Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile production

China is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.

US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, heads to Beijing this weekend and G7 foreign ministers meet next week in Italy.

Announcing US findings, officials said China was helping Russia in the production of drones, space-based capabilities and machine-tool exports vital for producing ballistic missiles.

China has been the key factor in revitalising Russia’s defense industrial base, “which had otherwise suffered significant setbacks” since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior US official told reporters on condition of anonymity.

“Russia is undertaking its most ambitious defense expansion since the Soviet era and on a faster timeline than we believed possible early on in this conflict,” the official said.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      This is literally impossible. Most of the components in any “made in <your home country>” product were manufactured in China or a dozen other slave wage locations. You as a consumer have absolutely no idea what came from where.

      The time to boycott China was 2 decades ago. Capitalism has already won the mass exploitation race to the bottom. Tariffs and sanctions are the only way to deal with china now, and the wealthy who offshored to China should pay the price.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        You can still boycott China, even if it’s not 100%, if you buy fewer products from China, it will make an impact.