Chinese military exports to other countries

China surges to become the world’s third-largest arms exporter

With clients like Iran, Syria, and Myanmar, China’s arms exports are booming.

Over the last 10 years, China has more than tripled its arms exports, rising from the world’s seventh-largest arms exporter in 2002 to third place in 2012, according to data released today from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which monitors such transfers around the world.

Because the data collected by SIPRI show volatility from year to year, the organization prefers to analyze it based on five-year averages, which would put China in fifth place instead of third. But China’s climb has been steady since 2007, when it was ranked 11th in the world.

China’s growth in exporting military weaponry has been almost unmatched. Only the Ukraine and Spain have grown faster over the last decade.

Though China’s arms sales have grown enormously, its rise in the rankings has also been due to fewer military exports from Germany and France.

Rising any higher in the rankings may take a lot more for China. The gap between it and the next largest exporters—the United States and Russia—is over three times larger than China’s current level of arms exports.

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The race for Turkey’s missile tender, worth $4 billion, is warming up, with China bidding below $3 billion and thus forcing the U.S. to decrease its offer in order to stay in the competition, anonymous sources have claimed.

Despite representatives of Raytheon declining to comment on the tender process, according to the sources the U.S. firm has been working hard to rehabilitate its offer for the Patriot system.

The protracted tender process for Turkey’s national long-range missile defense system was anticipated to be finalized during the Defense Industry Executive Board’s meeting last month.

For the estimated $4 billion contract, the pan-European company Eurosam, maker of the Surface-to-Air Missile Platform/Terrain Aster 30 system, is competing with a Raytheon-Lockheed partnership marketing Patriots; Russia’s Rosoboronexport, marketing the S-300 system; and China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corp., offering its HQ-9.

However, the tender was delayed due to China’s move to haul prices down to almost half the original. The other bidders are now striving to revise their offers.

Another possible reason for the delay is the deployment of U.S.-made Patriot missiles provided by NATO along the Syria border, which could nullify Turkey’s own program to build long-range anti-missile and air defense systems on its soil, according to industry sources.

Meanwhile, many Western officials and experts say the Russian and Chinese systems in the Turkish competition are not compatible with NATO systems. The fear is that either country’s potential victory could inadvertently provide it with access to classified NATO information, and, as a result, may compromise NATO’s procedures.

Despite this criticism, Turkey so far has resisted dropping the Chinese and Russian

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asif iqbal said:

Can't see Turkey going for Chinese SAM system, many country's submit tenders doesn't mean they will get them, anyhow Turkey might even withdraw the requirement soon it's not even certain they will be spending that much, infact they have delayed their purchase of F35 now too, Turkish defence industry's is booming, national orders are pouring in and exports are hitting new highs especially in middle eastern country's and Pakistan navy is getting their new replenishment tanker from Turkey for $70 million

I really hope Turkey soon unveils its LPD/LHD programme so looking forward to it, word on the steet is that South Korea is the partner

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Lion said:

I don't think Turkey will go for Russia and China SAM system but China is teasing all other tenders by dropping as low as possible to squeeze their profit dry even they get the Turkey deal.

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asif iqbal said:

I know that's the part I like! Deal or no deal Chinese on the scene is always competition and these types of moves is good stratedgy for China

Also think Turkey is keeping The Chinese in for exactly that reason

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antiterror13 said:

So, Turkey use China to get the better deal ?. Chinese is not stupid, I think there is still reasonable chance for China to win, otherwise China/Russia wouldn't bother

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