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Iran wants to buy a new air force from China

This is really more of a news summary with analysis than a blog, but let me know if this is the wrong space for these pieces

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Chinese jets did very well for Pakistan in their most recent war with India. If Iran gets some of those, then Israel is in big trouble.
Immediately following American air strikes, Iranian military officials jetted to Beijing to negotiate the purchase of J-10C fighter jets and AWACS from China.
Pakistan's air force is equipped with Chinese-built fighters and missiles, and in a recent air battle against Indian forces shot down several top-line Western-built fighter jets and drones.
Chinese defense firms build equipment that is comparable or superior in quality, at considerable cost savings head-to-head against gear from NATO countries or Russia.
What's more, other militaries are struggling to build weapons at all, given that supply chains for the most advanced munitions and systems run through China for rare earth metals, and the other BRICS countries for raw materials.
If China agrees to supply Iran, it will remake the military and diplomatic landscape of the Middle East, for decades to come
Interesting times... /s
Lol, we're going to end up in a WW3, aren't we?
- Depending on the definition of war, it could be either yes, no or we already are.
- I wish there were some threat of harm to Westerners, but sadly it's just rhetoric
- Yes it is inevitable
  
  the west doesn't have industrial capacity to fight ww3
- I think that is the plan

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