• @[email protected]
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    3 months ago
    Category Iran China Ratio
    GDP ($ billion) 464 18,533 1:40
    Population (million) 90 1,409 1:16

    I don’t expect that Iran is going to realistically move the scales much one way or another as China’s decision-making goes.

    • @Anyolduser
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      313 months ago

      It’s less about their role in the long term and more about having another front open at the outset of hostilities.

      Every Arleigh Burke not tasked with intercepting Iranian missiles is another one inside the first island chain.