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context: Gotta counter Chinese spy balloons somehow. >
  
  Twenty+ year old tech? Yeah that seems about right. >
  
  The FGM-148 Javelin was more than 20 years old tech and its quite effective. >
  
  Definitely, older tech can still be super effective. It's just reasonable to assume any country that really wants to has got its hands on some at this point, so some concessions can be made re: security. There's no closing Pandora's box, basically. >
  
  More IP transfers to ~~Russia~~ India >
  
  India tends to respect ip in this case. Especially since India will need cooperation from France, UK, Israel and US to kick the Russian weapon addiction. >
  
  India has done jack shit for European security, they play both sides and mainly just bask in cheap russian petroleum..
  And we will let them produce our nato hardware? Fuck that.
  Get our boys to make it or atleast nations u can trust. >
  
  Europe is still buying a shit tonne of Russian oil via agreed contracts.