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5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident

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5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident
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RE: 5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident
November 27, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Yea it was never going to be anywhere near 300 million, especially just for the womens army. Like I said, that number is closer to the amount that could be deemed fit for military service if a draft became necessary.

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RE: 5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident
November 27, 2010 at 5:33 pm (This post was last modified: November 27, 2010 at 5:43 pm by Ace Otana.)
I stand corrected.
Good show old chap. Big Grin

If you put the Armed Forces and the Liberation Army together, that does add up to about 8 million. Still one heck of a force there.
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RE: 5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident
November 27, 2010 at 7:46 pm



I think it's going to be a lot worse than that. Maybe the U.S. Capitol would be collapsed onto the floor.

But of course, we should hope that there is going to be no war in the first place. There will be a lot of damage on both sides.
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RE: 5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident
November 27, 2010 at 9:23 pm
No one, not even the Chinese, have the capability to field a 300 million man/woman army. The logistics alone makes it an impossbility.
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RE: 5 times we almost nuked ourselves by accident
November 28, 2010 at 6:01 am
(November 27, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Ace Wrote:
(November 27, 2010 at 4:16 pm)orogenicman Wrote: Erm, China's military is 3 million strong. Their army, though it is the largest in the world, is 2.25 million strong, much less than the 300 million that was claimed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Liberation_Army

Which is kinda odd. 1.3 billion people, and only 2.25 million in the military. I'm pretty sure China can gather up many millions in times of war. Going up to tens of millions and even more so. I can understand the 2.25 million when there is no war on.

I'm gonna look up a few things when it comes to China's military size and strength. Back soon. Big Grin
Ok I'm back, and I found this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of...med_Forces
While I was running around like an idiot I tripped over this too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou..._of_troops
...Interesting...
The rule of thumb is a country can mobilize 10% of its population for armed service in time of war. So at absolute maximum the Chinese can mobilize 140 million men and women.
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