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Dante80 posted:https://twitter.com/SushantSin/status/1272935871642251267 Imagine being in those conditions during a COVID-19 pandemic. An outbreak would quickly decimate any force.
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Darth Walrus posted:Fistfights in the Himalayas, remember. Our regular Everest thread is a helpful reminder that even minor injuries will deeply gently caress you over up there. Conditions aren't nearly that deadly where the fighting took place, but the hypothermia claims make sense if they were a result of people falling into the river during the fighting.
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Conspiratiorist posted:Conditions aren't nearly that deadly where the fighting took place, but the hypothermia claims make sense if they were a result of people falling into the river during the fighting. Are there any details about where exactly the exchange took place?
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Count Roland posted:Are there any details about where exactly the exchange took place? Galwan Valley in the Ladakh region. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/20-indian-soldiers-dead-in-clash-with-china-100018 indian media posted:Detailing the incident, sources said it occurred as an altitude of almost 15,000 feet. The Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) of China, which was in talks with Indian Army for both sides to withdraw from the forty---day long stand-off, had build a fresh post and set up arctic tents at vantage position on the south bank of the Galwan river. The post gave a clear view to Chinese of the vital 255 kms Darbuk Shayok Daulat Baig Oldie (DSDBO), India’s only link to Depsang, Murgo ad Karokaram pass. This was unacceptable to India. The post was some 5 km from the DSDBO road, the Galwan river flows in an east-to-west direction and joins the river Shyok. Sounds like it was a pretty brutal circa 2000 men melee.
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I mean... that is some remarkable discipline that no one grabbed for his gun.
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Dawncloack posted:I mean... that is some remarkable discipline that no one grabbed for his gun. IIRC, deescalation treaties mean they literally aren't given guns.
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Darth Walrus posted:IIRC, deescalation treaties mean they literally aren't given guns. I find this difficult to believe, though not more difficult than 1800 people fighting and nobody shooting a bullet. Once one side gets some shields and re-invents the phalanx its all over.
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This is getting freaking ridiculous.Count Roland posted:I find this difficult to believe, though not more difficult than 1800 people fighting and nobody shooting a bullet. Yup, give them bows and spears and we're going to have some sick historical reenactment there.
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Angry Lobster posted:Yup, give them bows and spears and we're going to have some sick historical reenactment there. 
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037quote:An image has emerged showing a crude weapon purportedly used by Chinese forces in the fatal brawl along China's disputed border with India on Monday.  quote:Defence analyst Ajai Shukla, who first tweeted the image, described the use of such weapons as "barbarism". The absence of firearms in the clash dates back to a 1996 agreement between the two sides that guns and explosives be prohibited along the disputed stretch of the border, to deter escalation.
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Since both sides are holding on to the old 1996 agreement to have no guns or explosives used within 2 miles of the disputed regions, I surprised that neither side brought a real sword or pole-ax to the region. You'd think a proper melee weapon would be better than a spiked club, and both countries have old traditions of swordsmanship.
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Darth Walrus posted:Fistfights in the Himalayas, remember. Our regular Everest thread is a helpful reminder that even minor injuries will deeply gently caress you over up there. I miss the everest thread. Arrogant rich people are by far the favoured demographic for alpine expiration. It's not fun when it's people getting paid
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3762301 it's still around, just not terribly active
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You left out: quote:It was passed to the BBC by a senior Indian military official on the India-China border, who said the weapons had been used by the Chinese.
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Yes, about that. IndiaTV quotes Army HQ saying it's fake: Platystemon posted:https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/fact-check-nail-studded-iron-rod-photo-social-media-galwan-indian-chinese-soldiers-627313 Dont believe
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Anyone got any good pieces on the current COVID carnage in India and how it came about? As in, stuff that's more specific and detailed than 'the BJP are fash and public healthcare has been comprehensively dismantled over the past few decades'.
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Darth Walrus posted:Anyone got any good pieces on the current COVID carnage in India and how it came about? As in, stuff that's more specific and detailed than 'the BJP are fash and public healthcare has been comprehensively dismantled over the past few decades'. quote:First, there was a slower response to the second wave. India took swift action when the pandemic first took hold last year, imposing one of the most aggressive lockdowns in the world....
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Time Magazine has more details on the Indian apocalypse. Estimates have the real death rate as ten thousand per day. Christ.
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I'm almost surprised it's not higher, as the US had 3000+ deaths/day for a while, and India has roughly four times the US population. I just hope it somehow levels out as soon as possible.
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Number_6 posted:I'm almost surprised it's not higher, as the US had 3000+ deaths/day for a while, and India has roughly four times the US population. I just hope it somehow levels out as soon as possible. Yeah, reading the coverage, I'm afraid that doesn't seem likely. The BJP has been holding gigantic rallies as recently as last week, and spreading some truly bizarre misinformation about the disease (did you know it can be cured by drinking cow piss?).
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Darth Walrus posted:Yeah, reading the coverage, I'm afraid that doesn't seem likely. The BJP has been holding gigantic rallies as recently as last week, and spreading some truly bizarre misinformation about the disease (did you know it can be cured by drinking cow piss?). I can get you a bucket of covid cure by tomorrow morning, $25.
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I wonder if the total death count in India from covid will reach 8 figures before it stabilizes. (Now why are so many 30-40 year olds dying from this as well there?)
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Grouchio posted:I wonder if the total death count in India from covid will reach 8 figures before it stabilizes. Ramshackle healthcare, high smoking rates, and tons of air pollution. Probably lots of comorbidities to go around.
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Aha. The vast majority of cases are in Mumbai and Maharashtra, known heartland of the Shiv Sena ultranationalists/fascists probably ignoring the poo poo out of covid. Who would've thunk? Hope this hubris decapitates most of their leadership. Grouchio fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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Darth Walrus posted:Time Magazine has more details on the Indian apocalypse. Estimates have the real death rate as ten thousand per day. Christ. All the estimates I've seen have said 5 to 10 times the reported numbers. That would be 12.5 - 25 k a day.
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Grouchio posted:Aha. The vast majority of cases are in Mumbai and Maharashtra, known heartland of the Shiv Sena ultranationalists/fascists probably ignoring the poo poo out of covid. Who would've thunk? Modi richly deserves to end life sucking his last breath out of a ventilator, but so did Trump and we all remember that disappointment.
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Charlz Guybon posted:All the estimates I've seen have said 5 to 10 times the reported numbers. That would be 12.5 - 25 k a day. Half a million a month. gently caress
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Outrail posted:Half a million a month. gently caress Ravaging a population this size seemingly completely unchecked is going to throw up numbers that seem impossibly nightmarish.
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Flayer posted:In a population that just the bit over a billion could fit the entirety of Russia twice and with plenty of room to spare
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Given the oxygen shortages being reported, it's not surprising to see death rates this high. It's gotten to the point where having to be hospitalized is analogous to a death sentence, because the beds and equipment just aren't there. This is literally the flatten the curve argument playing out, people who most likely would have survived aren't even getting the chance to be triaged, demand is so high.
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Flayer posted:In a population that just the bit over a billion could fit the entirety of Russia twice and with plenty of room to spare Darth Walrus posted:Time Magazine has more details on the Indian apocalypse. Estimates have the real death rate as ten thousand per day. Christ. quote:Three health officials who asked to remain anonymous told me they believe that the daily number of COVID-19 deaths in India has already crossed the 10,000 figure. There is no escape from it; in the past week alone, I have lost four people to COVID-19—a distant relative, my next-door neighbor, and two of my closest friends, both in their mid-30s. Grouchio posted:Hope this hubris decapitates most of their leadership.
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Budzilla posted:Not nitpick, India could fit into Russia 5 times with room to spare. I think the point was that you could double the population of Russia and that is equal to the part of the Indian population over 1b.
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Bel Shazar posted:I think the point was that you could double the population of Russia and that is equal to the part of the Indian population over 1b.
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Budzilla posted:Well Russia has a population of 150 million and declining. So my misreading is even more accurate. wtf I thought they were crawling with people.
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