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US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia.

They also said that 90% of Russia’s microelectronics imports – used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft – came from China last year.

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[–] wurzelgummidge 6 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Accountability. If there was a name they would have to provide some kind of evidence or justification for the claims. As it is we just have to take their word for it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I want to argue, but you’re absolutely right - I cannot for the life of me find any source information whatsoever besides that it was from 2 senior Biden administration people.

I’m wondering if this something they do to prevent foreign adversaries from identifying which information complex (cia, fbi, nsa, dhs, etc) actually figured out what was going on.

It would make sense in this specific case but they kinda lose credibility when hiding behind anonymity and it certainly raises red flags with the people regarding propaganda.

Won’t let another Afghanistan happen with my vote

[–] wurzelgummidge -2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Read your news carefully. Western news media almost never give a name unless there is real evidence. You will frequently see things like "according to experts familiar with the matter", or "speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to the press", or any number of other permutations.

And yet, when quoting Putin, Xi or any of their other favourite pantomime villains they always qualify their statements with "without citing any evidence."

[–] whenigrowup356 8 points 7 months ago

Sure, any sources should be checked. That said, do you have any particular reason to doubt the figure?

The two countries have declared a "no limits" partnership, have they not?

The Intel seems to be about CNC machine tool exports from China to Russia, and FT has also reported (here) on the increase, citing Russian customs data.

Are there any Russian or Chinese sources you know of that are reporting contradictory information?

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