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Re:U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack by disown on Thursday December 17, 2020 @05:49PM (#25461564)
> Its a declining regional power

It's a declining global power, but a rising regional power. It's nowhere what it was in the soviet days, but it certainly has been growing since the post 90s collapse.

> with a GDP the size of Texas [1,2]

That's only on a nominal basis, but on a PPP basis, they are the 6th largest economy in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

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Re:U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack by justinzollars on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:12PM (#25463774)
> but a rising regional power.

It's not rising in any sense.

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Re:U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack by pengaru on Friday December 18, 2020 @03:40AM (#25465098)
Crimea?
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Re:U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack by justinzollars on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:34PM (#25479183)
That example is like the United States losing all of California, but taking back its Navy base in San Diego.
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