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How would their fortunes change? What would have happened to the JF-17 and the Pakistani aviation industry? What cost would they have to pay for the Rafales? India is getting them at $250 million PER PLANE, that's enough for 10 JF-17s plus munitions and more.

Well, $10 trillion is about what China produces in one year, you'll need a lot more money than that if you wanna keep up.

The people who run Vietnam are not stupid, they understand full well that nobody will offer Vietnam any substantive help. On the other hand, they also understand that if they do not act tough, they'll be ousted by their own people since their legitimacy is based on economic progress and...

I see, you have no idea what might is right means. Why do I even bother arguing with an illiterate, racist, homophobe?

Let me get this straight, so you blame the Americans for "letting" the Chinese take the Paracels while they shed their blood and spent their money to hold off the Communists for decades, yet you expect them to help you take back those very same islands now? You want democracy and you admit to...

OK, clearly you need yo learn English better. I didn't say jack shiz about China being mighty. I'm trying to teach all you idiots, both Chinese and Vietnamese, that nobody gives a shiz who has the better claim on the islands. It's yours if you want it, you can take it and you can hold it...

Wtf does that even mean? Who gives a shiz about titles?

Who gives a shiz about all this legal and historical claims crap. The island is yours if you want it, can take it, and can hold it. Every piece of land on this planet can have competing claims because because nobody is the first to discover it. You think the British gave two shiz about...

Really? You're realizing this just now? If all you numbnuts realized this 50 years ago you would at least be enjoying the living standards of the Thais if not the South Koreans. Instead you died by the millions in a meaningless war. It's OK, it's still not too late, there are plenty of Viets...

Of course it's the same person. In fact, this is something that already happens--every atom that comprises our bodies gets replaced many times throughout our lifetimes. Think about it, we eat and drink many times our body weight each year, and we're constantly excreting parts of us via urine...

He's both. The populist ideals are leftist. He's being removed because of his populist route to power.

I doubt that. Corruption is a systemic issue, not a personnel issue. The problem right now is that people don't resent those extremely rich and flaunting people because they believe they can become them. 30 years ago there were basically no such rich folks in China, but now there are many...

I'd say just about everything in that article is true, both the good and the bad.

That's a pretty interesting observation, but I'd argue that the problem goes a bit deeper than that. In fact, the real cause of this phenomenon is at the root of many problems: money. You see, it takes money to fail. Every time you fail, you "waste" money. I put the word waste in quotations...

Basically, nothing really happened on 1/11, as I predicted. It's ludicrous to think that the PLA holds any date in high enough regard to adjust important things like weapons testing schedules to accommodate it. 1/11 isn't even a special date, all it has is a bunch of 1's, whatever happened...

The article posted by the OP states so as well. Obviously the Thai army/government wouldn't do something like this, so it's probably ordered, as the article states, by some local "tycoon"(i.e. crime lord) who's got some local army officers on the payroll. They probably threatened these...

The guy on FYJS who posted this news says that the J-16 is actually smaller than the Su-27 though, and he mentioned that he's a bit confused regarding its intended role because of it.

How much do you think a F-22 and a Su-35 cost? I doubt the Su-35 is a cheap plane, it probably costs at least around $70 million, and over $80 million for export versions. The F-22 is expensive for sure, but I don't think they're over $200 million dollars each.

For India, the answer is embarrassing.

Both the Japanese and the Korean "sources" are quoting from the same website, they cannot independently confirm each other. If a major nuclear leak happened, radiations would be detected in South Korea and Japan, and you can bet that their governments and citizens won't stay quiet about it...