Thu Jun 18 00:28:22 2020
<9e126bf3> this is crazy, sounds like real life mortal kombat, fighting to the death in hand to hand combat amid high cliffs in the dark <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/17/shock-and-anger-in-india-after-worst-attack-on-china-border-in-decades>
— Soldiers fell to their deaths as India and China’s troops fought with rocks
— India shocked by Himalayan border clash in which unarmed troops fought in the dark
<9e126bf3> I don’t understand how firearms didn’t get involved… was it some honor thing?
<5547a085> I heard about this too, very strange paradigm
<9e126bf3> it’s interesting, like they literally skip the WW3 stage and do WW4 with sticks and stones lmao
<5547a085> <https://www.coldsteel.com/products/spears.html>
<5547a085> ^ traditional long spears ftw
<5547a085> The halbert was the peak of european melee