[quote=pri_dk][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]I think we should be very careful and keep a close on both the Chinese and Russians. Those two getting together is a recipe for disaster.[/quote]

Look at the charts that afx114 posted. Add China and Russia together and they are still insignificant. And the two don’t exactly get along – so there would not be much synergy even if they combined their forces.

The US military is focused in China because they need a “big” enemy to justify the big budgets, the big weapons systems, and the big contracts. All those generals want to be sure that they have a cushy consulting job in some program office when they retire.

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China needs Russia for energy. They just set up oil contract usurping the market. So, they are strategic alliances out of necessity.