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During the first years of the war in Ukraine, the extensive military assistance that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) provided to Russia had provoked no end of debates as to whether the communist nation should be sanctioned accordingly.

Beijing’s has made numerous duplicitous calls for peace and has even offered to mediate the conflict. But at the same time, as one analysis from 2023 pointed out, the PRC is pushing its military assistance deliveries to Russia right up to the red line that means sanctions if it is crossed.

Su-35. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Su-35 Fighter.

N. Walter, IntEng
Anduril’s first Ohio-built Fury fighter rolls off the production line 557 days after the company announced its Arsenal-1 factory.

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The U.S.

Michael Marrow, BrDefense
An engine with so-called adaptive turbofan technologies “could” go on the forthcoming F-47 stealth fighter

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DGX GB300 is an AI supercomputer built to process large-scale workloads, support advanced model development, and accelerate data analysis

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Towards the end of his life, those around the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who was frail and recovering from a stroke, kept him insulated from knowing the true economic and social situation inside the newly born Soviet Union.

The information was withheld from him on the orders of Joseph Stalin – as it was “for the good of Comrade Lenin’s health”.

Tu-160 Bomber from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

One of the measures considered at the time was the printing of a single, “special” edition of the Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda.

After four years of wartime spending, the Russian economy somehow continues to soldier on despite the ever-increasing cracks in its foundations.

Since the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the first rounds of sanctions from the West, economists and analysts have been predicting Russia’s economic collapse for some time now.

Su-27 Flanker Fighter from Russia. Image Credit: National Security Journal.

An elevated port side view of the forward section of a Soviet Oscar Class nuclear-powered attack submarine. (Soviet Military Power, 1986) Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The S-400 long range surface-to-air missile system that forms the backbone of Russia’s air defence network has demonstrated a new ballistic missile strike capability in the Ukrainian theatre, with the system having been modified to launch RM-48U missiles against ground targets. These missiles have recently gained prominence for their use against industrial targets in Ukraine, with the attacks triggering a major fire in Kiev’s Sviatoshynskyi District.

Editor’s note: This is the sixth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, and winners will be selected by a reader vote undertaken through our newsletter later this summer. Prior installments can be found at the Arsenal of Innovation page.