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You guys have enough T-90s to roll Pakistan three times over. One of the largest modern tank forces in the world if not THE largest.
by ohaideredevs 7y ago
You guys have enough T-90s to roll Pakistan three times over. One of the largest modern tank forces in the world if not THE largest.
- ghostbrainalpha 7y agoIt's very likely an all actual war between India and Pakistan would be decided before a single tank could cross the border. Pakistan has had nuclear weapons for over 20 years at this point.
- cmonnow 7y agoYeah.. All India has are brainwashed terrorists who cross over into the neighboring country and use their flesh as boom fuel.
- dang 7y agoNationalistic flamewar will get you banned here. Please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- cmonnow 7y agoDid you make this comment to OP first ?
- dang 7y agoI understand the feeling, but it's actually an irrelevant question, much as you still get a speeding ticket even when some other guy was going faster. If you see comments that should be moderated but weren't, the likeliest reason is that we didn't see it. We don't come close to seeing all the comments here. You can let us know about it by flagging it (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) or by emailing hn@ycombinator.com in egregious cases.
- sbmthakur 7y agoThe border is quite long. If there are multiple fronts, a small force could penetrate the border.
- luc4sdreyer 7y agoDepending on the definition of "modern". If you mean third generation tanks, then the US has almost twice as many. 7970 vs 4791. Russia has 15755 but I'm not sure how many qualify as third generation. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_c...
- ohaideredevs 7y agoA lot of Russia's armor consists of dated T-72s, a small number of which are being upgraded, but those upgrades are basically "Add a thermal sight, make the turrent turn a little faster, add some ERA brickes". Armata is really a unicorn, T-80s got pulled out of service, and they rely on T-90 variants just like India. Whether or not M1A2s are equal or inferior to a tricked-out T-90 is a long, long debate. There is also China, but I personally don't think much of their new tanks.
- luc4sdreyer 7y ago> Whether or not M1A2s are equal or inferior to a tricked-out T-90 is a long, long debate. That's an interesting way to put it! From my basic reading I'd consider the M1A2 to have an edge over the T-90MS. If you look at the bigger picture (logistics and total cost of a war), then the T-90MS might have an edge.
- ohaideredevs 7y agoYea, my statement was too biased to make without evidence, so props for calling me on it. If we ever have a news article on tanks on here, we can debate it out =)
- jogjayr 7y agoPakistan will use nukes if they feel like they're losing a conventional war.[1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_doctrine_of_Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_doctrine_of_Pakistan