The myth around the A-10 is among the weirdest things about civilian defense discussions. The aircraft has a reputation it doesn't come close to deserving. USAF tried to retire it many times, politicians didn't allow them. Currently, it is kept operational for political purposes. A few congress members are trying to keep jobs in their districts.
Would be some kind of gesture of goodwill that will never bring any reward to China from the US side. I think everyone have given enough to the US, it's just a black hole presently, they learned well from Ukraine.
It became a legend due to GWOT. US SOF and infantry really relied on A-10’s to provide CAS against the Taliban who would use superior positioning and terrain for ambushes. Given how popular SOF and infantry are (especially the former) among the civilian populace, A-10 advocates typically rile them up to put pressure on lawmakers.
A lot of US military helicopter crashes lately... two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collided over Fort Campbell in Trigg County in late march 2023 and another crashed solo in Huntsville, Alabama in February 2023 killing two crewmembers.
China could get as much high quality population as it wants in the future artificial womb and crispr gene editing are a thing guess which country is the global leader in both, Why do you think CPC became so anti-feminist recently even going as far as to tell high income c level women activists to marry poor rural farmers to have kids when former demanded state welfare funding for child birth, they were trolling, Population problem is already solved and no need to put up with those "Ice cream sellers" anymore, China could even have 51% percent of global population to tie down world consumer market and essentially control the global economy
That's the biggest craziest assumption one could make. That's like saying Trump has more money then Einstein so assuming he's equally competent at physics, he could design out-design Einstein!
In China, we hold nothing more worthy of disdain and scorn than someone who denies his roots and pretends to be something that he is not. In Chinese, pan4tu is the term for traitor and can easily be used to joke with someone (ie. when someone bows out of your party early to join another one or when a dog leaves you the second you have no more food to give him), but never han4jian1 as that means race traitor, and is a soul-searing insult, the worst you can use against someone. If I were there and this clown showed discomfort at conversing in Russian, I would have played recordings of Zelensky himself speaking Russian during his comedy routines so he can hear what he is.
Yeah it makes no sense. It can't survive in actual combat, and if the famous GUA-8 can kill tanks, MBTs would be spraying each other with 30mm instead of massive 120mm guns.
Serves US right for stealing oil bound for China