Everyone knows that China has for years, reversed engineered and copied all the tech they could get their hands on.
It only slightly bothers most Western nations, including Israel.
It doesn’t seem to bother the Russians at all.
You would think this nonsense would worry foreign powers outside of China more than it does.
“It doesn’t seem to bother the Russians at all.
You would think this nonsense would worry foreign powers outside of China more than it does....”
I believe the thinking here is that at least with the initial purchase price or licensing fee you get something out of it. Otherwise, they just steal the damn thing anyway and you get nothing for it.
Oh, it bothers them. But buying new ones will save time and the Rooskies probably needed the money.
Russia has a history of arming China while at the same time preparing for border war.