DIY-HP-LED
Well-Known Member
1) To slow down or curtail production of these long-range weapons, it would be in the interests of several middle east parties to do so.1) to what intended effect?
2) to what likely effect?
doing what to or about No. China.
No. Same reason.
Similarly, the US has weapons manufacturing alliances out of convenience and advantage, not necessity.
That might be a component of the current definition of a superpower.
2) It might give political change a chance to take hold there, before the radical government is empowered to do something stupid.
China is technologically dependent on the allies through licensing agreements, then there are the sanctions for suppliers and countries. However high tech that is good enough for many functions is becoming ubiquitous and even a smartphone can do a lot, or be scavenged for components, so can e-waste, but it is no way to fight a war. China does 10X the trade with America (US&Can,) and Europe than it does with Russia and Iran and then you can also add in SE Asia and Japan who would side with us.
The larger point is this appears to be the way things are evolving globally, China wants peace and prosperity and I think sees a way forward using soft power in central Asia that will be very profitable and not ruffle any international feathers. It's the same for the US, EU and others, this is a way of attaining it and containing aggression, imperial or otherwise.