• Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    China wants every bit of the F35s technology.

    Just another tankie who thinks China’s advances aren’t based on what they’ve been able to steal from other countries.

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      2 days ago

      Just another “free thinker” who believes that a country of 1 billion people, with good quality cheap/free higher education, a massive industrial base, and half a trillion dollars of annual R&D expenditure, can’t develop tech on their own. I’m sure there’s industrial/military espionage going on, but China is also pulling ahead in many research areas independently. With the way US is treating its scientists, I fully expect in a few years China will be the dominant STEM player in the world, US being second or third after europe.

      Would they benefit from having an F-35 to take apart? Yes. Will they build a relatively competitive fighter jet without any F-35 tech for half the price or less? Also yes.

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      2 days ago

      just another paranoid American! The reason i love china is because you guys are shitting bricks about it! Anything that scares yanks is good on my book!