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Western companies have been scrutinized too since the invasion that Russia started. Even the French that delivered camera optics to Russia before the invasion.
by NicoJuicy 4y ago
Western companies have been scrutinized too since the invasion that Russia started.
Even the French that delivered camera optics to Russia before the invasion.
China shouldn't be different.
- throwaway4good 4y agoThese drones (likewise with the Iranian ones) are based on cheap, fairly old, generic, mostly western electronics that you can buy in an electronics hobby store. https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2023/mar/01/explainer-american-parts-iranian-drones https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2023/mar/01/explainer-ameri... In practice next to impossible to prevent these components from flowing into Iran or Russia.
- roundandround 4y agoThe change in make-up implies that they have trouble or uncertainty around getting western parts in volume.. The tank parts from a military manufacturer are also less likely to be dual use.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoThat's not what the headline presents. Nor, as it should be, is that detail offered in the first paragraph or so. "Russia Replacing Western-Made Parts with Parts Allegedly from China" is how the headline should read. And if you believe the West wouldn't produce Chinese lookalike products you're naive. Reuters should not offer such shameless propaganda.
- NicoJuicy 4y agoNot 100% sure what you mean. But in this case, yeah, call me naive. Who would even produce that? We are at a record low unemployment in the West. There is literally no one to copy those "lookalike products" atm. and I doubt if anyone would care about that either.