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| Headline from the Scramble Website of Vietnam receiving the Yak-130 Aircraft from Russia |
Vietnam recently started receiving the first six of twelve Yak-130 Advanced Trainer/Light Combat Aircraft from Russia. The Contract for these was signed in 2019, but the biggest question for me is where are the United States’ (US) Sanctions against Vietnam based on their Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) Law?
The Contract for these worth Usd 350 million (or Usd 29.2 million each Aircraft) was signed in 2019, so it should’ve been covered already by CAATSA since its effective date is supposed to be January 2018.
On the other hand, India is about to receive the S-400 Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Systems it bought from Russia, and there is a lot of talk in the US about whether India should be sanctioned or not. It seems that the US is selective on which Countries it will use its CAATSA Law with.
* First Yak-130s delivered to Vietnam {Archived Link}
* A Detailed Look at the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act {Archived Link}
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Vietnam's potential use as a forward operating base for the US military in the event of a "Sino-American War," makes them too important as a potential US ally to piss off with sanctions. India, on the other hand, has far less potential use in such a war, due to the difficulty of crossing the Himalaya in order to invade through Tibet; the US can safely piss India off via sanctions.
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