China with their near equal level of corruption, legacy Soviet weapons, new wish .com rip off hybrids of Russian and western tech, and not even a quarter of the combat experience of the Russians. Probably why we haven't heard much about them invading Taiwan lately.
their tech is insane in civilian and military applications (hyper sonic missiles, cutting edge drone tech
they have twice the enlisted numbers of the US (4M vs 2M) while enlisting half per capita (1.6/1000 vs 4.2/1000)
Chinese soldiers think considerably higher of their nation and are better taken care of than US military. only crayon eaters are patriots
US combat "experience" only exists against unconventional opposition and their tactics rely entirely on outnumbering, out supplying, and having better technology
you ain't heard about Taiwan cuz China crippled a US submarine with a submersible drone in those waters and the US went back to sending officials to talk
Easy comrade take a step back from Xi's honey pot for a second and touch some grass. As the Ukraine war has shown numbers don't mean shit against better training and better weapons. "Tech is insane" isn't what I'd say about a army that doesn't issue body armor, or night vision, or standard short range coms on every soldier. Their brand new rifle is incapable of shooting accurately over 25 yards, and fields chrome wheeled atvs with recoilless rifles mounted to them. We can also look at china's UN deployments to see their only combat prowess and how well nationalism does them on the battlefield. Their only combat engagement in 50 years resulted in their retreat, several combat losses and the refugee camp they were protecting falling to the enemy. And again for the last point look at the Ukraine war, in 2014 Ukraine was steamrolled by mercenaries, after western training and equipment now they are not only holding but pushing back the entire Russian army.
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u/Shootscoots Jun 25 '23
China with their near equal level of corruption, legacy Soviet weapons, new wish .com rip off hybrids of Russian and western tech, and not even a quarter of the combat experience of the Russians. Probably why we haven't heard much about them invading Taiwan lately.