China is moving away from that as well. China did this because of the threat of capitalist invasion but the realize its dumb. Russia is a bit different and the

China is moving away from that as well. China did this because of the threat of capitalist invasion but the realize its dumb. Russia is a bit different and they couldn't really move it further east because it would be to far from their industrial centers. They had a hell of a time transporting the Buran system to launch already.