The Musicman

Much has been made of the United States’ defense of Alaska. In fact, it can be counted as one of the greatest days for America; perhaps, even the best day. The battle in Alaska ranks as one of America’s precious few major victories. However, the salvo of self-congratulations should be short because this marks the beginning much like Limousin and not the end. Desertfalcon has offered in-depth coverage from the onset:

The Alaskan battle was started hours before the end of the Nova Scotia battle and this marks the first time every that a U.S. region has come directly under attack. PEACE has knocked the wall down a great deal already however they are nowhere near the damage they inflicted on Nova Scotia yesterday, this could be due to the fact that a large chunk of PEACE was devoted to the attack on Nova Scotia, however many Americans were sent to fight in Nova Scotia so they will also have less opposition in Alaska. Although no official orders have been made it appears that many U.S. citizens are fighting in Alaska and thus making it a closer battle, the battle will likely turn in favor of the U.S. later in the day once the military gives out the order to fight however the American military may be worn down after a fierce battle in Nova Scotia.

Desertfalcon continued coverage until the conclusion of the battle.

After a fierce comeback U.S. forces managed to secure the region of Alaska with the wall just about 17k above no mans land at battles end. The U.S. was behind for most of the battle however in the last 30 minutes F/E forces contributed to a strong tanking effort that contributed to the victory. This marks the end of the first ever full length battle on American soil with an American victory that will cost PEACE gold and some time as now instead of being able to head down to Washington they have to wait before they can attack Alaska again.

Amidst all of my hyperbole, it’s important to contextualize why I make the claim that this one of the America’s finest days. I’ve claimed repeatedly that the United States is weak; much to the chagrin of some of my jingoistic brethren and some in the military. The numbers support me. For the purposes of this article I will focus on numbers available to me, which unfortunately precludes me from studying Hungary. However, I will be to look at another world power, Indonesia. The United States is comparatively weak to Indonesia for example.

Taking the numbers available to me, I’ve calculated that Indonesia averaged approximately 36.34 damage per fight in two previous encounters with the United States (the battle in Azores and the war in France, both several months ago). The U.S. averaged 28.47 damage per fight in the same encounters.

{Azores}
U.S. average - 26.98 per fight
Indonesia average - 37.86 per fight

{France}
U.S. average - 29.95 per fight
Indonesia average - 34.81 per fight

{Average of France & Azores}
U.S. average - 28.47 per fight
Indonesia average - 36.34 per fight

The numbers from the more recent encounters with Indonesia come from the war with Russia. These numbers include the battle of Alaska.

{FER and Alaska}
U.S. average - 47.25 per fight
Indonesia average - 58.66 per fight

This provides us the numbers for comparison. It calculates out a little under 66% increase in damage per fight for the U.S. and a little over 61% increase for Indonesia. What does this mean? Indonesia had a greater gross gain of about 3.5 points per fight but the overall growth means that the United States is slowly chipping away at the military lead of Indonesia. Suffice to say, the United States is growing more powerful than Indonesia comparatively. However, I would imagine Hungary’s growth outpaces both.

{Growth in damage}
U.S. - 18.78 Raw
Indonesia - 22.32 Raw

{Growth percentage wise}
U.S. - ~66%
Indonesia - ~61%

In conclusion, I believe that the evolving growth of American military might may have manifested itself in the battle of Alaska. We will know more certainly as we look back on these days.