Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile production

US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia.

They also said that 90% of Russia’s microelectronics imports – used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft – came from China last year.

  • psvrh@lemmy.caEnglish
    594·
    8 months ago

    So China gets to make money while Russia does all the dirty work, with both Russia and the West falling into economic peril.

    Win-win for the Chinese.

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      332·
      8 months ago

      Don’t worry, US will respond by being held hostage by Putin’s insurrectionist puppet

    • eardon@lemmy.caEnglish
      46·
      8 months ago

      I mean, it’s the same thing with the West giving weapons to Ukraine.

      Somebodies getting rich off of that, it’s just not any of us.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        43·
        8 months ago

        It is not. We are supplying them with unused weapons that have expired.

        • eardon@lemmy.caEnglish
          33·
          8 months ago

          Not true. We have increased production of shells in order to send them to Ukraine.

      • exanime@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Not quite… It it’s the same thing the West did in WWII

        The USA did not get directly involved until funds from France and later the UK were complete depleted

    • umbrellaEnglish
      26·
      8 months ago

      so did the us with ukraine…

      and that just pushed russia straight to the arms of the chinese