With global war rhetoric heating up to a fever pitch both here in America and around the world now that Vladimir Putin has announced a partial mobilization in the Ukraine war escalation; a retired US Army General has announced 'America will hit Russia's military with a devastating strike' if Putin uses nukes in Ukraine; and, Russia has arrived at the point where they truly believe their very existence is at stake with one Russian warning, it's "time to drop our illusions, the West is waging a war to destroy Russia," we've got to take a look back at how Russia's military capabilities have changed over the past decade+ compared to the US's before looking at our possible futures. 

With the President of Serbia days ago gravely warning our planet is entering into a "great world conflict" that could take place within the next two months, with Aleksandar Vucic making those alarming comments during the first day of the UN General Assembly session in New York, Vucic's words put a timetable to just how quickly things could explode across the planet.: 

"You see a crisis in every part of the world," Vucic told the Serbian state broadcaster RTS. 

"I think realistic predictions ought to be even darker," he added. 

"Our position is even worse, since the UN has been weakened and the great powers have taken over and practically destroyed the UN order over the past several decades." 

The Serbian leader cautioned that the war between Russia and Ukraine had moved on to a far deadlier phase. 

"I assume that we're leaving the phase of the special military operation and approaching a major armed conflict, and now the question becomes where is the line, and whether after a certain time – maybe a month or two, even – we will enter a great world conflict not seen since the Second World War," he said.