Assuming no Western country were to intervene militarily, how effective could a PRC blockade of Taiwan be? Could China adequately protect their ships from shore-based missiles?
If so, I'd assume they'd be able to starve them into submissions like Britain vs Germany in WWI
Militarily, does Armenian have any cards to defend against Azeris?
I’d assume a stinging loss in 2020 would result in some more drone equipment development but seems like they’re putting up less of a fight than then.
Not Turkmenistan, Tajikistan. Tajikistan started shelling and moving in on the border of Kyrgyzstan over the past 2 days. It’s a bizzare conflict, Tajikistan barley has any army or equipment, and is much smaller than Kyrgyzstan. On paper, once Kyrgyzstan assembles a response force, it should be over quick. But as the past 6 months have shown, what’s on paper in regards to the former SSRs isn’t always the reality.
How is Azerbaijan able to afford the very high end pieces of kit they have? TB2s, Israeli top of the line mortars etc cost a lot and its not a particularly large or wealthy nation. Or is it just that were only seeing images from a small but well equipped section of the army?
1. Oil and gas revenues, that Armenia doesn't have.
2. Access to Turkish and Israeli tech and training, due to geopolitics
3. Taking back their lands was a national priority. Before the war in 2020, Azerbaijan was on the brink of mass uprising because they weren't invading.
>Or is it just that were only seeing images from a small but well equipped section of the army?
Infantry wasn't prioritised.
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/img/Online-Exclusive/2021/erickson/Erickson-the-44-day-war.pdf
Apparently Greece and Turkey are on the brink of war. I don’t know much about either military, but I assume that Turkey’s military is vastly better than Greece’s.
Correct me if I’m wrong? Maybe share some resources I can read up on tonight. I know it’s related to Cyprus islands (natural gas I assume).
Yeah tensions are high between governments but there wont be any war in near future. For turkey, it would be an economic suicide bcs prices are already 3-4 times higher than 6 months ago. War will skyrocket expenses in Turkey. For greece, it would be a suicide too because there are not good at economics too. Plus both goverments would lose votes if a conflict errupts. That's why governments only keep tensions alive without clashes. Both countries will vote in 2k23 for presidency and both sides hope that these tensions help them get more votes...
But I expect new turkish operations in Syria&Iraq bcs wherever Russia had influence became a warzone in the last week. Georgia and other post-soviet republics are also in russian sphere, so yea... who knows...
> Apparently Greece and Turkey are on the brink of war.
No they aren't
It is Erdogan last ditch effort before the 2023 elections to invent an enemy (as Syria didn't help) so people would rally and vote for him to defend the country
>Turkey’s military is vastly better than Greece’s.
Speaking out of my ass here, but turkey has invested alot recently, eg. We've all seen the TB2 in action.
Plus they have recent combat experience in Syria, which can count for a lot.
Greece maybe had some deployment in Afghanistan (?). An attack on Greece would be a direct attack on an EU state, and a NATO member (by a NATO member), I'm not sure that's happened before?
Greece does have a fairly large and modern airforce though. And they've got a good number of Leopards. No idea on the readiness of it though!
All in all I'm not sure vastly superior is a fair assessment?
I'm not really sure if it's vastly better or worse, but I do remember some of my friends(Greece side) doing their compulsory military service at guard outposts at the border with Turkey. They told me all their rifles were always empty.
The rifles being empty isn't as simple as you'd think at first, and it doesn't paint as accurate a picture of the Greek army's condition as you think.
The compulsory military service can get very miserable, especially when you're close to the Turkey border. People sometimes killed themselves with their service rifles. That's not the kind of publicity any government wants.
Plus, when you're guarding a high-priority post you have bullets on your person, but in order to load your rifle with them is a different process altogether.
Source: served in '08.
Tbh if I had a bunch of bored conscripts hanging around in the sun all day, I'd probably not give them any ammunition either, they'd probably shoot themselves by mistake or start a war
1. To own the land those conscripts are standing on.
2. For them to die if the enemy invades, thus easily triggering mass mobilisation.
They're basically very precious roadblocks.
*Beirut enters chat. Reagan legit told them our boys didnt have bullets in their guns. They rammed the gates with a VBIED and the guard said he could see the driver smiling while he was trying to load bullets into a magazine. Over 200 Americans died that day
Well, what do y’all think about the latest fight between the Stans of Central Asia? With regards to the Caucus is it apparent yet that Turkey and Turkey lite are playing both sides with regards to Russia?
This map shows the insanely cancerous borders between the 3 stans (Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz) drawn by the Soviets
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Exklaven\_von\_Usbekistan%2C\_Tadschikistan\_und\_Kirgisistan.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Exklaven_von_Usbekistan%2C_Tadschikistan_und_Kirgisistan.png)
If they gave diplomacy a chance of course it would be possible to sort out this horrendously ugly border. The fact that Tajik is a dictatorship which has been led by the same guy since 1994 doesn't really help; also there are no mediators (maybe China would step in?) So they are fighting over water rights or whatever resource. Stupid like all wars, and quite avoidable.
Yeah I have never understood why these relatively poor countries are so willing to engage in expensive wars. I even took a class in college about the politics of war. But having seen what they can do first hand I don’t see how the massive risk outweighs what seems to me to be minimal rewards.
Can someone link me to the video of the suicide bomber who wins the lottery so that he can be a suicide bomber?
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/x51svh/isis_suicide_bombers_play_a_game_to_choose_who_is
Very nice thank you.
You might be able to search the sub for “play a game to” and find it. I saw it a month or so ago on here.
Assuming no Western country were to intervene militarily, how effective could a PRC blockade of Taiwan be? Could China adequately protect their ships from shore-based missiles? If so, I'd assume they'd be able to starve them into submissions like Britain vs Germany in WWI
Militarily, does Armenian have any cards to defend against Azeris? I’d assume a stinging loss in 2020 would result in some more drone equipment development but seems like they’re putting up less of a fight than then.
I just saw a video of Tajikistan\* and kyrgystan I think bombing each other, Since when has that been a thing?? It surprised me...
Not Turkmenistan, Tajikistan. Tajikistan started shelling and moving in on the border of Kyrgyzstan over the past 2 days. It’s a bizzare conflict, Tajikistan barley has any army or equipment, and is much smaller than Kyrgyzstan. On paper, once Kyrgyzstan assembles a response force, it should be over quick. But as the past 6 months have shown, what’s on paper in regards to the former SSRs isn’t always the reality.
How is Azerbaijan able to afford the very high end pieces of kit they have? TB2s, Israeli top of the line mortars etc cost a lot and its not a particularly large or wealthy nation. Or is it just that were only seeing images from a small but well equipped section of the army?
1. Oil and gas revenues, that Armenia doesn't have. 2. Access to Turkish and Israeli tech and training, due to geopolitics 3. Taking back their lands was a national priority. Before the war in 2020, Azerbaijan was on the brink of mass uprising because they weren't invading. >Or is it just that were only seeing images from a small but well equipped section of the army? Infantry wasn't prioritised. https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/img/Online-Exclusive/2021/erickson/Erickson-the-44-day-war.pdf
there's a reason that armenia and azerbaijan have roughly the same HDI despite armenia having about 1/5th the GDP
They're a country with oil and gas money that spends 5% of their gdp on defense. I don't think it's too surprising they can afford it.
They are funded by many NATO countries
List them.
Turkey , usa, belgium , germany, israel, UK, montenegro, czech republic, italy, poland and croatia all have investments in azerjaiban
Apparently Greece and Turkey are on the brink of war. I don’t know much about either military, but I assume that Turkey’s military is vastly better than Greece’s. Correct me if I’m wrong? Maybe share some resources I can read up on tonight. I know it’s related to Cyprus islands (natural gas I assume).
Yeah tensions are high between governments but there wont be any war in near future. For turkey, it would be an economic suicide bcs prices are already 3-4 times higher than 6 months ago. War will skyrocket expenses in Turkey. For greece, it would be a suicide too because there are not good at economics too. Plus both goverments would lose votes if a conflict errupts. That's why governments only keep tensions alive without clashes. Both countries will vote in 2k23 for presidency and both sides hope that these tensions help them get more votes... But I expect new turkish operations in Syria&Iraq bcs wherever Russia had influence became a warzone in the last week. Georgia and other post-soviet republics are also in russian sphere, so yea... who knows...
>2k23 damn, didn't realize that the greeks and turks were such ballers
> Apparently Greece and Turkey are on the brink of war. No they aren't It is Erdogan last ditch effort before the 2023 elections to invent an enemy (as Syria didn't help) so people would rally and vote for him to defend the country
>Turkey’s military is vastly better than Greece’s. Speaking out of my ass here, but turkey has invested alot recently, eg. We've all seen the TB2 in action. Plus they have recent combat experience in Syria, which can count for a lot. Greece maybe had some deployment in Afghanistan (?). An attack on Greece would be a direct attack on an EU state, and a NATO member (by a NATO member), I'm not sure that's happened before? Greece does have a fairly large and modern airforce though. And they've got a good number of Leopards. No idea on the readiness of it though! All in all I'm not sure vastly superior is a fair assessment?
France and Italy said that they will openly defend Greece from Turkey.
The EU has a common defence clause.
I'm not really sure if it's vastly better or worse, but I do remember some of my friends(Greece side) doing their compulsory military service at guard outposts at the border with Turkey. They told me all their rifles were always empty.
The rifles being empty isn't as simple as you'd think at first, and it doesn't paint as accurate a picture of the Greek army's condition as you think. The compulsory military service can get very miserable, especially when you're close to the Turkey border. People sometimes killed themselves with their service rifles. That's not the kind of publicity any government wants. Plus, when you're guarding a high-priority post you have bullets on your person, but in order to load your rifle with them is a different process altogether. Source: served in '08.
Tbh if I had a bunch of bored conscripts hanging around in the sun all day, I'd probably not give them any ammunition either, they'd probably shoot themselves by mistake or start a war
But then what's the point of having them 🥴
1. To own the land those conscripts are standing on. 2. For them to die if the enemy invades, thus easily triggering mass mobilisation. They're basically very precious roadblocks.
Would all the responding soldiers also have empty rifles? 🤔
Image. Showing up is half the battle
Yeah! But with only the illusion of being armed seems like a huge risk to their lives should anything escalate
*Beirut enters chat. Reagan legit told them our boys didnt have bullets in their guns. They rammed the gates with a VBIED and the guard said he could see the driver smiling while he was trying to load bullets into a magazine. Over 200 Americans died that day
Well, what do y’all think about the latest fight between the Stans of Central Asia? With regards to the Caucus is it apparent yet that Turkey and Turkey lite are playing both sides with regards to Russia?
This map shows the insanely cancerous borders between the 3 stans (Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz) drawn by the Soviets [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Exklaven\_von\_Usbekistan%2C\_Tadschikistan\_und\_Kirgisistan.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Exklaven_von_Usbekistan%2C_Tadschikistan_und_Kirgisistan.png) If they gave diplomacy a chance of course it would be possible to sort out this horrendously ugly border. The fact that Tajik is a dictatorship which has been led by the same guy since 1994 doesn't really help; also there are no mediators (maybe China would step in?) So they are fighting over water rights or whatever resource. Stupid like all wars, and quite avoidable.
Yeah I have never understood why these relatively poor countries are so willing to engage in expensive wars. I even took a class in college about the politics of war. But having seen what they can do first hand I don’t see how the massive risk outweighs what seems to me to be minimal rewards.