Russia and China both rely on satellites like most of the world, they will be just as blind as the rest of us. "cut off your nose to spite your face" fits the behavior ....provoke the hell out of them. you can't let folks use threats to get their way, or they are in charge. fuck 'em...twice!
We have a habit of not flashing our most useful hardware. It’s foolish for them to think that we’re doing nothing. Technology advances simultaneously . Anything they can think of, we’ve thought of as well.