this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 46 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Someone please tell me that this is a joke and not real

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 32 points 6 months ago (3 children)

this is a joke and not real

Are you happy now?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If it makes you feel better, arms shipments to other countries remain the property of the US DoD and cannot be sold by the receiving party. Whatever India sent to Russia, it didn't come from the US military.

[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can't it be used to "replace" the arms? US ships to India so India can ship to Russia without losing?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Yea that's possible, and has been done extensively in favor of Ukraine. However, considering the date differences between the US arms and Indian arms shipments, I think this is about India vying for power on the world stage and the US hedging bets against China.

[–] spaduf 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure India is mostly selling Russia's old arms back to them. The new stuff should probably be interpreted as an attempt to build a counterbalance to China in the region (as in deliberate, longstanding US defense policy).

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

India is selling classic weapons to Russia. They are buying Reaper drones from America (likely to bomb Kashmir with)

The interesting part here is the price. India is making the 4Billion they spent on American weapons back by selling weapons to Russia.

As India is in BRICS they might not be the most effective counter to China.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

BRICS is a meme. It was a term a Goldman Sachs researcher used to describe developing economies that are worth investing in.

Brazil is a basket case, S Africa is basically a failed state, India and China are rivals, and Russia is eviscerating itself in Ukraine and turning into China's Canada.

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

china's canada

Ouch

Signed, All of Canada

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

They're selling weapons to Russia though and not small amounts.

BRICS also has many smaller countries that are under our sanctions and do not have other trading partners. Giving BRICS a cheaper supply to resources.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

BRICS is not a tight block like NATO or the EU. India and China, for example, actively skirmish over their border.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

BRICS isn't an actual alliance. It's an economic forum to try and counter "first world" domination. India and China have regular border skirmishes in Kashmir why they maul each other to death with clubs.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 21 points 6 months ago

Now this is good critical thinking

[–] Alienmonkey@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Trading for a sum of oil at that price.

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 8 points 6 months ago

🤔🤔🤔

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago

"Oh haha what a funny coinicd--oh Linkerbaan posted this, he actually thinks it's real