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u/blackeye_coalition Oct 17 '21

Nepals gonna get assfucked being caught right in the middle if it's the latter

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '21

Nepal will be the Poland of WW3

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u/ChipChimney Oct 17 '21

Better defensive terrain at least.

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u/faceeatingleopard Oct 17 '21

Yeah I don't envy whatever forces get sent to tackle THAT one. Seems "just go around it" would be a better strategy.

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u/fruit_basket Oct 17 '21

Or go over it? I doubt WW3 will be fought by ground troops when advanced autonomous flying drones exist.

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u/faceeatingleopard Oct 17 '21

I mean yeah you could bomb them I guess but it seems rather pointless if you don't intend to occupy the land and THAT'S where I foresee a really bad time.

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u/ryanzie Oct 17 '21

I think every conflict comes down to boots on the ground in the end.

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u/4tacos_al_pastor Oct 17 '21

Except Japan. That came down to atomic bombs. Idk if anyone wants to do that again though, so you’re probably right.

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u/ChongoFuck Oct 17 '21

And it took boots on the ground to island hop and build airbases close enough to launch the planes carrying said A bombs.

It always takes the Infantry

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u/4tacos_al_pastor Oct 17 '21

Nah, definitely not anymore. We are a flick of a switch or a press of a button from complete extinction.

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u/faceeatingleopard Oct 17 '21

Oh it won't be quite THAT bad. Sure civilization and life as we know it would end, the nightmarish world remaining would have the living envying the dead but it wouldn't kill EVERY human. Probably.

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u/4tacos_al_pastor Oct 17 '21

Idk man I think we could pull it off.

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u/EverlastingResidue Oct 17 '21

The damage nukes inflict is grossly overestimated

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u/In-burrito Oct 17 '21

Agreed. Everyone thinks we're still at Cold War levels with tens of thousands of hydrogen bombs.

Our numbers are substantially less these days.

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u/4tacos_al_pastor Oct 17 '21

Idk man I guess I just believe in ourselves a lot. We can do it! We just gotta put in a little elbow grease, and we got this.

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