The Asian Arms Race Seen from Opened Up Russian Arsenals,

Abstract

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union--in order to acquire hard currency--Russia opened up its arsenals to the people of the world, selling weapons cheap. At the same time, in Asia--due to various types of latent crises--a good number of nations, in expanding military power, competing in procurement, or independently developing weapons systems, produced the appearance of a new arms race. This article takes missiles as the main thing, introducing advanced Russian technology. In conjunction with this--using a number of nations and regions of Asia as examples--it analyzes the current status of Asian arms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA310895

Entities

People

  • Xiaojing Zang

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command Guidance
  • Defense Systems
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Laser Guidance
  • Navigation
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Surveillance
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.