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2013-03-24 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve White 2013-03-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations.

Key sentence.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-03-24 01:59|| 2013-03-24 01:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Um, haven't we been there and done this before?

Damn these Dems/Rinos and there greed and stupidity.

Posted by AlanC 2013-03-24 08:03|| 2013-03-24 08:03|| Front Page Top

#3 China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations.

Jet aircraft engines is my guess.

Posted by SteveS 2013-03-24 13:33|| 2013-03-24 13:33|| Front Page Top

#4 China also has shown renewed interest in buying Russian weapons after its own attempts to build up its arms industry fell short of expectations.

They need contacts in the Russian arms sector who can be bribed to hand over not just the specs, but the methods used to achieve those specs. Far cheaper to steal than to re-invent the wheel. Given that they have purchased hundreds of complete Russian weapon systems some of which they've undoubtedly take apart, the issue comes down to not merely replicating the form factor, but the functionality of the parts.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2013-03-24 17:17|| 2013-03-24 17:17|| Front Page Top

#5 A culture of copying is not a culture of creating.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-03-24 17:28|| 2013-03-24 17:28|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not just copying, it's also exploiting. Ask the Chinese who came up with gunpowder first. Then ask who exploited best. One systematic advantage of multiple warring state vs one unified kingdom is the quicker pace of evolution of technology and skills.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-03-24 18:31|| 2013-03-24 18:31|| Front Page Top

#7 You know that's going to cayse a LOT of Mechanics to quit, Russians peddle Junk, and the Chinese favor Precision(Like the Japanese) the two are incompatible.

Yes, I'm a machinist No i wouldn't want to fix junk, It's a good living, but I'd rather work on Toyotas than Tanks.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-03-24 19:36|| 2013-03-24 19:36|| Front Page Top

#8 At last check, Moscow was suppos offering to Beijing to build PLAN warships for China, espec the latter's desired "blue water" LR Aircraft Carriers + FBM, Attack Subs, + in partnership wid Ukraine.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-03-24 19:55|| 2013-03-24 19:55|| Front Page Top

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