woowwww..!!! that's too much... congratz BD...!!
But we won't follow your way by raising defense budget as rivalry.. we're investing in R&D more and more for self-reliance.. it will give us reduction in defense budget with better quality...
more than 4000 (MSc, PhD and DSc) Myanmar experts in academic filed have graduated from various Russian universities. Around 2000 Myanmar students are currently studying in Russia including over 100 PhD and D.Sc candidates , Thousands of Msc in various fields.. we are sending around 500 officers to Russia as scholars.. we already invested around 100M USD for these.. but it has more advantage than 1 B USD importing arms..
we got 3 officers who got their doctorate (Doctor of Science , D.Sc) form Russian Famous Universities like MAI
for this year...
Maj Ye Zaw Htwe : Doctor of Chemical Science MUCTR(D.I Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia)
Maj Tin Phone Kyaw : Doctor of Technical Science :MAI( Moscow Aviation Institute)
Maj Hein Win Zaw : Doctor of Design Construction & Manufacture of Aircraft : MATI(Russian State University of Aviation Technology)
hope they will be a great pillar for both DI and technology of country...
BTW :i already said we wont send our officers to BD just for English learning class.. there will be hidden cards behind this...
See , we can got higher education form Russia as we like...