How Russia will likely respond to AUKUS — Alexey D Muraviev

Moscow could seek to sell its own nuclear submarine technology and form a countervailing maritime coalition with China in response to AUKUS…

Perhaps most notably, Russia may see the AUKUS submarine deal as setting a precedent, allowing it to promote its own nuclear submarine technology to interested parties in the region. This is not merely hypothetical — it has been suggested by defense experts with close links to Russia’s Ministry of Defence....

I mentioned this possibility yesterday. Here it is today. This is a no-brainer. Russia now has a Western precedent for expanding its role as a military supplier. It's also a strategic necessity, since the major advantage the West has is in submarine warfare. I would say it now a question of whether Russia will lease subs to China as it does with India, or share technology, as it does with some military hardware with India.

Russia is not "just a gas station." It is the #2 arms exporter.

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How Russia will likely respond to AUKUS
Alexey D Muraviev