Be afraid, be very afraid....

[sledgemeister]

Could you ever imagine this marching down Constitution Ave in Washington?

[Majer]

Isn't it nice of them to line up in neat rows, makes target alignment that much easier

[jnevis]

And we can target them too, just like the Afghans and Iraqis:

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/insurgents-used-cell-phone-geotags-to-destroy-ah-64s-in-iraq.htm

[tombogan03884]

And we can target them too, just like the Afghans and Iraqis:

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/insurgents-used-cell-phone-geotags-to-destroy-ah-64s-in-iraq.htm

Sad part is it was probably figured out by a 14 year old while stuffed in his locker at school.   

High school "Jocks" world wide need to remember, "The toes you step on today may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow"     

[santahog]

We would do well to remember that an army that can drill as a unit this well, can fight as a unit, dispite the battlefield "fog of war". Do not discount these people, our nations enemies..
Our commanders would sacrafice security for MWR, as detailed in the link on the AH-64s. Do you suppose that would change, as a unit, were Command to put out orders to the contrary? Not readily, I would suggest...
There's much to be learned from this thread, should pride be put aside..
Just an unwelcome thought...
Joe

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[twyacht]

MORE MOAB'S......

[robheath]

Two things I notice...They are going to all have hyper extended kness with that Hitler inspired march and they are all the same friking higth 4'6" or so

[tombogan03884]

So, you think those pilots got much flight time while this chickenshit was being prepared ?
Just cuz they're pretty don't mean they're actually worth a crap.

[sledgemeister]

Even if there losses was ten to 1 they would still have enough of an army to walk over any country in the world USA included. Luckily they dont have to they just have to call in their loans. Lose a million soldiers dont worry theres another million where they come from, and another, and another and another.


Heres some interesting facts

State       Active    Reserve    Paramilitary    Total    Total per 1000 capita    Active per 1000 capita

China    2,285,000    800,000    1,500,000         4,585,000                3.4               1.7
India     1,325,000    2,142,821    1,300,586         4,768,407                3.9                1.1
Iran      523,000    1,800,000    1,510,000         3,833,000                57.7                7.9
N Korea     1,106,000    8,200,000    189,000         9,495,000                418.9                48.8
Russia    1,027,000    20,000,000 449,000         21,476,000                 153.4               7.3
Vietnam     455,000    5,000,000   40,000         5,495,000                 62                5.1
USA      1,458,219    1,458,500    11,035         2,927,754                 9.3                4.7

[Pathfinder]

A couple thoughts on the video in the OP:

Them commies sure do love their pageants, don't they?

And gaudy uniforms.

Reminded me of insect colonies in its organization. Not putting the Chinese down, but it did lead to that thought, and then to Heinlein's comments about humans and insects.

The discipline that this kind of show requires is incredible, but I wonder how that would translate to the battle space? This demonstrates hours (days? Weeks? Months?) of drill practice (not spent in tactical training in military activities) where people are yelling and undoubtedly flogging for failures. In the Revolutionary War, drill like that was required to maintain unit cohesion in order to maximize firepower with the arms of the day. Today, not so much. Some drill, but not sure that drill to this level really provides value other than being very pretty. IMHO this is very specialized training - which leads me back to Heinlein.

And that leads me to wonder if the Chinese have truly abandoned the "human wave" approach to combat, since as Sledge noted there are always another million to throw in around here someplace?

Compare and contrast this drill with the nature of the assault by Dick Winters and his squad on the 3 German artillery pieces at the start of Normandy as depicted in Band of Brothers.

Is everyone in the world except the US going to bullpups? Brits, French, Israelis, Chinese? I want one!

A couple of well-placed tactical nukes would have ruined the whole parade.