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Originally posted by SpeachM1litant
People constantly overestimate and overstate the strength of the Chinese economy and the power of China. US GDP and GDP per capita is still higher than that of China.
The next ten greatest military spenders combined do not make up the military spending of the US together.
reply to post by Recollector
US have 400+ bases all around the world (logistics)
reply to post by cosmicexplorer
China would be a handful but the US military has so much experience better training than any other military in the world..not to mention better tech as well. We spend about as much money on our military as the entire world put together does.
Chairman Hu Jintao has defined the missions of the PLA as:
Consolidate the ruling status of the Communist Party
Help ensure China's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and domestic security in order to continue national development
Safeguard China's expanding national interests
Help maintain world peace[7]
Originally posted by masqua
Originally posted by Garfee
It's not my pissing contest matey, it's theirs.
Duh.
If that is the case, why is there an increasing American presence being established on Australian soil?
This pissing contest has many contestants and it's starting to stink up the place.
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Originally posted by jjjigga
So we're supposed to be impressed by a video that shows a bunch of Chinese soldiers marching? ooOooo they look real tough... Any military can grab 2-4 thousand soldiers and say " hey lets march and look badass so the rest of the world thinks we have a kickass military"
edit: hahha i just watched the vid of those dumbasses tossing around live grenades, what does that teach specifically? that if you don't know how long it takes for a nade to blow you can blow up? most pointless drill ever, lol @ the chinese. yea big bad chinese, they can play hot potato with nades, yea dont mess with them...edit on 23-2-2012 by jjjigga because: lol @ chinese
the live grenade drill is designed to develop self-discipline in the face of danger and it has a very practical lesson as well, the soldiers get used to the time it takes for the grenade to explode which can save your life.
Originally posted by Morg234
Better training than any other military in the world? Is that some kind of joke?
Originally posted by Vitchilo
Look, even third world cesspit North Korea can do it too :
All they do all day is drill to march like that. They do not train to fight, they train to look pretty.
Originally posted by reaxi0n
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Originally posted by jjjigga
So we're supposed to be impressed by a video that shows a bunch of Chinese soldiers marching? ooOooo they look real tough... Any military can grab 2-4 thousand soldiers and say " hey lets march and look badass so the rest of the world thinks we have a kickass military"
edit: hahha i just watched the vid of those dumbasses tossing around live grenades, what does that teach specifically? that if you don't know how long it takes for a nade to blow you can blow up? most pointless drill ever, lol @ the chinese. yea big bad chinese, they can play hot potato with nades, yea dont mess with them...edit on 23-2-2012 by jjjigga because: lol @ chinese
the live grenade drill is designed to develop self-discipline in the face of danger and it has a very practical lesson as well, the soldiers get used to the time it takes for the grenade to explode which can save your life.
No, that is freaking retarded. As a Marine I will tell you grenade fuses are unpredictable. There is no set time to "get used to." That's like saying Russian Roulette teaches you discipline. All you are doing is gambling with your life.
Discipline isn't taught through stupidity.edit on 2-24-12 by reaxi0n because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Originally posted by reaxi0n
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Originally posted by jjjigga
So we're supposed to be impressed by a video that shows a bunch of Chinese soldiers marching? ooOooo they look real tough... Any military can grab 2-4 thousand soldiers and say " hey lets march and look badass so the rest of the world thinks we have a kickass military"
edit: hahha i just watched the vid of those dumbasses tossing around live grenades, what does that teach specifically? that if you don't know how long it takes for a nade to blow you can blow up? most pointless drill ever, lol @ the chinese. yea big bad chinese, they can play hot potato with nades, yea dont mess with them...edit on 23-2-2012 by jjjigga because: lol @ chinese
the live grenade drill is designed to develop self-discipline in the face of danger and it has a very practical lesson as well, the soldiers get used to the time it takes for the grenade to explode which can save your life.
No, that is freaking retarded. As a Marine I will tell you grenade fuses are unpredictable. There is no set time to "get used to." That's like saying Russian Roulette teaches you discipline. All you are doing is gambling with your life.
Discipline isn't taught through stupidity.edit on 2-24-12 by reaxi0n because: (no reason given)
Care to elaborate on the grenade fuse being unpredictable? From my experience and based on the standard British Army grenade the fuse delay is anything from 3 - 4 seconds.edit on 24-2-2012 by TheGreatest because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by reaxi0n
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Originally posted by reaxi0n
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Originally posted by jjjigga
So we're supposed to be impressed by a video that shows a bunch of Chinese soldiers marching? ooOooo they look real tough... Any military can grab 2-4 thousand soldiers and say " hey lets march and look badass so the rest of the world thinks we have a kickass military"
edit: hahha i just watched the vid of those dumbasses tossing around live grenades, what does that teach specifically? that if you don't know how long it takes for a nade to blow you can blow up? most pointless drill ever, lol @ the chinese. yea big bad chinese, they can play hot potato with nades, yea dont mess with them...edit on 23-2-2012 by jjjigga because: lol @ chinese
the live grenade drill is designed to develop self-discipline in the face of danger and it has a very practical lesson as well, the soldiers get used to the time it takes for the grenade to explode which can save your life.
No, that is freaking retarded. As a Marine I will tell you grenade fuses are unpredictable. There is no set time to "get used to." That's like saying Russian Roulette teaches you discipline. All you are doing is gambling with your life.
Discipline isn't taught through stupidity.edit on 2-24-12 by reaxi0n because: (no reason given)
Care to elaborate on the grenade fuse being unpredictable? From my experience and based on the standard British Army grenade the fuse delay is anything from 3 - 4 seconds.edit on 24-2-2012 by TheGreatest because: (no reason given)
Yes you can have an estimate on the fuse, but an estimate is not something to be sure of and screw around with passing it around like little girls in a circle. Most grenades used are chemical based fuses such as our M67s. Chemical fuses have a delay time between 2 and 6 seconds. Would you trust those 4 seconds with it in your hand?
The only sure way to not have a grenade go off in your hand is if you are using an impact grenade.edit on 2-24-12 by reaxi0n because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TheGreatest
Thanks for clearing that up, I am in the process of joining the British Army so I have some knowledge on the subject but not a great deal.
Originally posted by AlexIR
Actually China can destroy the US very easily just by saying: ok give us our money back. Most of the money borrowed by the US was from China.
And about the army, we've seen the infantry but we have no idea what hardware they have, they might have anti matter bombs for what we know.
Originally posted by TheGreatest
China is only spending 2.2% of its GPD on it's military at the moment, that is putting hundreds of thousands of soldiers through training, on a wage and the upkeep and purchase of military hardware. Bear in mind China has the largest economy in the world it will not be a massive dent in their finances should they deploy oversea's.