December 10, 2022 By Stephen Gowans It has been a tough week for the star-gazers who run a platform called Friends of Socialist China, a motley collection of Sinophiles and pretend-Marxists who sup…
Yep, Saudi effectively buys from all 5 of the UNSC members though lol.
Digging up one of the older comments, the main reason for the sale of missiles during the 80s was money.
They sold DF-3 missiles for 100 million USD apiece, with the Saudis spending up to 3.5 billion USD (The PRC side was trying to sell them for 100 million RMB each, with the Saudi side interpreting the price as USD and quickly agreed to it). At the time the PRC only had around 2 billion USD in foreign reserves as well.
Yep, Saudi effectively buys from all 5 of the UNSC members though lol.
Digging up one of the older comments, the main reason for the sale of missiles during the 80s was money.
They sold DF-3 missiles for 100 million USD apiece, with the Saudis spending up to 3.5 billion USD (The PRC side was trying to sell them for 100 million RMB each, with the Saudi side interpreting the price as USD and quickly agreed to it). At the time the PRC only had around 2 billion USD in foreign reserves as well.
Lul, best deal ever.