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There is a trivial alternative that military strategists have been suggesting for decades. For a nation of 20+ M, having a reservist army of 1M would be feasible and make the island impossible to invade even if the rest of Earth would join forces to do that.


Oh? The army still needs resupply, and the population needs food? Seems like a siege of an island is pretty easy.




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