• Flying SquidM
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    132 days ago

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

      • Flying SquidM
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        32 days ago

        Never going to happen. The West relies way too much on Chinese manufacturing.

              • Flying SquidM
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                22 days 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
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                  82 days ago

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

                  • Flying SquidM
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                    32 days ago

                    It has been started. It is happening. But it will take a very, very long time before the West will be able to rely on themselves and not China for important manufacturing.

        • @nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          42 days 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.

        • @RandAlThor@lemmy.caOP
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          32 days 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.