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Five past or current top commanders of elite PLA Rocket Force among those stripped of NPC role, Standing Committee statement issued on Friday says

Disqualifications suggest further disciplinary action, as NPC representatives enjoy immunity from arrest or criminal charges

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

PLA generals? Member when they tried making them out of teracotta? I don't think 3d printing is going to make them any more effective... but personally, I'd go with ASA. better UV resistance and they don't melt in sunlight.

(/s, before people remind me PLA stands for people's liberation army. it also stands for polylactic acid- a common 3d printing material.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They tried ABS but had trouble keeping good bed adhesion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Just wait until they use carbon infused asa and call it a stealth admiral,

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Nice. I wanted to make a joke about the NPC role, but I just woke up and got a quarter sip of coffee in me, so it's eluding me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gearing up for a war there are you China hmm?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

These are either wartime consiglieries or people better at preserving an economic status quo that greatly benefits China and is getting better for them every year.

Only an idiot would disrupt that.

Edit: a prideful idiot - checks notes - like authoritarian leaders can often be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The blue one looks weirdly happy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Probably airforce.