Chinese military exports to other countries

no_name said:

Does this count for unofficial marketing?

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Another ZAF chopper crash-lands due to flag, one soldier dead (updated)
A Zambia Airforce Chopper (ZAF) has crash-landed at the city airport Longacres in Lusaka and one ZAF officer Major Mukupa has died. The Chinese Chopper was brougt down by cloth (Zambian flag).

According to information passed to the Watchdog, one ZAF officer Major Mukupa was rushed to the hospital where he later died while the chopper has been burnt to ashes.

The Governmen has announced that iw commence investigation but the Watchdog has been informed by ZAF sources that the chopper was brought down by a flag.

‘That chopper was descending in readiness for landing. The chopper was one of the three that was used today at youth day celebration and had a Zambian flag tied to it under its belly. Apparently the flag became loose and entangled the tail/rear rota of the chopper and the rota stopped rotating causing the chopper to crash. The pilot used the parachute to jump out of chopper but was hit with flying pieces from the chopper. The chopper caught fire immediately upon crashing to the ground,’ said someone from inside.

More information given to the Wachtdog is the choppers were bought from China a few months ago but pilots were never sent for training in China

Later in the day, Defence minister Geoffre Mwamba confirmed crush of the Chinese made copper and the death of Major Misapa Mukupa.

“We experienced an accident this morning around 11:14 hours where a Zambia Air Force, Z9 helicopter crushed on landing at the City Airport.

“The plane lost control causing it to crash-land and investigations into the cause of the accident have been instituted,” he said.

Mr Mwamba said Major Mukupa was pronounced died upon arrival at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH).

He said the co-pilot Captain Kenneth Chilala sustained minor injuries and was reported to be out of danger and he had seen been discharged from hospital.

Mr. Mwamba said the government has already informed Major Mukupa’s family over the tragic accident.

This is the third time a helicopter is crash-landing in Zambia within six months. The first one was carrying state house staff who accompanied president sata on a tour of Nothern province.

The second one was carrying PF journalists who were being ferried to cover campaigns in Mpongwe. it crash-landed in Kabwe but authorities angrily defended the crash-landing by saying it was not as bad as reported by the private media.

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(Reuters) - China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, a respected Sweden-based think tank said on Monday, its highest ranking since the Cold War, with Pakistan the main recipient.

China's volume of weapons exports between 2008 and 2012 rose 162 percent compared to the previous five year period, with its share of the global arms trade rising from 2 percent to 5 percent, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said.

China replaces Britain in the top five arms-dealing countries between 2008 and 2012, a group dominated by the United States and Russia, which accounted for 30 percent and 26 percent of weapons exports, SIPRI said.

"China is establishing itself as a significant arms supplier to a growing number of important recipient states," Paul Holtom, director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Program, said in a statement.

The shift, outlined in SIPRI's Trends in International Arms Transfers report, marks China's first time as a top-five arms exporter since the think tank's 1986-1990 data period.

Now the world's second-largest economy, China's rise has come with a new sense of military assertiveness with a growing budget to develop modern warfare equipment including aircraft carriers and drones.

At the Zhuhai air show in southern China in November, Chinese attack helicopters, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and air defenses were on public show for the first time.

SIPRI maintains a global arms transfers database base that tracks arms exports back to the 1950s. It averages data over five-year periods because arms sales vary by year.

"Pakistan - which accounted for 55 percent of Chinese arms exports - is likely to remain the largest recipient of Chinese arms in the coming years due to large outstanding and planned orders for combat aircraft, submarines and frigates," SIPRI said.

Myanmar, which has been undergoing fragile reforms that the United States thinks could help counter Beijing's influence in the region, received 8 percent of China's weapons exports.

Bangladesh received 7 percent of the arms, and Algeria, Venezuela and Morocco have bought Chinese-made frigates, aircraft or armored vehicles in the past several years.

Beijing does not release official figures for arms sales.

Germany and France ranked third and fourth on the arms exporter list. China followed only India in the acquisition of arms, though its reliance on imports is decreasing as it ramps up weapons production capabilities at home.

After decades of steep increases in military spending and cash injections into domestic defense contractors, experts say some Chinese-made equipment is now comparable to Russian or Western counterparts, though accurate information about the performance of Chinese weapons is scarce.

China faces bans on Western military imports, dating back to anger over its crushing of pro-democracy protests in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989. That makes its domestic arms industry crucial in assembling a modern military force that can enforce claims over Taiwan and disputed maritime territories.

China has faced off recently with its Southeast Asian neighbors and Japan over conflicting claims to strings of islets in the South China Sea and East China Sea, even as the United States executes a military pivot towards the Pacific.

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China is fifth-largest arms exporter

Pakistan the main customer as Beijing exceeds Britain's share of weapons market while remaining far behind US and Russia

China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, according to a Swedish-based thinktank. It is China's highest ranking since the cold war, with Pakistan the main recipient.

China's volume of weapons exports between 2008 and 2012 rose 162% compared with the previous five-year period, with its share of the global arms trade rising from 2% to 5%, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri).

China replaces Britain in the top five arms-dealing countries between 2008 and 2012, a group dominated by the United States and Russia, which accounted for 30% and 26% of weapons exports, Sipri said.

"China is establishing itself as a significant arms supplier to a growing number of important recipient states," Paul Holtom, director of the Sipri Arms Transfers Programme, said in a statement.

The shift, outlined in Sipri's Trends in International Arms Transfers report, marks China's first time as a top-five arms exporter since the thinktank's 1986-1990 data period.

Now the world's second-largest economy, China's rise has come with a new sense of military assertiveness with a growing budget to develop modern warfare equipment including aircraft carriers and drones.

At the Zhuhai air show in southern China in November Chinese attack helicopters, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and air defences were on public show for the first time.

Sipri maintains a global arms transfers database base that tracks arms exports back to the 1950s. It averages data over five-year periods because arms sales vary by year.

"Pakistan – which accounted for 55% of Chinese arms exports – is likely to remain the largest recipient of Chinese arms in the coming years due to large outstanding and planned orders for combat aircraft, submarines and frigates," Sipri said.

Burma received 8% of China's weapons exports; Bangladesh received 7%; while Algeria, Venezuela and Morocco have bought Chinese-made frigates, aircraft or armoured vehicles in recent years.

Beijing does not release official figures for arms sales.

Germany and France ranked third and fourth on the arms exporter list. China followed only India in the acquisition of arms, though its reliance on imports is decreasing as it ramps up weapons production capabilities at home.

Experts say some Chinese-made equipment is now comparable to the performance of Russian or western-made, though accurate information is scarce.

China faces bans on western military imports, dating back to anger over its crushing of pro-democracy protests in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989. That makes its domestic arms industry crucial in assembling a modern military force as it continues to make claims over Taiwan and disputed maritime territories.

China has faced off recently with south-east Asian neighbours and Japan over conflicting claims to strings of islets in the South China Sea and East China Sea. At the same time the United States has beefed up its militarily presence in the Pacific.

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Franklin said:

China overtakes UK as the World's 5th largest arms exporter

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* The numbers for China as the world's 5th largest arms exporter is based on numbers over the past 5 years. According to this table China in 2012 is already the world's third largest arms exporter behind the US and Russia.

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tphuang said:

shouldn't be a surprise to most of us here. I assume SIPRI is a pretty accurate database for this kind of stuff. I certainly wouldn't use wiki as an example here.

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