Why is Russia unwilling to sell the Tu160 bomber to China?

Yuri Kiselev

俄为什么不愿向中国出售图160轰炸机？这个说法还真没想到_俄罗斯

Why is Russia unwilling to sell the Tu160 bomber to China? I really didn't expect this statement

2020-12-13 

The Russian Tu-160 bomber is comparable to the American B-2 stealth bomber. As a military power alongside the United States and Russia in the world, China does not have a bomber comparable to these two models. As Russia, which has always been friendly to my country, why is it unwilling to sell Tu-160 bombers to China to enhance my country's air force military strength?

The Russian Tu-160 bomber is the treasure of the Russian Air Force. There are no absolute friends in state-to-state exchanges, only absolute interests. Therefore, although the current relationship between China and Russia looks good, there is no guarantee that the relationship between the two countries will continue to be friendly. If the housekeeper of the Russian Air Force is sold to China, once the two countries turn against each other, China may use Tu-160 bombers to attack Russia. From this perspective, Russia will never sell the Tu-160 bomber to China.

Russia is unwilling to sell Tu-160 to China, but has the intention to cooperate with China to research and develop the new Tu-160. The Tu-160 bombers currently owned by Russia are all old models, and some technologies are already very backward. In addition, Russia's current military spending is relatively tight, and it is difficult to spare more military spending to reform and upgrade this.

At present, China is fully capable of providing the technology and funding for the construction of the new Tu-160 bomber. If Russia cooperates with China to build the new Tu-160, it will not only solve the problem of military expenditures for upgrading, but also steal the more advanced construction technology of some Chinese bombers. And China can also use this cooperation to produce deterrent bombers.

So instead of selling Tu-160 to China alone, and then China’s transformation and upgrading, Russia may be more willing to work with China to develop a new Tu-160 bomber.

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