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In 2012, the PLA had a 15-day wartime simulation. It involved handling warheads in an underground bunker complex. The strategic PLA unit undertaking the exercise got so stressed out by day 9 that it had to take time out!
Entertainment in the form of movie nights, karaoke parties and a ‘cultural performance troupe’ - euphemism for song-and-dance girls - had to be organised in the sealed facility! The soldiers were terribly homesick.
But the shame for the party-army doesn’t end here. The PLA doubted if men were capable of dealing with such high-pressure situations. So an experimental all-female unit was brought in for the 2013 iteration of the war games for a 72-hour trial run!
The results were even worse. Into day two the tunnel facility’s psychological counseling office was overrun with patients. Many soldiers were too upset to eat and some suffered from nausea.

This is where the Indian Army stands out! The men are pure steel 🇮🇳
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