[RussianConservative]

Don't worry those books not come true in such sense...allow me to say why. Russia sell China sea weapons to keep aim at US...which China can not overcome right now. Russia rebuild own forces with monies on land...which China keep as second. Russia also arm India with tanks, fighters and ships...all to attack 1. Chinese south and 2. destroy China arab oil trade route. Also arm Vietnam, S.Korea. Also offer submarines to Taiwan and have joint maneuver with Japan and S.Korea.

Also for China to reach Siberian oil...only take to cover 2k km of mountain forests with few roads...they can come and they will feed Siberian wolves and bears.

[GOP_1900AD]

Why does the DF-21 so closely resemble the SS-20? Is that simply a coincidence?

[Jeff Head]

Russia and China have current military agreements, as well as economic ones. If China and India jointly proposed providing raw man-power to help truly open up and exploit the huge natural resources in Siberia, paying huge amounts of capitol for those natural resources, I believe Russia would be tempted to go along if the price were right.

If they did, and were benefiting from such an arrangement...then Russia would also be sorely tempted to sit out any escalation of tensions between the United States and China.

...and that is the scenario for the start of the Dragon's Fury Series of novels.