• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    edit-2
    11 months ago

    Vietnam and Laos have had no need to build a rocket industry and nuclear power.

    Space technology is in large part a byproduct of ICBM technology. Why would any of those countries spend money investing into that?

      • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        11 months ago

        They require a deterrent against invasion in the case that China will not defend them.

        Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and many other countries do not face a similar threat.

            • freagle@lemmygrad.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              7
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              11 months ago

              The US deployed 60% of its naval assets to the Pacific undet Obama. It’s building up power all over the region. If you think it’s impossible the USA will fuck with Vietnam et al, I think you might be assuming too much.

              • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                5
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                11 months ago

                Where in the pacific? You’re leaving out key information. Those assets were sent to Korea, Guam, and Japan. To encircle China. Vietnam is not a strategic or tactical target.

                • freagle@lemmygrad.ml
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  5
                  arrow-down
                  4
                  ·
                  11 months ago

                  I think your absolute statements of unknowable facts belie an overconfidence that is unjustified by history.

                  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    4
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    11 months ago

                    You try to justify your beliefs no matter the facts of the situation, with nothing mattering except the information that confirms what you want to hear.

                    Again, I ask you, if you’re so correct, then why have the Vietnamese leadership made no forays towards nuclear technology despite massive advancements in science and technology?