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* - In joke : the Germans sold us the Leopard tanks without the air-conditioning units. We had to buy the units AFTER we bought the tanks, but there is no hoo-hah about it. Rumour is that the representatives who went over negotiated for a discount by giving up the AC units thinking that the crew can handle it the same way of the AMX-13. Big mistake : the Leopard 2 powerplant generates more power to keep that piece of metal rolling, and the laws of Thermodynamics and equilibrium HAVE to be followed.
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Isn't the air-conditioning a central part of the NBC protection? Or do they only lack the cooling ability?
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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
The problem with GDP is that it directly contributes to the technological standards of the country
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But with a decreasing population you may get both technological advancement and a decreasing GDP. Increasing the GDP is not a goal worth aiming for on its own.
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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
2. They stop making their own people grossly monolingual and overhaul their education system to make biligualism compulsory.
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Wait, learning foreign languages is not mandatory in Japan? Or are you talking about e.g. university lectures held in other languages?