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I not only outrange you but I have alot more accuracy, a flatter trajectory, and about 20 times heavier ball, and a zillion times more powder.

I've seen those After-Action Reports. The major problem is not the weapon but the maintenance. The Guards and Reserves don't do enough of it. The M4s in the RegForce are performing to standards.

It's my general purpose deer/moose/bear gun. I like the range out to 800 yards (not meters). My groupings are 2.7 inches using Remington silvertips for the 1st 3 shots. When compared to my old C1/FN-FAL or even the C7/M16, its damned light and I carry alot less ammo and I am far more lethal...

I have a .30-06 Remington Model 70 with a 8x Magneto scope. Your move.

General, Does that mean you're combat ineffective just after one fight? How fast is the turnaround?

You know, son, you may be an economics major but you suck at military studies. The obvious answer to your scenario is that the MAJORITY of the Pak Forces would become irrevelent if the InA can achive their plans. Oh give me a break. India is still an agricultural society. You will not kill...

Colonel, If you don't mind me asking, how did you get such a cushy job? I mean what qualifications and what competition were there?

A walk in the park? If they're good Generals, they will tell them upfront that they will win but expect 30-40,000 casualties - but they will win. If you start tossing nukes, it will be 10 million on both sides but they still win. 1) You didn't goto war in 2002. 2) You're on defence, they're on...

I've seen too many wars to believe that. If that were true, we would not have come close to nuclear war 9 times with the N5. What is the calculated risk of not doing so? Would India simply cow just because Pakistan rattle the nuclear sabber? Would Pakistan? India can recover ...

If the Generals ain't telling the PM what they can and cannot do, then they're not doing their jobs. And warning orders were flashed within the hour to all units. THAT is a MAJOR option. You're not a military man. I see speed bumps. Very bloody speed bumps but still speed bumps. If the InA...

Mel Again, wake up and smell the coffee I am Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret'd) W Yu, 1st Combat Engineers Regiment, Canadian Forces.

Why don't you wake up and smell coffee? Freedom fighters do not butcher women and children!

And in this case, the military option is a major factor. The Generals would not be doing their job if they did not present the options. Unless you have a problem with English, you've just said it again. The Indian military is more than confident they can take Pakistan. It would be a poor...

Asim, I've been dressed down by the best and worst. You ain't on par with either one. I'm not p!ssed off. I'm annoyed. And when I answer to my civilian bosses, they have the courtesy to listen to my presentation 1st and not make snap judgements based on entirely uninformed judgements. And...

How about letting a military man decide what is defensive and what is offensive. An entire strike corps was mobilized for Kragil with no equivelent mobilization by the PakArmy. The InAF destroyed a PakArmy depot on the Pak side which meant the Pak's side of the Lines of Communications have...

Still, as a gesture, it goes a long way to de-escalate. I have very little hope for genuine peace but maybe the truce can last just a little bit longer.

That's the most famous incident but not the only one. There has been 4 other times in history (Berlin, Berlin Wall, 73 Arab-Israeli War, Reagan build up) that we went to the nuclear trigger - deliberately - on the European side. Add in another 4 on the Sino-American and Sino-Soviet...

Do you have any idea how many times it nearly got hot? We avoided it by sheer **** blind luck. So, you're telling me that you're relying on luck to avoid a nuclear war.

You mean like the way we used to do it across the Iron Curtain? You're determined to repeat our mistakes.

Oh give it a rest, Asim. The US took on the British Empire, the Spanish Empire, the German Empire, and the Imperial Japanese Empire, not to mention the Communist Chinese, the Vietnamese, Iraq, Iran, the Serbs, and then Afghanistan. And you don't see the danger? It would be a much bloodier...