> China Displaces Russia in Client-State Arms Markets
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Chinese MANPADS transfers to Iran illustrate China stepping into arms-export niches vacated by a war-constrained Russia, contributing to a projected double-digit decline in Russian arms exports.
// Cascade Logic
China supplies advanced defense systems to Russia's traditional clients (Iran) → erosion of Russia's arms-export market share amid war absorption and sanctions
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China filling defense-supply demand from Russia's traditional partners like Iran compounds the loss of Russian arms-export share already driven by domestic war absorption and sanctions.