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gelgoog

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minus 20 degrees Celsius

That's what I had yesterday. Wearing the right clothing is key. But also training to deal with extreme cold weather.

35 kilograms

This is an issue in modern infantry world wide. But 77 pounds is actually fairly light compared to some loads I have heard. A passive exoskeleton could help here but it does add weight and reduce mobility to a degree.

strong solar ultraviolet rays

High SPF sunscreen and clothing designed to block out excess UV. But at the same time you need an amount of UV for health.

Missing from the article is any mention of the altitudes which bring there own issues and compound the rest. Moving though that area of the world can induce decompression sickness. Which may have been a factor in his health issues.

You basically need mountain trained units for tasks like that. For example the Italians in WWI/WWII had special alpine units which had lighter weight equipment. In China the issue is even larger since those are the tallest mountains in the world. So even oxygen deprivation might become an issue. You need training camps where troops can get used to the 4000m altitude's oxygen levels and get drilled on how to survive in that sort of terrain before you even consider operations.

They should have a detached unit structure for that specific terrain which is able to make their own equipment purchase choices. This should include clothes and even weapons. Some weapons might have issues with low-oxygen or freezing conditions. Other weapons, like high caliber cannon, might not be transportable.
 

by78

General
This is possibly an unmanned ground vehicle under development... It looks larger than anything unveiled thus far, including the systems shown at Zhuhai airshow.

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bd popeye

The Last Jedi
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Former Chinese military chief of staff jailed for life over graft

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Chinese military chief of staff Gen. Fang Fenghui speaks during a roundtable discussion at the Ba Yi, Aug. 15, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

BEIJING: A former chief of staff of China’s military was sentenced to life in prison, state media said Wednesday, after he was swept up in President Xi Jinping’s ongoing anti-graft crackdown.

Appointed to the People’s Liberation Army’s top post in 2012, Fang Fenghui was convicted of accepting and offering bribes, and having an unclear source of a huge amount of assets, official news agency Xinhua reported.

A military court sentenced Fang to life in prison, stripped him of political rights for life, and ordered the confiscation of all his personal assets, Xinhua said.
Fang was abruptly replaced in August 2017 amid a stand-off with India over a territorial dispute, and just days after he had met the US top brass to discuss North Korea.

The general was transferred to the military prosecution authority on suspicion of bribery in January of last year, state media reported at the time.

Fang was one of two senior generals who did not appear on a list of delegates to the Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress in October 2017, sparking speculation he had run afoul of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign.


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