A Dead End?

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THIS WEEK THE MOSCOW daily Nezavismaya Gazeta (The Independent Newspaper) reported what Russian defense industry officials have been saying for some time now about the steep decline in orders from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Beijing has been one of–if not the–biggest cash cow for Russia’s weapons makers. A large portion of Moscow’s defense industrial complex might have gone under in the early to mid-1990s without the massive orders from Beijing for fighter aircraft, naval vessels, air defense systems, and air-launched weapons.

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