With American war rhetoric directed at China reaching ever higher levels, China is understandably concerned that the rhetoric will translate into military provocations.
China has this habit of getting a sample for evaluation of military equipment from the Russians, reverse engineering it, and producing it themselves, and even exporting it, and it was sometimes improved over the original, and cheaper.
Due to that, Russia stopped selling China cutting edge military equipment a while ago.
I would be surprised if Russia would change that policy.
US Defense Manufacturers have shrunk from 54 major ones, to 6. Thanks Bill Clinton!
There is a huge NIH (not invented here) syndrome, as well as Bureaucratic focus on no risk management. Boeing is the poster child of that. My guess is that is why the US still does not have a hypersonic missile.
In Aus yesterday, our Foreign Minister made a speach about AUKUS and regional stability.
Basically, Aus backs the US in exerting its dominating influence.
She is all tip, and no iceberg.
Hence new nuclear subs.
China has this habit of getting a sample for evaluation of military equipment from the Russians, reverse engineering it, and producing it themselves, and even exporting it, and it was sometimes improved over the original, and cheaper.
Due to that, Russia stopped selling China cutting edge military equipment a while ago.
I would be surprised if Russia would change that policy.
Sounds very US ish to me.
US Defense Manufacturers have shrunk from 54 major ones, to 6. Thanks Bill Clinton!
There is a huge NIH (not invented here) syndrome, as well as Bureaucratic focus on no risk management. Boeing is the poster child of that. My guess is that is why the US still does not have a hypersonic missile.
A substack article I found fascinating:
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-military-industrial-stock-buyback
He has another on the Us Healthcare / Big Medicine set up, I need to reread and study. It’s very eye opening.
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/how-obamacare-created-big-medicine
Should keep Jake the snake hopping.
Adversaries makes it seem we treated them as equals. C’mon man.