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India for more than 80% of weapons imported from Russia. The picture shows the parade to show imported from India, the Russian T-90S main tank

British newspaper “Independent” recently published entitled “The peace-loving country of India’s number one arms purchase,” the article said the last five years India has been become the world’s largest arms importer in 2011 annual military spending $ 36 billion pounds (about 2.9097 trillion rupees). However, from Europe to India’s own media, all of this “world first” quite reflection.

create a “World Brand” arsenal

reported, Stockholm Peace Research Institute has a five-year period analysis of the national arms imports, in the last 5 years (2001 ~ 2005), the world’s arms imports are China, India followed. However, between 2006 and 2010, India imported weapons in the world share rose to 9 percent, China fell to 6%, ranking reversed.

India imports more than 80% of weapons from Russia, guns, tanks, aircraft, warships, missiles … almost everything, the formation of a strong Russian military system dependent. However, the latter by the impact of political and economic environment, update the existing weapons is slow, ineffective development of new weapons, weapons of quality, cost, development and progress is often out of control, so that New Delhi repeatedly wasting money.

view of this, India in recent years, tried to convince the country’s arms procurement to diversify European arms dealers continue to get huge contracts. British 155 mm guns, the French “Scorpene” class submarines, the U.S. C-17 heavy transport aircraft, have found a market in India. Especially the last two years, in order to compete for procurement of Indian Air Force 126 new aircraft a big one, the relevant heads of state, secretary of state, defense ministers every visit to India, did not forget to mention the benefits of their own fighters. Recently there has been news that the Indian side promising European “Typhoon” fighter’s performance in the war in Libya; if this arms purchase finalized, regardless of inflation have to burn more than 110 billion dollars, enough to ensure that India’s number one imported weapons continue to sit tight National throne.

insecurity into a military buildup reason

India’s rapid economic growth in recent years, world GDP share from 4.6% in 2000 to 5.4 in 2010 %. Comprehensive development of military power to provide financial support. According to data released by the Government of India, the country’s military spending now accounts for about 2% of GDP, total ranked 10th in the world, not only lower than the United States and China, and also lower than the UK, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Accordingly, the military and many of the Indian claim, the proportion of military spending should be increased to 3% of GDP.

rise in economic strength, while India’s external security environment changes very sensitive. Externally, it is controversial areas that Pakistan secretly supported Islamic extremist forces, and China through Myanmar, Sri Lanka and other countries in its implementation of pragmatic cooperation “strategic siege.” Therefore, India believes that its future will be faced with war, is likely to be multi-faceted by the enemy, nuclear background of asymmetric warfare.

insecurity in India but also from the deteriorating internal security situation. In recent years, India suffered several terrorist attacks, large and small. July 13, Mumbai, after the lapse of 32 months again explosions, failure of security mechanisms surprised the outside world. It seems in New Delhi, the domestic terrorist threat from Pakistan’s covert support of Islamic extremists, and believe in violent revolution, fueled leftist forces.

India with its strategic ambitions, hopes to play an important influence in the world, it must not tolerate these internal and external security environment, constraints, and thus continue to strengthen its military, to create the “great power status commensurate with the military.” provides a rationale.

“import dependency syndrome ‘troubles is not small

problem is that throwing money bought a lot of” arms imports in the world “title does not make India’s real happy. The West and India have commented that after the issue with the column at the military modernization of China and India take on a different path. China and India take the road to the introduction of independent road, has shown signs compete.

U.S. military experts Zhang Taiming University of California, Institute for Defense Analyses in India before the closed-door seminar that the Chinese army has been able in just 20 years to become strong on their own, one of the reasons is a national emphasis on self-military-industrial progress. Zhang Taiming also to the Chinese fighter, for example, reviews of the Chinese weapons, based on the promotion of independent innovation and introduction of three phases: the first is the introduction of the load platform dress, as in imitation, based on the Su-27 to install their own electronics, radar and fire control systems; second stage is the integration of foreign technology innovation, such as reference to develop the J-10 multi-national experience; third stage is the innovation extends to parts such as subtle, and ultimately to achieve complete independence, is the early appearance of the F -20 proof.

the same time, China has been on National Defense and the PLA General Armament Department and other agencies of reform, straighten out the relationship between weapons development. Chinese military enterprises, patent applications increased from 313 in 1998 to 2008, the development of 11000. In contrast, India’s military regime significantly behind, as the military end-users often have no say in the development stage.

remove innovation is not strong, the mechanism behind the large number of perennial also purchased weapons, military discipline to face the Indian foreign arms dealers erosion. In mid-July, Indian Defense Minister Antonio severe tongue-lashing that will not tolerate corruption in defense procurement, he also warned defense supplier, if found bribery in the procurement process, even if the procurement process is nearing completion, the government will no hesitate to take “extreme measures.” Remarks further exposed the shortcomings of the Indian system of arms import.

○ freelance writer Yan Yue newspaper “Youth Reference” (August 3, 2011 Version 19)

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