Experts said the Gulf countries for the purchase of advanced weapons to show off a limited role in wartime
Date:2012-02-01Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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United States, Israel and Iran are competing, and living in the Middle East” powder keg “of the Gulf states, and in response to military threats, take advantage of The U.S. has huge oil in the world to buy advanced weapons and equipment, forming a seemingly strong military power.
“Apache” helicopters, “Black Hawk” helicopters, the joint-guided assault weapons … … So far, the Arab Gulf Asian countries you can buy already has the world’s most advanced weaponry, and increasingly large number, both in quantity and level of technology, it is definitely rude to their arch-enemy Israel. The UAE bought 80 F-16Block60 fighters, its overall performance Bimei air force F-16Block50 type also advanced. Annual growth in the arms trade, the United States and Russia to become the biggest winner.
However, military experts point out that once war breaks out, the role of these advanced weapons will be very limited. The reason, as the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Anthony Cordesman, senior scholars and Luo Dehan noted, these huge number of sophisticated weapons, and more into a show off, rather than used in modern warfare. “They just attention weaponry shell, regardless of their practicality.” In addition, these contradictions between the Arab countries, a lack of mutual trust, with little carry out joint military operations.
1986 after the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the United States has been promoting its efforts to integrate defense capabilities, but always without success. Neither the synergy between them, there is no common military doctrine, so that in 2005, the Gulf “Peninsula Shield” joint forces created after 20 years, Saudi Arabia and Qatar due to the mutual hostility and anger and there is no military to disband. (Xiao load)
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