Actually this disaster shows a severe weak point in the chinese
armed forces.
A severe lack of rotary air lifting capability.
The only bird they have strong enough to climb up the mountain
regions are 20 year old blackhawks which were bought before the US
embargo.
As a result, soldiers have to hike 90+ kilometres in mountainous
region for 21 hours just to reach the area.
Although we can see how fast they can mobilise and i think
agencies around the world should learn, especially the US when you
compare the katrina response but however, different political
systems were in place and i think we shall leave that for debate
another day.
The fact is we also get to see those poorly equip units. Those
that wear tennis shoes with number 4 uniform. Although rapidly
moving forward, large chunks of the armed forces are still back in
time in terms of standard equipment.
