Quote Originally Posted by Dayuhan View Post
That in itself is odd; if the US was selling 6 submarines to Vietnam the Chinese would be howling about it.
That is a great point! Why indeed. Boy does that open up possibilities along the deep dark conspiracy theory, deals within deals line. I never thought of that before nor have I read anyplace else anything about why Red China isn't livid about that.

As far as Russia goes though, except for selling arms I count them out. It is a criminal state and afflicted with an insoluble demographic decline. They won't be a factor.