You know, I have had this thought for a while now.
How would the modern military do against Pokemon?
Mostly just out of a sense of curiosity of how such a scenario would play out in a fic. (And helping a friend of mine who is considering implementing such things in a story, right now we're just tossing things around to see what might stick.)
I don't expect the forces from our world to best any of the greater legendaries like Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, and the like, considering such beings are literal gods that very little but their equal can harm.
But as for the lesser legendaries downward I would expect that the military prowess of the combined military forces of Earth would do bloody work, at least with regards to those like the USA, China, Russia, the countries of the European Union, Great Britain, and so forth.
As it stands to reference points, I have no reliable indicator to refer to in any meaningful sense.
The closest I have to reference points at the top of my head are currently the Salvation War and
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11661356/1/Here-We-Go-Again. However, I am not exactly heavily reliant on them due to the former's reputation as human wankfest and the other is a fanfic being from a franchise that is also somewhat a bit of a wankfest with Japanese nationalism. (Albeit both authors at least know what the hell they are talking about, with the former having done with seems to be extremely detailed research into the stuff that is implemented into his story, while the latter is a former U.S Marine tanker who was written a more "realistic" take of how such a scenario would take place, at least for a given value of the word.)
Ultimately I would like to enjoy a deep analysis of our own capabilities against such beings if push came to shove to indulge in it all for the hell of it. I like to see the take of how we would fare from Anons here.
Oh, and have a bump as well.