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Sweden Stockholm International Peace Research Institute recently released a global arms trade report pointed out that in the past five years, India has become the world’s biggest arms buyer; In addition, the import of arms of the top five ranked countries are concentrated in Asia. Experts believe that the Asia-Pacific countries armaments growth from the rapid economic growth and the eastward shift of the U.S. strategic arms race in Asia has not yet appeared.

report, “the global arms trade trends analysis,” the report said 2007 to 2011, global arms exports, compared with the previous five years rose 24%, the top five arms importing countries are Asian countries. Among them, nearly half of the world’s arms imports in the Asia and Oceania countries, accounting for 44% of the total global arms imports, Europe, followed by 19%. Why the arms of Asian countries is growing so fast? Military experts, the National Defense University Institute for Strategic Studies, former director of Major General Yang Yihai military believes that economic growth in emerging countries has provided a guarantee for the purchase of arms in recent years the Asia-Pacific region to increase defense investment stage. Asia’s military spending growth in recent years for several reasons, first, the major countries of Asia, especially the situation in the country’s economic growth in emerging countries, China, India, Indonesia, Singapore and other good, overall economic growth driven by of GDP growth, fiscal revenue growth and capital, financial protection, the growth of military spending to provide the foundation; Second, the Asia-Pacific region in terms of long-term economic rather backward, and the relative lack of investment in defense, relatively speaking, is now. “

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute released the report, said India’s arms imports accounted for a global defense increase investment. Previously, there were reports that India’s 2012 defense budget will increase to over 42 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 17% compared with the previous fiscal year, this figure is almost four times the budget of the Chinese the same year. The experts believe that India has not satisfied with just the big countries of the South Asian subcontinent, its strategic goal of full expansion in all directions. At the same time, India’s defense industrial system of self-sufficiency, the main equipment is heavily dependent on foreign purchase. Rear Admiral Yang Yi said: “India’s pursuit of their own strategic objectives is constantly expanding, and now it does not meet the big countries of the South Asian subcontinent, when the major Asian countries, even a big country around the world, east, west, north, four a position full expansion of the Navy to expand to the Mediterranean, the entire control of the Indian Ocean, so the whole of the strategic goal of expanding. why a massive military procurement or outsourcing? its own defense industrial base, the construction of manufacturing capacity is relatively weak and heavily dependent from abroad to buy the previous major supplier Russia, former Soviet Union, these two years in Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries competing to sell India its military products in order to express the kind of support and win over the relationship with India, another to speaking, also the occupation of its market, to earn its money. “

At the same time, the United States over the past five years, is still the world’s major arms exporters, accounting for three percent of global exports. Experts believe that the arms imports in the Asia-Pacific region is substantial growth in the Asia-Pacific strategic relations with the United States to return to the United States through the export of weapons to strengthen military relations with the Asia-Pacific allies. Military expert Yin Zhuo Major General in an interview said: “United States return to the Asia-Pacific, the first he and his allies should strengthen military ties and military ties focus on one by the arms sales to allies tied to the chariot, so you must maintain political relations and security relations and consistent, which is a very vital way. “

recent years, with the highlights of the North Korean nuclear crisis, the South China Sea disputes, the peace situation in the Asia-Pacific region at any time be tested, in order to cope with the uncertain regional situation, the Asia-Pacific countries have to increase the import intensity of the weapons.

, Rear Admiral Yang Yi of the military experts said the eastward shift of the U.S. strategy to strengthen its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region, provoked disputes in the region but also to many countries uneasy. Asian countries, some of the border dispute, maritime rights and interests, security threats (among others) is fairly severe, so the increase in defense funding. Of course, there are a lot of factors, the United States to return to Asia, the United States to strengthen the region’s military exists, it is the security situation in the region were very nervous, and the relevant countries to produce a sense of fear, the United States to promote national growth in military spending, including the Philippines, Singapore and other. “

for such a report, some Western media exclaimed, unstable in Asia, the arms race is inevitable. However, China’s military experts do not agree with this view. Major General Yin Zhuo said, Asian countries to strengthen the arms imports is mainly due to the unstable situation in the majority, in consideration of the needs of national defense, and not to engage in military hegemony. “I do not agree to an arms race in this argument, because by far the arms race have a goal, no one has the ability to dominate in Asia, except the United States, other countries, is not to hegemony, outside India, the Asian countries for self-defense The insecurity of these countries is mainly the United States has repeatedly in the Asia-Pacific region to stir up strife, such as the unstable situation on the Korean Peninsula, such as Southeast Asia and tensions of the South China Sea, the Diaoyu Islands to maintain the tense situation. “

At the same time, the report shows that China’s arms imports fell to fourth place, a substantial decline compared with the previous. Experts believe that China’s arms imports declined to explain the capacity of independent innovation was enhanced. China has been proposed strategy to strengthen the independent innovation capability of weapons and equipment also coincide. (Qiong Yang, Zhang Yifu)

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