I love this.
Their stupid air force is forced to stand down for what... 15 years? No money for fuel. No money for maintenance. During that time, their main “enemy,” which would be us, doesn’t lift a finger to threaten them, much less invade them or take their natural resources.
Then when they begin to get up off their backs economically, they’re right back at it again, saber rattling to show us how tough they are.
What’s the point?
Maybe they just want to be noticed.
Or better yet, shovels them millions to clean up their loose nukes, and puts their scientists on the payroll designing crappy space stations.