Southeast Asian States Ramp Up Arms Spending In Challenge To Chinese Threat

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Spending in Southeast Asia on ballistic missiles, submarines and other weapons has ballooned as regional governments eye China's rapidly increasing armed forces capabilities, the Australian Age newspaper reported on Monday.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute determined that Southeast Asian military purchases shot up by 13.5 percent in 2011 to $25.4 billion and were on track to hit $40 billion no later than 2016.

In the last decade, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam have boosted funds to their armed forces by between 66 and 82 percent, according to SIPRI figures.

Vietnam is acquiring submarines and fighter plans from Russia and has purchased ballistic missiles from Israel, according to issue experts. Indonesia, meanwhile, is procuring surveillance radars from the United States and China and submarines from South Korea. Thailand intends to purchase fighter planes and submarines capable of wielding ship-targeting missiles from Sweden.

The weapons rush coincides with efforts by China to enhance its maritime capabilities, which include development of a reliable and credible ballistic missile submarine deterrent.

"Deployment of nuclear submarines, including ballistic missile submarines, will introduce a new geostrategic dimension to the regional balance of power," Australian Defense Force Academy issue expert Carl Thayer said in an interview.

China is believed to be within two years of wielding a fleet of atomic-powered submarines that are anticipated to be loaded with up to 12 nuclear-ready ballistic missiles that in the future might be armed with more than one warhead. The status of China's evolving SLBM capability will persist as focus of the U.S. Navy, Thayer said.

President Obama, who is visiting the region this week, is carrying out a "pivot" of the U.S. military toward an increased focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

India Defense Today - Southeast Asian States Ramp Up Arms Spending In Challenge To Chinese Threats

 

[SinoChallenger]

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[Zero_wing]

Good luck!

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Yes thank you and good luck with your rehabilitation

 

[Pak2]

The world welcomes the presence of the United States to check the bully of Asia, C nazis.

 

[Wright]

I think China and her Muslim allies will act as a Block to counter Nato.

 

[notte]

I think China and her Muslim allies will act as a Block to counter Nato.

Remember in fear in the old days?
Soviet Union was the prototype, China is the official version: smarter, richer, and much more clever.

Welcome to communist 2.0

Lol at the hope in the US, soon the whole world including the US will be kneed before China. You all should remember China was the most advanced land in the world, including technology and economy for the most part of the history. We are rising peacefully or in other words, coming back to our position. The only solution for the world is accepting China is the boss now or in the very near future, and whoever wants to challenge China will take the first lesson. We also welcome the America and the India to our class, especially dumb Indians lmao. Well, smart Indians need to stay away because we know you were/are a great civilization like us. Your Indian's true enemy are your other dumb Indians, not another peaceful country like China.

Hope, you all enjoy your education time.

 

[Tshering22]

Good luck!

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-...hed-carrier-killer-240-km-export-version.html

Dude seriously. You've posted that the 7th time. Just grab that rifle pointed at you and refuse to bow down to your oppressive regime.

Trust me; opinions and being able to think yourself is a beautiful thing in the world.

I think China and her Muslim allies will act as a Block to counter Nato.

What Muslim allies?

The only Muslim ally it has is Pakistan which is itself in the middle of a shytestorm by NATO. The other ally it has is North Korea which is.. well, as you live in Canada, you'd know it all too well. The third ally it has is Cambodia which is a Buddhist/Hindu country and has not even the remotest relations to either of these countries politically.

 

[Pak2]

Remember in fear in the old days?
Soviet Union was the prototype, China is the official version: smarter, richer, and much more clever.

Welcome to communist 2.0

Lol at the hope in the US, soon the whole world including the US will be kneed before China. You all should remember China was the most advanced land in the world, including technology and economy for the most part of the history. We are rising peacefully or in other words, coming back to our position. The only solution for the world is accepting China is the boss now or in the very near future, and whoever wants to challenge China will take the first lesson. We also welcome the America and the India to our class, especially dumb Indians lmao. Well, smart Indians need to stay away because we know you were/are a great civilization like us. Your Indian's true enemy are your other dumb Indians, not another peaceful country like China.

Hope, you all enjoy your education time.

You should focus more on that and try to not bring up the past so often, because it seems like you are producing excuses. Please focus on Freedom for people of Asean and not be like Tibet, China is the new Nazis of Asia.

 

[notte]

You should focus more on that and try to not bring up the past so often, because it seems like you are producing excuses. Please focus on Freedom for people of Asean and not be like Tibet, China is the new Nazis of Asia.

Yeah, we are the new Nazi of Asia, so what?
Follow us and accept our leadership, then you have peace and money, against us then you will all become dead meats.

We don't need excuses because we have reality, only dumb Indians need excuses because you have nothing. LMAO at the biggest democracy on Earth. You Indian should steal your poor people's money and spend it all to help South East Asia countries against China. It will help us because you don't spend your money to develop your country but throw it away for corrupt governments like Viet and Phil. Lol, keep doing those smart move and you all soon will bankrupt in racing against China while your poor people are still in hunger.

You Indians have nothing to challenge China. Nazi or German was never a tier 1 Empire, but we as China, was, and will be back soon. Nazi is different to Communist: Nazi was defeated but Soviet Union was not. It was collapsed because of its leaders, we learnt that lesson and it will not happen to us. Also in the premium field, we manage the economy far better than the Soviet and so we are far richer. Those are the differences between dream and reality, hey Indian friends, we are tier 1 and you are not, just accept it