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Online rangerrebew

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The Copycat Arsenal: China’s Race to Rebuild the World’s Most Powerful Weapons

China’s military buildup isn’t just fast—it’s familiar. From stealth jets to naval giants, many of Beijing’s latest platforms look eerily like American and Russian originals. This investigation explores how reverse engineering, cyber espionage, and industrial mimicry may have fueled the rise of a cloned superpower—and what it means for global security.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-copycat-arsenal-china-s-race-to-rebuild-the-world-s-most-powerful-weapons/vi-AA1NXkOK?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=68e4ee51f4b4411092e2fbf2ce1922db&ei=55
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It means that so long as they have access to our best developments, they will be able to keep up, and do so cheaply.

It's past time to see who is in what grad school and industrial programs and who they are tied to.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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