Iron Man vs Our Planet

Originally posted by Mindset
IM bfrs himself into space.

We win.

Originally posted by Bentley
Iron Man vs Nukes vol 2, issue 4.

Scans anyone??

I'm new, so hi..
Iron Man would kick the crap out of the real world!
Everyone bringing nukes up is crazy if they think that the governments of the world would be able to work through the bureaucratic nightmare of green-lighting a nuclear strike quickly enough to actually use them on him. Especially when you consider that they'd likely have to use several nukes on populated areas to guarantee hitting him. The real world and the Marvel world are similar enough that he'd have a good idea of which countries to hit first to eliminate the real threats and bring us to our knees.
His biggest problem wouldn't be any real world military, it would be the sudden application of non-comic physics to everything he does. If he lost, it would be because he'd accidentally kill himself

We wipe out hundreds of thousands of our own people by MISSING Iron Man with nukes.. He calls for the unconditional surrender of the entire planet.. It goes to an emergency referendum and passes.. Tony Stark is installed as the high chancellor of earth.. Rebellions are squashed and holdouts are annihilated.
The day of his arrival is forever after celebrated as Stark Day. Long live our glorious overlord

would nukes kill him ina the current standard armor? he probably wins this

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Scans anyone??

He wasn't serious.

😂

In comics no one ever considers health. If iron man were to come to the real world? He'd have a big Mac and die five minutes later from the cholesterol alone. ;-)

Originally posted by Mindset
If he's hiding and not fighting then he has been defeated.

Fine he sits on a school bus full of kids and puts his shields on. Holding a sign saying "Blow Me!" Or he busts into the White House and watches Game of Thrones with Obama and the kids.

Originally posted by rotiart
In comics no one ever considers health. If iron man were to come to the real world? He'd have a big Mac and die five minutes later from the cholesterol alone. ;-)

Bleeding Edge is an upgraded form of Extremis, so I'd imagine yes, he'd still have it.

Iron Man. Most militaries would be totally ineffective and probably just weigh down the few militaries who might be able to give Tony some pause.

The American, German, French, English, and Chinese militaries are the only ones I see being a possible problem for him. Russia is a maybe (it has lots of nukes but the recent Georgian conflict proved its basically a second rate military with horrible organization and obsolete equipment) as is Japan (good equipment but no real combat experience and a very small and limited scope of operation).

Every other country will basically be deadweight.

Originally posted by h1a8
Of course and easily.

I don't believe Tony's main armor was shown to be resistant to armored piercing bullets have he?

I'm not saying that Iron man isn't resistant against armored piercing bullets. But is there any evidence that he is? If so, then what is it?

Originally posted by Omega Vision
it has lots of nukes but the recent Georgian conflict proved its basically a second rate military with horrible organization and obsolete equipment

Yeah, winning a war in five days, they obviously suck compared to ten year wars in which the US engages biscuits

Oh snap!

Originally posted by h1a8
I'm not saying that Iron man isn't resistant against armored piercing bullets. But is there any evidence that he is? If so, then what is it?

I hate to say this, but I think Bruce's plan of using the beautiful women of Earth as a ploy to stop Tony is a better solution than a military engagement.

Agreed. I think if Earth is to win at all it won't be through force of arms.

Originally posted by Bentley
Yeah, winning a war in five days, they obviously suck compared to ten year wars in which the US engages biscuits

Besides, the South Ossetian conflict was a conventional war against a minuscule military with the aid of two local armed militias working against Georgia from within. And in that time Russia failed to seize a definite air superiority advantage despite the fact that Georgia essentially didn't even have an air force to speak of.

Russia should have won that war in 2-3 days.

They couldn't even use GPS because Russia is reliant on America for those satellites. 😂

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Iron Man. Most militaries would be totally ineffective and probably just weigh down the few militaries who might be able to give Tony some pause.

The American, German, French, English, and Chinese militaries are the only ones I see being a possible problem for him. Russia is a maybe (it has lots of nukes but the recent Georgian conflict proved its basically a second rate military with horrible organization and obsolete equipment) as is Japan (good equipment but no real combat experience and a very small and limited scope of operation).

Every other country will basically be deadweight.

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Going by global firepower's analysis, russia is still the second most powerful military on the planet and there are some other interesting countries figuring among the top 10 like turkey, south korea and india :http://www.globalfirepower.com/

Originally posted by 753
the german army? isnt it still very limited?

Going by global firepower's analysis, russia is still the second most powerful military on the planet and there are some other interesting countries figuring among the top 10 like turkey, south korea and india :http://www.globalfirepower.com/

Germany has a fairly powerful air force and has some of the best tanks in the world. Yeah their scope is limited when compared to America (but then every country has a limited scope when compared to America, no other country currently has a sizable presence in virtually every corner of the globe) but Germany unlike Japan is not currently under any restriction that precludes operating in an offensive capacity.

Germany, France, and England are all part of NATO which gives them a certain capacity for long range operations. Now it isn't much when not propped up by America as Libya shows, but it is something.

Japan's military is limited by their Constitution to being a purely defensive force. At most they might be able to counterattack nearby potential opponents like China or North Korea but large scale operations are unlikely.

South Korea is another localized military. Their entire raison d'etre is basically warding against North Korean aggression (and possibly Chinese aggression).

India is a regional military with lots of manpower but little sophistication and almost no combat experience to speak of.

Edit: Back to the firepower part, I'm guessing that this rating is based on looking at these countries arsenals and the raw power output, IE the sheer amount of destruction their nuclear and conventional arms can do.

Turkey for instance is listed higher than Israel but I'm willing to bet that in a conventional conflict (provided Israel isn't trying to invade Turkey, just defeat them) Israel would stomp Turkey.

Same for France and Germany.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Firepower=/=overall effectiveness.

Germany has a fairly powerful air force and has some of the best tanks in the world. Yeah their scope is limited when compared to America (but then every country has a limited scope when compared to America, no other country currently has a sizable presence in virtually every corner of the globe) but Germany unlike Japan is not currently under any restriction that precludes operating in an offensive capacity.

Germany, France, and England are all part of NATO which gives them a certain capacity for long range operations. Now it isn't much when not propped up by America as Libya shows, but it is something.

Japan's military is limited by their Constitution to being a purely defensive force. At most they might be able to counterattack nearby potential opponents like China or North Korea but large scale operations are unlikely.

South Korea is another localized military. Their entire raison d'etre is basically warding against North Korean aggression (and possibly Chinese aggression).

India is a regional military with lots of manpower but little sophistication and almost no combat experience to speak of.

Edit: Back to the firepower part, I'm guessing that this rating is based on looking at these countries arsenals and the raw power output, IE the sheer amount of destruction their nuclear and conventional arms can do.

Turkey for instance is listed higher than Israel but I'm willing to bet that in a conventional conflict (provided Israel isn't trying to invade Turkey, just defeat them) Israel would stomp Turkey.

Same for France and Germany.

Indian army has seen a lot more action than either japanese or german armies after the wwII - 8 armed conflicts including one insurrection quelling. Probably saw more action than france and england in the same period too.

I wouldnt dismiss turkey's firepower against israel either. sure israel has a lot of sophisticated weaponry and constant activity and upgrading, but turkey invests almost twice as much money on the military and has more troops, vehicles and weapons.