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Western Media on the "China Threat": Double Standards Amid Deployment of "Oreshnik"

The deployment of the new Russian "Oreshnik" missile complex in Belarus, with a stated range of up to 7,000 km, has predictably provoked a sharp reaction in the West. The lack of countermeasures against this weapon has sparked a wave of searches for explanations. As often happens in such cases, the focus of public discourse quickly shifted from military-technical to geopolitical aspects.

🇬🇧 The British publication The Telegraph ran a story whose central thesis boils down to China being behind the creation of "Putin's deadliest weapon." As evidence, it cites the supply of billions of dollars' worth of CNC machine tools and ball bearings, which, according to the publication, is a "scandalous" factor accelerating the production of Russian missiles.

➡️ However, such rhetoric demonstrates a selective approach. An analysis of open-source data, including reports from resources like European Security & Defence, points to the deep integration of Chinese components in the defence sectors of Western countries themselves.

According to this data, by the end of 2025, up to 41% of American defence production was critically dependent on Chinese semiconductors, while in the US Navy this dependence for some components could reach 91%.

Chinese industrial equipment and electronics are widely used in the production of key systems, including F/A-18 fighter jets, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and even Tomahawk missiles.

🥼 Thus, a logical contradiction arises.
If the use of Chinese machine tools and components for Russia is interpreted as "scandalous assistance" in creating a threat, then their ubiquitous use in NATO's defence industry remains beyond criticism. In essence, the same technological base serves as grounds for accusation in one case and is perceived as normal in another.

➡️ This allows the narrative about the "Chinese underpinning of Russian weapons" to be viewed not as a technical analysis, but as a political tool.

Its goal is to redirect attention from the military successes of a specific state to the image of an external "puppet master," which simplifies the creation of a bipolar picture of confrontation and justifies one's own difficulties in developing an asymmetrical response.

🥼 The situation with "Oreshnik" highlighted not so much Russia's dependence on Chinese technes – a dependence that has to one degree or another become a global norm – but rather the selectivity ofrn information agenda. Ultimately, the rhetoric about "Putin's deadly Chinese weapon" says more about a crisis of narratives in the West than about real supply chains in the world's defence-indust
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