Much of China's current behavior is driven by their desire to overcome that humiliation and be respected. This led to the Opium War and a century of humiliation. In the 19th century, the Manchus still ruled China and made the very foolish decision to isolate China from new ideas, from the West, and from technological progress. They were repeatedly invaded and conquered by the Xiongnu, the Mongols, the Manchus, and each time the Chinese would culturally and demographically swamp the invaders, absorbing them into China. China didn't seek an empire, the empire came to them. But to Russians, it is a defensive action to reestablish the old buffer. Westerners see Russian aggression in Ukraine. So Russia grew into the world's largest country, not out of a hunger for conquest, but, paradoxically, out of paranoia and insecurity. So their only defense is to have "strategic depth": enough land to buffer them from attacks.īut each time Russia created a buffer, that buffer soon became an integral part of Russia, and then a new buffer was needed to buffer the old buffer. There are no natural borders on either the east or west and Russia has been repeatedly invaded from both directions. But at a deeper level, the three countries are very different. "Russia/China/Iran/etc" are ruled by tyrants who have no legitimate reason for governing. Dmitry Rogozin, the previous head of Roscosmos and a hardliner known for his tough statements against the west, has suggested the new space station could fulfil a military purpose if necessary. The space station, as currently conceived, would not have a permanent human presence but would be staffed twice a year for extended periods. Launch of the second and final stage is planned for 2030-35, they have reported.
Russian state media have suggested the launch of the first stage is planned for 2025-26 and no later than 2030. Although designs for some of the station exist, design work is still under way on other segments. Roscosmos has said the station would afford Russian cosmonauts a much wider view by which to monitor Earth than their current segment.
That would be enough, when completed, to accommodate up to four cosmonauts and scientific equipment. That would be followed by two more modules and a service platform, it said. For the first phase a four-module space station would start operating. Roscosmos said its space station would be launched in two phases, without giving dates. Roscosmos presented a model of the space station, nicknamed "Ross" by Russian state media, on Monday at a military-industrial exhibition outside Moscow. The Guardian reports: Russia wants to reduce its dependency on western countries and forge ahead on its own, or cooperate with countries such as China and Iran, after sanctions were imposed by the west as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian space agency has unveiled a physical model of what a planned Russian-built space station will look like, suggesting Moscow is serious about abandoning the International Space Station (ISS) and going it alone.
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