US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia.

They also said that 90% of Russia’s microelectronics imports – used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft – came from China last year.

  • @[email protected]
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    68 months ago

    I mean, it’s the same thing with the West giving weapons to Ukraine.

    Somebodies getting rich off of that, it’s just not any of us.

    • @Anyolduser
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      38 months ago

      Unless you own Raytheon stock.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      Not quite… It it’s the same thing the West did in WWII

      The USA did not get directly involved until funds from France and later the UK were complete depleted