Focus in the "context."
Iraq became a battle-hardened and well-equipped country in the 1980s:
Saddam at the time had the strongest Arab army, no other Arab army came even close, but his army wasn't a match for Pakistan. Saddam had the 4th most powerful military in the world. It's the other way around. Pakistan's military was no match for Saddam's military.
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Saddam at the time had the strongest Arab army, no other Arab army came even close, but his army wasn't a match for Pakistan. Saddam had the 4th most powerful military in the world. It's the other way around. Pakistan's military was no match for Saddam's military.
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I can draw a similar comparison between Iraq and China
as in 1990.
Saddam Hussein would be proud with what he had built for his country by 1990 but his pride turned into HUBRIS.
He chose to annex Kuwait by force in 1990 and disregarded calls from multiple countries to withdraw Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Saddam stood his ground and chose to fight a war with USA instead - his biggest mistake. He also thought that Americans cannot fight Iraq in its home turf.
Guess what was the outcome.
You can say that China has learned lessons from Iraq and built a capable war machine. I can see it.
But it looks like you do not have much idea about apparent limitations of the Chinese weapon systems.
I shall give you some pointers:
West has not been tested in a battle where the enemy has the same access to firepower as Ukraine. US-led forces fought and defeated the Wehrmacht much like any other opposing force around the world where they could execute armored thrusts and/or apply combined arms doctrine. Where the...
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Pakistan Air Force 🇵🇰 Chengdu J-10CE 🐲 multi-role fighter armed with PL-15E BVR and PL-10E HOBS Missiles. PAF really needs to hire some professional photographers to take pictures for its calendars. Those pictures are poorly framed interms of the picture and the setup ...
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No, I don't think so. @LKJ86 says it was from the PLAAF’s official weibo account. That’s as official as it gets, is it not?
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WE can all hope that the issue of Taiwan can be resolved peacefully. By all means.
But to assume that a battle-hardened superpower cannot fight a war with China near its borders? That it is not preparing itself for various possibilities in the Pacific? Dude...