There’s option C: Graft. Buy the Baofeng radio for 3000 roubles, rebadge and sell on a state contract for 300,000. Probably works well as long as nobody is comparison shopping defence contracts on AliExpress.
I hope that actually becomes a trend. “Peru was going to buy the F-35 but instead chose the FOR J-20 TOP EXPORT QUALITY WAR BOMBER FIGHTER PLANE NEW 2023 MODEL CUTE MEN WOMEN CHILD GIFT” The $12.99 price and included USB cable was a deal Boeing simply couldn’t beat.
Don’t you see? This is just another case of Chinese aid to Russia, not at all a result of having no military industry for sensitive electronics.
There’s option C: Graft. Buy the Baofeng radio for 3000 roubles, rebadge and sell on a state contract for 300,000. Probably works well as long as nobody is comparison shopping defence contracts on AliExpress.
I hope that actually becomes a trend. “Peru was going to buy the F-35 but instead chose the FOR J-20 TOP EXPORT QUALITY WAR BOMBER FIGHTER PLANE NEW 2023 MODEL CUTE MEN WOMEN CHILD GIFT” The $12.99 price and included USB cable was a deal Boeing simply couldn’t beat.
Pedantic correction, but the F-35 was developed by Lockheed Martin; it was a direct competitor to Boeing’s X-32.