j20blackdragon
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Okay kiddos. You guys keep living in that parallel reality where Chinese military harware is anywhere near as good as Russian hardware.
Four companies competed for the Turkish contract. Russia came in dead last. That says it all right there.
Good luck on the new contract though. It sounds like you really need it.
The only country that needs to export military equipment is Russia with their second-rate economy. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and Russia's tiny GDP, the only thing keeping Russia's crappy defense industry alive is exports. Now they won't even have that because China is taking their market share.
On the other hand, China exports over $2 trillion worth of goods every year.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html
China has the world's largest trade surplus.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html
China has the world's largest forex reserves.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2188rank.html