America is Apparently Shocked by Russia’s Rapid Military Development, Blaming China

Americans are such retards.

Russia is historically a very serious country. They went toe-to-toe with the US during the Cold War. They have repelled every invasion. They are a center of science, technology, literature, music, and everything else.

They had some tough times after their empire collapsed. As you do. But why would the Americans assume that Russia would be irrelevant forever because the USSR collapsed? Just how much lag is there on American foreign policy?

Why would they not expect a well-managed Russia to return as a superpower 30 or so years after the collapse of the USSR?

The Guardian:

China is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.

US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heads to Beijing this weekend and G7 foreign ministers meet next week in Italy.

The crazy part is that Scholz is going to attend the meeting in a gimp mask.

Apparently, he thinks this will intimidate the Chinese.

Instead, the Chinese will just be confused, but will be too polite to ask about it.

Announcing US findings, officials said China was helping Russia in the production of drones, space-based capabilities and machine-tool exports vital for producing ballistic missiles.

China has been the key factor in revitalising Russia’s defense industrial base, “which had otherwise suffered significant setbacks” since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior US official told reporters on condition of anonymity.

Russia is undertaking its most ambitious defense expansion since the Soviet era and on a faster timeline than we believed possible early on in this conflict,” the official said.

The official was also wearing a gimp mask for some reason.

Our view is that one of the most gamechanging moves available to us at this time to support Ukraine is to persuade the PRC [People’s Republic of China] to stop helping Russia reconstitute its military industrial base,” the official said.

“Russia would struggle to sustain its war effort without PRC inputs,” he said.

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.

Yep.

China is trading with Russia.

Yessir, that is definitely happening.

Wow.