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‘What the f**k to do with them?’ Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean recruits in intercepted audio (edition.cnn.com)

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The Russian soldiers talk disdainfully about the incoming North Korean soldiers, codenamed the “K Battalion,” at one point referring to them as “the f**king Chinese.”

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Well, if a shit force thinks another force is shit, I guess the rest of us have a little less to worry about. At this point, desperation is the only big concern.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing anything in the article about their competence being criticized. Seems like plain ol' racism to me.

Not to say the NK troops really are more competent. Their training is likely essentially the same as it was in the 50s.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do you suppose the training would be out of date? We hear often enough of North Korean cyber attacks so we know that they're keeping up with at least some technologies. Do you really suppose that they don't study other countries military exercises, battles and training material? That they don't play computer war games?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

A nepotistic officer corps and no actual combat for seventy years is not a good combination for military readiness.

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