Compared with the Gulf War of that year, who was more powerful in the war between Russia and the United States 30 years ago?

There is an interesting point in the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Many have compared it to the 1991 Gulf War, asking the tricky question, is the Russian military today better than the US military was 30 years ago?

The question is tricky because both wars were fought by big countries against small ones.

But the key is that in the Gulf War, the United States swept Iraq in a crushing situation, and the Russia-Ukraine war has been fought by Russia for more than half a year without results. So, does this mean that the real fighting power of the Russian army is even less thn that of the US military 30 years ago?

In fact, the matter is far from as simple as we think.

Because the situation and conditions of war facing the Russian army and the American army 30 years ago are very different.

The first difference is the strength of the two countries' adversaries themselves.

During the Gulf War in 1991, Iraq was very powerful. Saddam Hussein had 1.15 million troops, used Soviet weapons and trained Soviet officers, and looked very powerful.

Taking weapons and equipment as an example, the army has more than 13,000 tanks and armored vehicles, more than 10,000 missiles of all kinds, and more than 3,500 heavy artillery pieces. The Air Force has more than 700 fighter jets, including the most advanced mig-29 fighter jets.

In 1991, America's GDP reached a staggering $6.17 trillion, accounting for a quarter of the world's total, and more than nine times that of second-place Japan.

In addition, the military strength of the United States is terrible, and the M1A1 main battle tank, Apache attack helicopter, and Roosevelt nuclear aircraft carrier and other weapons invested in the Gulf War were the most advanced in the world at that time.

And the old US navy and air force, but also has the world's first stealth F-117 fighter, just this thing, until now there are not a few countries have!