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And they could ramp up again, but it's not going to make a difference in the next six critical months especially without putting the economy on a war footing an

• b112 4y ago
  China outproduces by a factor of 10. You mean Chinese steel, which is terrible, barely passable junk? Yes, great for mission critical stuff.
  • pydry 4y ago
    Ukraine doesn't need artisanal, hand crafted shells. It needs 10x more than it already has.
    • b112 4y ago
      Russia doesn't need shells exploding early, or combat gear parts snapping under load. And that's what Chinese steel does. Fail. They've only been able to make ball point pens, with a proper round steel ball, for a decade!
      • xtian 4y ago
        They built the largest high speed rail network in the world in less than 20 years.
        • b112 4y ago
          And probably sourced the steel out-of-country, as they have for other things.
          • xtian 4y ago
            You're wrong. Anshan Iron and Steel: https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/ansteel-completes-heavy-rail-supplies-for-harbin-dalian-high-speed-railway-716057.htm https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/ansteel-co... Panzhihua Iron and Steel: https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101439663/The-exclusive-supply-of-rails-at-Panzhihua-Iron-and-Steel-Company-sets-a-new-record-for-the-worlds-fastest-subway-speed/ https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101439663/The-exclusive-s... Baotou Iron and Steel: http://innermongolia.chinadaily.com.cn/baotou/2020-01/03/c_445844.htm http://innermongolia.chinadaily.com.cn/baotou/2020-01/03/c_4... Wuhan Iron and Steel: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/WUHAN-IRON-AND-STEEL-CO--6495792/news/Wuhan-Iron-and-Steel-The-first-export-of-high-strength-heavy-rail-from-WISCO-to-Indonesia-19499982/ https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/WUHAN-IRON-AND-ST... Handan Iron and Steel: https://www.gneesteel.com/news/industry-news/hbis-successfully-rolled-out-a-100-meter-high-speed-rail.html https://www.gneesteel.com/news/industry-news/hbis-successful...
            • b112 4y ago
              You're wrong. Sounds like a dangerous railway, then.
              • xtian 4y ago
                It’s not, statistically. But don’t let me stop you from clinging to ignorance.
                • b112 4y ago
                  Thanks for all the stats. That said, clearly they've just been lucky. Sadly, it won't last, and people will pay the price. Because Chinese steel is junk.
                  • xtian 4y ago
                    It's junk based on what? Racial inferiority? Why feed stats to someone who isn't interested in reality?
• kspacewalk2 4y ago
  Nothing is "critical" about the next six months. In fact, it's possible nothing much will happen in the next six months, if Ukraine opts to spend it training the >100k troops it just called up during the late fall and winter, waiting for the armour from the West to be delivered, and building up a stockpile of ammo. Ukraine has this choice because Russia just exhausted its offensive capability in a mid-winter offensive that didn't accomplish much and has stalled out. Russia is spent as an offensive force until the mid-summer at the very earliest. If China decides to supply Russia, it won't be in the quantities sufficient to make much of a difference, because they don't wish to trigger significant retaliatory sanctions, certainly not right now when the Chinese economy is in a vulnerable state of coming out of the COVID-era funk. China significantly underproduces Western countries in terms of military industrial complex, quantity but especially quality. I don't want to pull numbers out of thin air but it's Nx, N > 1.