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red dog 1

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8. "orcish lines"?

Reply to cadoman (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:39 PM

17 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2024, 01:31 PM - Edit history (6)

Relating to orcs? (monstrous humanoid creatures)?

forget about Michael Madden's quote: "These soldiers are trained to withstand a high degree of physical pain and psychological torture"
( I now regret even including that line in the OP)

The more important quote from the article is:
"Many of the troops deployed to Russia are some of Pyongyang's best, drawn from the 11th Corps, also known as the Storm Corps --- a unit trained in infiltration, infrastructure sabotage and assassination."
Couldn't these "Storm Corps" troops do significant damage to the Ukrainian army?

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What we know about North Korean troops in Ukraine [View all] red dog 1 20 hrs ago OP

I'm glad Biden has approved the use of land mines too Native 20 hrs ago #1

I agree red dog 1 16 hrs ago #11

There have been anecdotes of language and communication problems, Emrys 20 hrs ago #2

Yes, the group rotation part is clearly stated in the article. red dog 1 16 hrs ago #12

These soldiers are "trained to withstand a high degree of physical pain and psychological torture..." cadoman 20 hrs ago #3

how about some ice cream Tetrachloride 20 hrs ago #4

I hope they get to use their training. nilram 18 hrs ago #6

"orcish lines"? red dog 1 17 hrs ago #8

Well, good we can weaken Kim's army at the same time that we weaken Putin's's Walleye 20 hrs ago #5

The Patton quote might be apocryphal... Wounded Bear 16 hrs ago #10

Well, I never believed it was real, but it does describe who he was. And it's a good line. Walleye 14 hrs ago #13

however, bigtree 18 hrs ago #7

Thanks for posting that red dog 1 16 hrs ago #9

There have been stories about the NK troops being selected for having family in their home country. Emrys 11 hrs ago #15

I wonder if they are prepared for kamikaze drones coming at them Walleye 14 hrs ago #14