Fake My Run.

A milestone in lazy technology innovation.

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1. America let its military-industrial might wither. China’s is booming. Here’s a visualization of how far the U.S. has fallen behind. If the U.S. faced a major conflict, it would need to reorient industries and workers, as it did in the two world wars of the 20th century. China’s workforce is already in position, with an army of manufacturing workers that dwarfs other nations. Read the rest. The graphs are telling. (Source: wsj.com)

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2. After incremental gains for months, Russian forces are advancing on Ukrainian battlefields at the fastest pace this year. They are bombarding Ukrainian cities with some of the biggest drone and missile strikes of the war. They have even opened another front in northern Ukraine. The Kremlin’s summer offensive appears to be underway. (Source: nytimes.com)

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3. Institute for the Study of War:

Western reporting indicates that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is increasing drone deliveries to Russia while reducing sales to Ukrainian and Western buyers, further demonstrating China's increasingly overt support for Russia's war effort in Ukraine. Bloomberg reported on May 29 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently stated that the PRC stopped selling DJI Mavic quadcopter drones, which Russian and Ukrainian forces have used for surveillance and strike missions, to Ukraine and other European countries while continuing to sell the quadcopters to Russia. Zelensky stated that Russia has domestic DJI Mavic production lines, and that "Chinese representatives" are present at these production facilities. (Source: understandingwar.org)

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