Maybe Google Translate can make it clearer.
The article suggest that Russia is able to continue to manufacture thermal imagers by reluctantly accepting cooperation with China.
Google Translate:
Recently, the biggest progress of the new generation of old equipment modified vehicles exhibited by the Russian military is that most of them are equipped with the "Pine-U" thermal imager, which was built in Russia by the introduction of French technology. Like an enterprise.
What was strangely felt before was how Russia continued to maintain production after France’s sanctions against Russia, because previous news said that some key components still have to be imported from France.
But at this year's "Army 2018" exhibition, some Chinese companies said that at present, several companies in
Russia that produce thermal imaging cameras have a cooperative relationship with them... Although this is not enough evidence, I think... China and Russia’s thermal imager’s “small relationship” can still be said.
This is also a basic premise that Russia (are still able to) promote thermal imaging cameras in a new generation of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in the case of a sharp drop in military spending this year, the whole world knows.
The author has said before that Russia will sooner or later be "speaking properly"(accept the truth/reality)
... Now at least the thermal imager... Congratulations to China's thermal imaging company.
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