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Exclusive: Biden aides in talks with Vietnam for arms deal that could irk China (www.reuters.com)

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Vietnam is also actively in talks with Moscow over a new arms supply deal that could trigger U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Vietnam's asking for a US arms deal so that they can get leverage on their Russian arms deal...

Vietnam hasn't exactly had the best recent history with the US, after all. They've also shown a really strong capability for asymmetric warfare, so I doubt they're that concerned about self-defence with advanced technologies either, particularly when those technologies were designed under the assumptions of an offensive war against Russia and/or China.