a 'proper war'?

One where the local branch of Argos isn't seen as a legitimate target I guess.

ChunkyLover_53

Narnia. Those smug gits have it coming.

Border-Rat

Fratton Fred wrote: »

One where the local branch of Argos isn't seen as a legitimate target I guess.

This coming from a man whose Country murdered and raped Iraqi schoolboys, before retreating in strategical failure?

Ellis Dee

Liechtenstein drew with us in soccer once, but they'd be a pushover for our military forces (if we could charter enough planes to get them there).;););)

Cardinal Richelieu

Yawlboy wrote: »

The Vatican (maybe)

Doubt it, we would have to invade Italy first to get to the Vatican,

There is a big difference between attacking and defending a country. Iceland wouldn't have the manpower to invade us but I wouldn't like to be fighting a War in the Icelandic countryside. I would say we could role over most of the small scenic Carribean Islands such as Aruba, St Lucia and Barbados if we had to invade anywhere.

Fratton Fred

Border-Rat wrote: »

This coming from a man whose Country murdered and raped Iraqi schoolboys, before retreating in strategical failure?

Apparently they made baby jesus cry as well.

manual_man

hoorsmelt wrote: »

Are there any countries with a weaker military capacity than ours we'd capable of defeating in a proper war?

Cork

Border-Rat

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Apparently they made baby jesus cry as well.

So they sexually abused him, too?

Cardinal Richelieu

Border-Rat wrote: »

So they sexually abused him, too?

The Vatican?

Border-Rat

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

The Vatican?

No, the British military, which sexually abused Iraqi's and props up an Afghan Police force rank with paedophiles.

Manic Moran

Border-Rat wrote: »

This coming from a man whose Country murdered and raped Iraqi schoolboys, before retreating in strategical failure?

Oh, you're getting one warning, and one warning only. Next offence is a ban.

mattjack

Manic Moran wrote: »

Oh, you're getting one warning, and one warning only. Next offence is a ban.

I was wondering where you were ...:D

goldie fish

Fantasia. How much longer must we put up with their crappy small unit attacks?

psicic

It's high time we dealt decisively with the Kiribati menace and secured our borders once and for all.... though we'd have to really tough it out to get past their navy.

simit

Win a war, sure we can't even win the Eurovision anymore!

Norwayviking

psicic wrote: »

It's high time we dealt decisively with the Kiribati menace and secured our borders once and for all.... though we'd have to really tough it out to get past their navy.

A couple of these torpedoes should take care of that.:D:D

http://youtu.be/Z60542-r6wc

BlaasForRafa

goldie fish wrote: »

Fantasia. How much longer must we put up with their crappy small unit attacks?

We might be able to take Itchy-and-Scratchy-Land as well....if we have enough flash bulbs that is...

darlett

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Andorra.

Then there are a good few without army's at all.

Costa Rica, Grenada, Kiribati, Liechtenstein to name a few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_without_armed_forces

Andorra would be a particularly tough nut to crack considering its bordered by spain and france but has stayed independent. If they took the roads 'in' we wouldnt have a hope!

ex_infantry man

we,d defo take kharg island

SilverScreen

Yawlboy wrote: »

The Vatican (maybe)

We came close one time though.

Owryan

None. Sure by the time the dail finishes debating the war and the looney left demand the irish army dont use offensive weapons , it ll be time to debate the triple lock.

The army will probably get the ok to start fighting about the same time as they provide a goh for our new overlords

xflyer

ex_infantry man wrote: »

we,d defo take kharg island

Not sure about that, they have a couple of M1 Abrams and attack helicopters. The Irish would never get off the beach.

c-90

we cant even hold the glen of imaal for more than 48 hours.

Manic Moran

c-90 wrote: »

we cant even hold the glen of imaal for more than 48 hours.

So you're saying that the Occupy protestors are occupying the wrong place?

Curly Judge

Prosecuting a war requires troops, weapons and logistics.
We probably have enough men to take Tristan Da Cunha, but how would we get them there.

johngalway

Does Ryanair fly to any of these countries so we can actually get there?

Owryan

johngalway wrote: »

Does Ryanair fly to any of these countries so we can actually get there?

Ryanair ll drop us off about 50 miles from where we want to be, thats if the df can afford sll the extra charges ryanair will stick on the ticket.

I reckon we shoot let leitrim declare independence and we can go in an conqueor it

Mr Trade In

Poland, seeing as half of them are over here now, with a bout of conscription they would have to fight for Ireland. France, the bunch of wine drinking surrender monkeys.

wendell borton

we should take rockall; iceland, denmark and uk have claims on it.

goldie fish

wendell borton wrote: »

we should take rockall; iceland, denmark and uk have claims on it.

None of us will fit on it.

Skerries

sure aren't we invading every country slowly one Irish Bar at a time?

IrelandDylan

We COULD take Clare Island.. possibly.

BigDuffman

goldie fish wrote: »

Fantasia. How much longer must we put up with their crappy small unit attacks?

Between them and our age old enemy those pesky wicklonian freedom fighters we really should do away with them. It seems that every year they take flagstaff hill and every year we drive them off. Lets do it once and for all.

Actually....thinking of the air armada that sits at Dublin Airport every night when the flights are finished, if we got cooperation from (or put guns to the heads of) the Aer Lingus & ryanair staff, we'd have a huge airlift capability.

omg a kitty

Deleted User wrote: »

Actually....thinking of the air armada that sits at Dublin Airport every night when the flights are finished, if we got cooperation from (or put guns to the heads of) the Aer Lingus & ryanair staff, we'd have a huge airlift capability.

Ryanair has 275 737s with a seating capacity of 189 each, thats 51975 seats :eek:
And Aer Lingus has around 8600 seats
Kill O'Leary and take his planes, and his 29% in Aer Lingus, the government owns 25% and BAM we own Ryanair and Aer Lingus have the capability to transport almost 60,000 soldiers:D..even we only have a sixth of that
Stats are from wikipedia btw:o

P.S.This is a Walter Mitty comment

thefishone

omg a kitty wrote: »

P.S.This is a Walter Mitty comment

It's working in my head......and it's far from the worst idea I've ever heard
in the army,maybe I should be thinking about retirement:D

Cork boy 55

Which countries could defeat Ireland in a war?

Maybe a better thread would be the one above(read carefully)

Morpheus

BigDuffman wrote: »

Between them and our age old enemy those pesky wicklonian freedom fighters we really should do away with them. It seems that every year they take flagstaff hill and every year we drive them off. Lets do it once and for all.

You know what?

I cant wait until its my turn to give orders. No wicklonian freedom fighters, nay, it shall be something more realistic like,

The 5th Heavy Tallaghtban Infantry- muslim converts from tallagth

or maybe

Number 21 Mounted Chinese Takeaway Overlords (with fried rice, delivery by horseback 2 euro)

or even

15th Welsh Independent Seaborne Raider Division - here to claim Dublin as New Cardiff and force all the Irish to eat leak instead of cabbage.

FFS though seriously, can they not come up with something more creative!? who says ya cant transport us (via the imaginary fleet of C17 Globemasters out of anneyshrule) to afghanistan or EVEN Bosnia or Lebannon or somewhere more realistic!!!

Border-Rat

Manic Moran wrote: »

Oh, you're getting one warning, and one warning only. Next offence is a ban.

Oh, there you are. Right on time to ignore the English troll who instigated. They should avoid allocating moderators who abuse their privelages and threaten people they have difficulty debating.

Manic Moran

They should avoid allocating moderators who abuse their privelages and threaten people they have difficulty debating

Perhaps. Take it up with the site admins.

In the meantime, this allocated moderator is not going to threaten you. He is stating for a fact that you are going to serve a two-week ban.

NTM