Comments by "" (@death_parade) on "British Army prepares for Nato's biggest show of force since Cold War" video.

  1.  @7stormy334  Just 90,000 troops in NATO's biggest show of force since Cold War to deter an enemy that is actually fighting a war right now? Disappointing. 90,000 troops figure is 3000 troops less than the number of POWs we Indians got the last time we went to war, a war lasting just 13 days. And that was back when we were a much weaker country. The biggest exercise we conducted, we had 800,000 troops deployed. Biggest exercise since the 2nd world war, bigger than any NATO exercise till then. Gave our enemy such a fright that they were shivering even after deploying their entire military in anticipation. I remember how when tensions with China escalated in 2020, Indian Air Force airlifted 68,000 troops and hundreds of ICVs and tanks to the front within days to add to the forces already deployed there. And that was on just one sector of the China front. Exercises involving around 35,000 troops happen in India every year. And smaller exercises involving around 3000 troops happen almost constantly in some frontier areas of India. All this while we have upwards of 150,000 troops constantly deployed in fighting insurgencies and around 40,000 troops are constantly deployed on an active ceasefire line that sees daily ceasefire violations, sniping, raids and ambushes and (less frequently) artillery shelling. And thousands of troops deployed to UN missions. And hundreds deployed to tackle Red Sea crisis. I get that UK doesn't have need for a large Army like we do, but NATO fielding just 90,000 in their "biggest exercise since Cold War is disappointing. No wonder Trump is threatening Europe so harshly. USA realizes the coming shift in world's balance of power, whereas Europeans are chilling in their wokeness.
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  2.  @Muirton66  Fellow Vinland Saga enjoyer!!
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  3.  @arfgrogue5735  Wonder when you folks in NATO will notice that your tech edge is evaporating fast. Only the USA seems to have the wherewithal to maintain the numbers and a tech advantage at the same time. Everybody else needs to rely on allies. Today, USA spends more on its military then the next 10+ largest military spenders combined. By mid-century, it will be hard pressed to spend more than even the next two largest military spenders combined. USA won't have the margins to defend its allies in the coming era. Which is why USA wants allies to stop freeloading. Is a bit hilarious how just a few threatening words from an un-elected Trump are sending jitters across NATO, making them talk about spending more on defence.
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  4. Lmao. Wars in pre-Industrial Europe were kiddy squabbles by Asian standards.
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  5.  @sshep86  Wonder why. I mean, at least 3000-5000 troops in one convoy is pretty normal. That is just one brigade.
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  6. Maybe the Brits can't. But other nations actually have BMD shields deployed to protect their nations. Pakistan, UK and North Korea are the only nuclear powers without a BMD shield.
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  7. Another example is the Indian Army doubling its size in a mere 3 years after losing to China in 1962, then defeating Pakistan in 1965, then doubling its size once more and defeating China in 1967. Although, I think that second doubling took a long time, wasn't complete by 1967.
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