China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials.

The support China is providing includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone and turbojet engines and technology for cruise missiles, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons, said the officials.

Chinese and Russian entitles have also been working jointly to produce drones inside of Russia, one of the officials said.

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    2 months ago

    That is very concerning as America’s ability to build weapons is severely degraded.

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      2 months ago

      Who sold you your crack? I want some because I can’t afford healthcare to fix my health issues due to the military complex I live within, but I gotta stop this pain somehow.

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      2 months ago

      Weird that they’re singlehandedly carrying out the world biggest baddest genocide with such degraded abilities, huh?

      What do they call it when your enemy is wildly weak and also incomprehensibly strong?