Brainsucker
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This is exactly what I was about to say but you said it even better. Most Chinese members here seem to miss the point you just made. Experience is a big advantage since it helps find flaws that you will never find without actual real life scenarios. The Russians learned ALOT from their short war with Georgia and this helped them reformed many layers of their militar, doctrine and equipment . Same with the war in Eastern Ukraine they did learn from this and adjusted their military accordingly. Same with the war in Syria it has been well documented how Russian military publicly claimed how they have learned a lot from this war and have taken measures to streamline their military and equipments accordingly. These are flaws they would have never found had they not engaged in this conflicts. War in Libya is another conflict where Russian soldiers (in guise of private military contractors Wagner group) are still learning alot from this conflict. Russian military has changed and improved alot due to their experiences gained from this conflicts. Comparatively, we can agree that China learned ALOT from the Korean war and Vietnam invasion which they still use as lessons to this day. I'm sure they won't deny that. So this shows the importance of experience and practical lessons . Theory is only that i.e just theories. Many members here forget these facts . China today is way behind in this aspect.
The problem is, that experience has become an idea. And that idea evolve into science. That experience is not something that kept by individual soldiers who involve in the war. So because of that China can still learn from that experience even if they're not involve in any war. Because that experience has become science, and science can be learnt by anyone.