• Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Another problem is choosing a country currently that is at war to service your systems and parts. The contract to deliver the S-400 air defence units is seemingly going ahead despite the number of missiles Russia has burned through defending against Ukrainian counterattacks. And this before we get to how much less effective the S-400 has been in real life compared to the claims.

    If India is still buying them, they’re obviously happy with their capabilities. The author also seems upset more than anything that Russia can fulfil the order, it’s not really worth mentioning the “depleting stockpiles” otherwise.

  • Yep, while right now the Western imperialists are focusing more on attacking Russia, Iran, and China, we should not forget that they also want to destroy India as well. India is simply too big and powerful for the imperialists’ liking. In fact, when you take into account purchasing power parity, India easily has the world’s third largest economy. That is why the West already has plots to carve a “Sikh state” out of northwestern India and a “Christian state” out of northeastern India.

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    The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, the friend of my friends is also my enemy, my friends are my enemy, literally every country is my enemy, blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    which would be far in excess of anything we have.

    heavily laden with “the brown people can’t do that, can they?”

    the UK doesn’t even make steel anymore

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    Meh, I think this is just a warning to India that they need to stay within the lines to continue the benefits of being a junior partner to the empire. And given Modi’s history, I think they’ll probably heed it, even against their own economic interests.

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      Well that’s because their economic interests are secondary to his economic interests

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      Modi’s been pretty wary of not allying himself with the US and West. India’s relationship to Russia has been rekindled under his administration. *This isn’t an endorsement of his

      junior partner to the empire

      What? How is India a junior partner to the empire?