[wcfields]

> - India and China fucking hate each other and engage in frequent deadly border skirmishes

One insane fact I recently learned is that they do not use modern weapons, like guns, for fear of things getting out of hand. Only medieval clubs, bats with barbed wire, and martial arts/fists are allowed. [1]

[1] https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a44725757/...

[tibbydudeza]

It is a mutual understanding.

Improvised clubs with embedded nails, rebar and wooden bats ala Mad Max style. Both are nuclear armed nations, so it is sort of de-escalation mechanism for saving face whenever they clash without somebody taking it up a notch.

[seatac76]

They have a working agreement that allows no weapons within two kilometers of the demarcation line. Hence the medieval weapons.

[nirav72]

That's to add one additional rung to the escalation ladder. It's a good thing.