The board game is fascinating but also very unwieldly and hard to play.
There are countless computer military simulations available that accurately render weapons, vehicles and even the settings of many of the most famous conflicts in history. Yet, missing from even the most “hardcore” of those games are the issues of logistics, supplies and the uncertainty of war. For those armchair generals out there who have some extra time on their hands and desire a real challenge there is a meticulously detailed table top military board game that has become infamous for its complexity.
More than forty years since it was released, even its designers consider it nearly unplayable, and for those reasons it has become akin to a “White Whale” for the most serious war gamers.
With zero recent combat experience, the PLA s doctrine and training in some cases is inadequate,
Global Times reported.
Here s What You Need To Remember: China, despite boasting an impressive army and weapons program, has not actually gone to war in forty years. This is a good thing, but it means that their soldiers lack realistic training - a problem that PLA strategists have increasingly acknowledged.
A surprising article in Chinese state media makes a rare admission of a serious weakness in the Chinese military.
True, the People s Liberation Army is acquiring high-tech new weapons that, in theory, match the best American, Russian, Japanese, South Korean and European hardware.
and doing amazing. i think it will be permanently diminished. reporter: according to the association of american editorial cartoonists there are fewer than 100, compared to 280 a few years ago. the heyday of newspapers is never coming back, so it s more of a freelance position, but there are still people out there willing to do it. he s more that willing to do it, and certainly able. his liberal commentary has gained him national syndication and a spot on the short list for a pulitzer prize last year. who were your i always wanted to draw x-men. i didn t get into political cartooning under the run up to the war. war is boring that s the title of his first cartoon novel. that same year bors took hess sketch pad to afghanistan to draw attention to the scenes there. now he s inkoppetted those into