India world's largest recipient of arms, Pak and china both are third

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India world's largest recipient of arms, Pak and china both are third

Stockholm: India is the world's largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are tied in third place, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in a study on international arms transfers.

The volume of worldwide arms transfers in 2007-11 was 24 per cent higher than in 2002-06 and the five largest arms importers in 2007-11 were all Asian states, said a press communique.

The data revealed that Asia and Oceania accounted for a whopping 44 per cent of global arms imports, followed by Europe 19 per cent, the Middle East 17 per cent, and the Americas 11 per cent. Africa was the lowest with 9 per cent.

India was the world's largest recipient of arms, accounting for 10 per cent of global arms imports.

The other large recipients of arms in 2007-11 were South Korea (6 per cent of arms transfers), Pakistan (5 per cent), China (5 per cent) and Singapore (4 per cent).

"Major Asian importing states are seeking to develop their own arms industries and decrease their reliance on external sources of supply," Pieter Wezeman, senior researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, was quoted as saying.

"A large share of arms deliveries is due to licensed production."

India's neighbour China was the largest recipient of arms exports in 2002-06, but it fell to fourth place in 2007-11.

Between 2002-06 and 2007-11, the volume of Chinese arms exports increased by 95 per cent and now China ranks as the sixth largest supplier of arms in the world.

"While the volume of China's arms exports is increasing, this is largely a result of Pakistan importing more arms from China," said Paul Holtom, director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.

"China has not yet achieved a major breakthrough in any other significant market."

The study said that major suppliers continued to deliver weapons to countries affected by the events of the Arab Spring.

Despite a review in 2011 of its arms transfer policies towards the region, the US remains a major supplier to both Tunisia and Egypt. In 2011, the US delivered 45 M-1A1 tanks to Egypt and agreed to deliver 125 more, the communique said.

"The transfer of arms to states affected by the Arab Spring has provoked public and parliamentary debate in a number of supplier states. However, the impact of these debates on states' arms export policies has, up to now, been limited," said Mark Bromley, senior researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.

The think-tank also noted that in 2011 Saudi Arabia placed an order with the US for 154 F-15SA combat aircraft, which was not only the most significant order placed by any state in 2011 but also the largest arms deal for at least two decades.


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India is justifiable but pakistan?? It have one of the worst economies and then china ??? so much for the indigenous and made in china stuff

 

[Ammyy]

BTW what exactly China import ( 5% of global arm import ) ???

 

[applesauce]

economist has a page on this
Daily chart: Big guns | The Economist

and to answer op's statement "so much for the indigenous and made in china stuff "

the UK exports 21% to US too, does that make the Americans impotent when it comes to arms design?
and anyways china is now 6th in the exporters list.

 

[Beast]

BTW what exactly China import ( 5% of global arm import ) ???

Aircraft Engines, helo llike KA-31, KA-28, mi-17, mi-26

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

BTW what exactly China import ( 5% of global arm import ) ???

helicopters mostly. our domestic helicopter industry is in shambles.

however, helicopters are not strategic weapons. They're nice to have but they're not bread and butter like guns, tanks, fighters, cruise and ballistic missiles, subs and destroyers.

 

[Nelson]

Now I'm dead sure that our arms policy is not Pakistan centric. We don't need so much arms for Pakistan.

Off course its China we are preparing for. Well, whatever.

 

[gubbi]

however, helicopters are not strategic weapons. They're nice to have but they're not bread and butter like guns, tanks, fighters, cruise and ballistic missiles, subs and destroyers.

And you base that assessment on your years of service in the armed forces?

 

[1nd1a]

India's neighbour China was the largest recipient of arms exports in 2002-06, but it fell to fourth place in 2007-11.

Not trying to flame this thread. However, almost in every other thread India is shown down for importing military hardware in number.

I just want to highlight that its the same process which china has gone through till 2006. We will become independent in this field too in coming years.

 

[Aramsogo]

Not trying to flame this thread. However, almost in every other thread India is shown down for importing military hardware in number.

I just want to highlight that its the same process which china has gone through till 2006. We will become independent in this field too in coming years.

It starts with making small arms like assault rifles that are usable. Something China achieved in the 1950s. Good luck.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

And you base that assessment on your years of service in the armed forces?

helicopters can't hold ground, take air supremacy, disrupt control/communications/shipping, control shipping lanes or things that are strategically important (that is, directly affect the non-warfare capabilities of an opposing nation). its a purely tactical weapon for highly specialized applications. it can get shot down easily by a guy with a grenade launcher, never mind aircraft or vehicles with missiles/flak

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

helicopters can't hold ground, take air supremacy, disrupt control/communications/shipping, control shipping lanes or things that are strategically important (that is, directly affect the non-warfare capabilities of an opposing nation). its a purely tactical weapon for highly specialized applications. it can get shot down easily by a guy with a grenade launcher, never mind aircraft or vehicles with missiles/flak

Seriously !

 

[Zarvan]

(CNN) -- India has overtaken China as the world's biggest importer of weapons, with Asian nations the most aggressive consumers of military hardware, a new report says.
Between 2007 and 2011, India's business accounted for 10% of the global arms market, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). South Korea was next, accounting for 6% of sales, followed by Pakistan and China (5%) and Singapore (4%).
Siemon Wezeman, a senior analyst with SIPRI, said India's defense spending reflects its regional security concerns and Delhi's global aspirations.
"India procures arms in relation to its tense relationship with Pakistan and increasingly sees China as a potential threat," he told CNN. "It also wants to assert itself as a major regional or even global power."
Much of this expenditure has focused on the modernization of its armed forces with the purchase of fighter jets and warships, according to The Hindu.
Meanwhile, China's relative decline as an arms importer comes at a time when it is increasing its overall defense budget, investing in major projects such as the development of a stealth fighter jet and an aircraft carrier program. Many of these weapons are instead produced domestically.
China boosts military spending Analysts denounce U.S. strategy to China 'We're building down, China building up'
At the National People's Congress earlier this month, Beijing announced plans to increase its military spending by 11.2%, a move some analysts suspect is in response to U.S. plans to increase its military presence in the Pacific -- an assertion it has rejected, saying its spending is in proportion to its economy.
China increases defense spending
"The Chinese government has maintained reasonable and appropriate growth in defense spending on the strength of rapid economic and social development and the steady increase of fiscal revenues," NPC spokesman Li Zhaoxing told reporters in March.
But China's announcement is sure to stoke concerns among some its neighbors.
China regards Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to use force against the island if it ever formally sought independence. Beijing has also claimed a significant portion of the South China Sea as its own territorial waters, putting it in conflict with other nations that have made claims on portions of the region.
Wezeman said China has gradually modernized its armed forces and arms industry in the past two decades. He said development of the latter was mainly influenced by an embargo on arms sales to China imposed by European Union nations and the United States after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
This, he said, forced China to look to other sources such as Russia for new equipment and licenses to produce weapons itself, which in turn helped to improve its own indigenous arms production capability.
As a result, China has become a major exporter of arms. According to SIPRI, it is now the world's sixth largest seller behind the U.S., Russia, Germany, France and Britain -- with India's long-time foe Pakistan chief among its clients.
Russia's defense industry has been the chief beneficiary of India's custom, according to SIPRI, though France has recently muscled in with new deals to supply submarines in addition to Mirage and Rafale combat aircraft from Dassault.
SIPRI estimates India is likely to spend more than $100 billion on weapons in the next 15 years.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Seriously !

the point is, helicopters are not that important and are relatively easy to down.

 

[AADHAAR]

It starts with making small arms like assault rifles that are usable. Something China achieved in the 1950s. Good luck.

No... it starts with the wheel. And china is still trying to reverse-engineer them.

Good luck.

 

[Aramsogo]

No... it starts with the wheel. And china is still trying to reverse-engineer them.

Good luck.

This Indian comeback doesn't even make sense.
But responses like this make me happy for the future of China and the competitiveness of India in the global marketplace. Thank you. PISA was right.