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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    152·
    3 months ago

    Considering they can’t make functional tanks or rockets, this might be their only hope.

    • RandAlThorOPEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      Time to put sanctions on China. This would be interesting.

        • masterspaceEnglish
          131·
          3 months ago

          Oh no, it would force us to fix our economy, how awful!

            • masterspaceEnglish
              154·
              3 months ago

              You literally can, it’s called construction.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                97·
                3 months ago

                Which takes a lot of time and money and manpower. It also requires people who understand how to manufacture those things.

                Don’t pretend this would be either easy or doable within any sort of short timeframe.

                • ravhall@discuss.onlineEnglish
                  102·
                  3 months ago

                  It has to start somewhere 
                  It has to start sometime 
                  What better place than here? 
                  What better time than now?

          • abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us
            2·
            3 months ago

            I imagine that it will somehow turn out to be a “private company” in China that’s cooperating, rather than an official gov’t organ. Already the gov’t is saying it’s unaware of this project, so…

            So yes sanctions will apply to the “companies” that are involved (which are basically fly by night, or spring up once to do this and then fold themselves). More usefully, some individuals might get named and sanctioned. And finally there’ll be a new talking point in negotiations with China in getting greater cooperation to reign in some of these private companies.

            Not saying we shouldn’t try to sanction them. But it’s also worth being mindful of the challenges ahead.

        • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          73·
          3 months ago

          I like how people are like ‘just build factories here’ as if many of the raw materials for those factories arent also from China, or processed in China.

        • RandAlThorOPEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          This will force the hand of US and EU to sanction China one way or another. Of course diplomatic solutions can be worked out. What it will be has yet to be seen. As you’re aware, China has tried to avoid supplying arms directly to Russia until this move. It maybe that Chinese will manufacture the drones in Russia to avoid being seen as exporting arms.