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jkliz

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A 5 year old video of Chinese special forces dealing with pirates on the gulf of Aden. The soldiers seem to be very well equipped except for the absence of scopes on the rifles. I wonder if they're embedding snipers in all of the units to make up for the lack of range due to the absence of scopes.
 
Equation

Equation

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Japan and China will next month conclude an agreement to define procedures for communication between their naval vessels and military aircraft during unexpected encounters to reduce the risk of confrontation, a source told Reuters.

As China's military grows and as Japan looks to expand its Self Defense Force operations beyond home waters to regions such as the South China Sea, encounters between their armed forces are on the rise.

The rules for communication will apply to encounters on the high sea and in international airspace, although China also wants to extend the agreement to cover territorial waters too, the Mainichi newspaper reported earlier.

"We reached agreement on some parts in Beijing on June 19, and believe it is necessary to implement this mechanism quickly, so we will continue talking," Japan's Minister of Defense, Gen Nakatani, said at a press briefing on Friday.

While Japan considers much of the South China Sea to be international waters, China however claims much of the territory, where it is building a series of man-made islands.

A Japanese P3-C patrol plane this week flew over parts of the South China Sea that Beijing claims during a search and rescue exercise with the Philippine military. China criticized the drill as "meddling" by Tokyo.
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plawolf

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Another misleading article, who's intentions are made clear by its pointless mentioning of corruption. No doubt they were trying to plant the idea that PLA troopers are not getting decent meals because of corruption without actually explicitly saying something they know they have zero evidence to support, but if the reader made the connection themselves... See what they did there?

But back to the facts, there are actually two distinct kinds of rations PLA troopers get, standard and combat.

Standard rations are freshly prepared each meal at base canteens, and are usually done to a fairly decent standard.

So troopers used to that standard of food would grumble when they are reduced to eating bland combat rations that are pre-packaged and designed to last nearly forever.

I can see the merits of both sides of the argument within the PLA.

On the one hand, these are soldiers, and when deployed out in the field, they can't expect to still be pampered like they are still at home living with their parents.

OTOH, it wouldn't cost that much more to invest in combat rations that tasted a bit better and offered more choice to improve troop moral.

Either way, I see this as more of a peacetime non-issue.

Troopers only pack their own snacks because they know they are on exercise for short periods of time.

If it was a real combat deployment, their minds would be occupied by far more important matters, and after a few day out in the field, troopers who originally turned their noses up at the bland combat rations will quickly find their appetites again.
 
kwaigonegin

kwaigonegin

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plawolf said:
Another misleading article, who's intentions are made clear by its pointless mentioning of corruption. No doubt they were trying to plant the idea that PLA troopers are not getting decent meals because of corruption without actually explicitly saying something they know they have zero evidence to support, but if the reader made the connection themselves... See what they did there?

But back to the facts, there are actually two distinct kinds of rations PLA troopers get, standard and combat.

Standard rations are freshly prepared each meal at base canteens, and are usually done to a fairly decent standard.

So troopers used to that standard of food would grumble when they are reduced to eating bland combat rations that are pre-packaged and designed to last nearly forever.

I can see the merits of both sides of the argument within the PLA.

On the one hand, these are soldiers, and when deployed out in the field, they can't expect to still be pampered like they are still at home living with their parents.

OTOH, it wouldn't cost that much more to invest in combat rations that tasted a bit better and offered more choice to improve troop moral.

Either way, I see this as more of a peacetime non-issue.

Troopers only pack their own snacks because they know they are on exercise for short periods of time.

If it was a real combat deployment, their minds would be occupied by far more important matters, and after a few day out in the field, troopers who originally turned their noses up at the bland combat rations will quickly find their appetites again.
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Didn't some guy post a video of PLA MREs.. iirc he said the mre's were quite delicious.
 
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