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"DAN" wrote in message news:
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a425couple wrote:
The simple reality is that the communists in China have not been
involved in a legitimate shooting war in 75 years.
Bwahahaha!!! What idiots !!!
Whoever wrote this, he should first wash his pen, hand, mouth, butt and rest with some serious detergent. Like sulfuric or Fluoroantimonic acid.
And then look up "China aggression on Vietnam 1979".
Then, further read about the failed aggressions until 1991.
Hello dopey? Oh. It's the Washington Times, that explains... ---------------------------------
As wars go it was very small and restrained, without Chinese air or naval combat involvement and for limited objectives instead of total enemy defeat.
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/china-invades-vietnam
Such gun actions have little value to predict or prepare for a modern high tech fight between major powers, particularly naval ops. China learned more from analyzing Desert Storm.
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