The size of the weapons that America uses to expand its military presence around the globe can now be assessed with the help of an eye-catching video which has already gone viral online.
The two-minute computer-generated clip "covers everything from a 1.25-inch bullet to 1,000-plus foot aircraft carriers," according to the website Foxtrotalpha.
© Photo : Wikipedia/U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford
USS Gerald R. Ford
© Photo : Wikipedia/U.S. Navy
Released by the YouTube channel MetaBallStudios, the US Army Size Comparison video can hardly be called all-encompassing in terms of showing a full variety of US weapons.
© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov / Go to the mediabankA serviceman stands inside the US military transport aircraft C-5 Galaxy
A serviceman stands inside the US military transport aircraft C-5 Galaxy
© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov
/ "Not everything in the video is technically an Army weapon, but it's still cool to get an idea for the sheer scale of what's in America's military toolbox," Foxtrotalpha said.