It's a really good read. Between US sanctions and oil suck below $80 a barrel, the Russian economy is at best in a shaky recovery. It's economic situation is so bad it's being forced to sell it's best technologies, something the stronger economies of western nations doesn't necessitate. India, which during the cold war had to deal from a position of weakness, is now able to exert pressure on Putin. The only inaccuracy is that Russia's economy is already outside the top 10. https://www.businesstoday.in/curren...dia-should-deal-with-russia/story/284018.html
U.S. companies sold off a lot of their technologies to China 10-20 years ago, even military technologies. What does that say about the economies of the U.S. and China?
The US has had significant restrictions on what technology exports. The F-22 is one such example. If Russian aerospace companies were able to develop and manufacture such an aircraft, it would be available for purchase by any military wanting to buy it. That was the point of the article. Decades ago, the Soviet Union had similar restrictions on technology exports, but the Russian economy as weak as it is, that's not a luxury that can be afforded.
Someone in another forum posted that there used to be a factory in his town that built proximity fuses for the U.S. military (used in anti-aircraft ammunition). This company had actually pioneered the technology. In the early 2000s a Chinese company came in and bought the whole company outright, and they simply transplanted the entire operation to China. (The company hadn't had many new contracts with the U.S. Defense Department in recent years, so were not reluctant to sell) Some of these restrictions on military technology exports came too little too late.
The restrictions are over 40 years old. You seem to be stuck on the idea that the ban is on all military exports. Most anti air defense systems are SAM based now. Great example, Russia sold the S-400 to the Chinese military. It's going to be reverse engineered and copied now, and no more will be sold. The US would never allow its newest technology to be sold in that manner, and our economy doesn't force our hand.
