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supersnoop

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Thecore said:
I kinda miss when the US actually was intimidating back when "black projects" actually meant something. It was actually pretty scary when the B-2 and F-117 project existences were vehemently denied with a slight wink by the US government and then all of a sudden one day they appeared to the public and within a year were successfully causing havoc on US enemies. Nowadays, they don't have that aura and as a result of declining material power, they have to rely on an Indian-esque strategy of non-stop bluster and chest puffing. Kinda pathetic when considering where they were a few short decades ago.
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Back in the 90’s, flight sims like Joint Strike Fighters provided a glimpse into the exciting capabilities of the next generation of US fighters. 30 years later, the planes delivered are half functional and only causing havoc on governmental budgets. Instead of flight sims, you’d probably be more successful releasing a retro-8/16-bit graphics business sim to reflect the time period where the programs were conceived.

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British soldiers to be trained on Call of Duty to 'sharpen their combat skills'​

General Sir Tom Copinger-Symes made the remarks as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) unveiled the launch of the International Defence Esports Games (IDEG) on Friday.

The tournament will see Britain’s top “future cyber warriors” battle it out against military teams from 40 other nations as they face off in a number of virtual shooting games.

Players will also compete in the drone-simulation game VelociDrone, which has already been tested out by Ukrainian soldiers. Defence chiefs say having troops play these games will heighten their combat skills in real-life situations.

It replicates the sort of scenarios that have become commonplace in battlefields in Ukraine, where operators use small drones to attack troops and vehicles, and is being used as a way to help train Britain’s own operators.

General Sir Tom, deputy commander of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command, said: “Lessons from conflicts, including Ukraine, have demonstrated the real-world value of gaming technology in training drone operators and enhancing cyber capabilities.

“IDEG will strengthen our war-fighting readiness whilst building crucial partnerships with allied nations who share our commitment to technological innovation in defence.”

The MoD said: “Personnel develop critical battlefield skills through competitive gaming, such as tracking multiple threats at once, directing soldiers on the ground, performing under intense pressure and changing tactics based on live intelligence.”

In 2024, Britain officially recognised electronic sports, or “esports”, as a military sport.

Defence chiefs are hoping to entice gamers to join the military amid a lull in recruitment. Our army now is as small as it was in the Napoleonic times, despite critics warning for years that the world is becoming more dangerous.

Currently, we have a target of 76,000 regular forces, but latest numbers show that it's only around 70,000.

Government insiders have said that there will be new efforts to cut red tape in joining our army, navy and air force, too - including ditching old blockers like if a candidate had asthma as a child, which would usually rule people out.

In February, the armed forces announced it will accelerate the recruitment of "cyber warriors" following more than 90,000 online attacks on Britain over the past two years.

Specialist recruits will see their basic training reduced from 10 weeks to just one month and will be offered starting salaries of £40,000—among the highest in the armed forces—as the UK strengthens its cyber defences.

After completing their initial training, recruits will undergo three months of specialist instruction at the Defence Cyber Academy in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, before being deployed to operational roles by the end of the year.

The initial pilot scheme aims to recruit around 32 specialists in 2025, with numbers expected to increase in future years.

The cyber roles will initially be part of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, with the Army set to join recruitment campaigns from 2026 onwards.

This week, Luke Pollard, the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, told LBC’s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast that the Government was pressing ahead with a major expansion of munitions production and opening new drone factories, saying ministers had “identified 13 sites across the United Kingdom for new munitions factories”.

Speaking as the Commons Defence Committee published a stark warning about Britain’s readiness for conflict, Mr Pollard said: “We’ve committed to build at least six of those factories using UK government money this Parliament. We hope that the private sector will step in to help build even more on top of that.

The minister said the new sites would “create around 1,000 jobs, proving that defence is an engine for growth”, and insisted the steps were necessary to equip “the men and women in our fighting forces” with the missiles and artillery shells required to defeat aggression “if necessary”.
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The tournament will see Britain’s top “future cyber warriors” battle it out against military teams from 40 other nations as they face off in a number of virtual shooting games.
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Who is excited to watch the FaZe Royal Marines against the Bostoni Green Seals.
 
Jiang ZeminFanboy

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Jiang ZeminFanboy said:
Fake data. Increase from 2023 to 2024 was only 500k births thanks to the year of dragon. The only province who has 1.7 tfr is Guizhou, almost all the rest are close to 1.0 and below.
Unfortunately looking at prematurely data from 2025, tfr is back to 2023 lvl of close to 1.0.

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If China tfr is truly 1.7 then Chinese Government will never need to call for birthrate policy lol. Nobody in this economy and especially China want to have children.
 
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