Impacts- Econ Bad- Russia- Arms Buildup

Impacts- Econ Bad- SE Asia Arms Build up

A report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s report on the security situation in South Asia, causing the relevant foreign media reports. British “Financial Times” reported that China’s military rise, the South Asian countries have increased their armaments, large-scale imports of modern weapons. The Reuters news agency predicts that due to recently discovered in the South Hey marine resources, making the conflict broke out between the countries concerned the possibility of greatly increased dramatically in some countries to buy modern weapons, but also neighboring countries and even caused a chain reaction throughout the region. Britain’s “Financial Times” published on March 15 article said that the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Arms Transfers Project senior research fellow Simon – Weizmann Institute (Siemon Wezeman) Military analysts have warned that China is growing modernization of military forces, neighboring Southeast Asian countries have increased investment in national defense and procurement. In recent years, some Southeast Asian countries in recent years, “substantial” to buy advanced submarines, fighter jets and long-range missiles, its aim is to possible future rainy day conflict in the South China Sea, the region’s territorial disputes are likely to evolve into a war. He said: “Although the Southeast Asian countries have not publicly expressed concerns about China’s military buildup, but they are thought to this issue, and are used to purchase advanced weapons and ways to express their position. 15 years ago, in the South China Sea, the same conflicting time, these countries do not have the ability to compete. Now, if someone in the area and attack these fields, things will become very dangerous. ”Many Southeast Asian countries because of the armed forces resigned to the 1997 Asian financial crisis led to the situation of military equipment behind the building, in the recent economic upturn began to have to buy arms. According to the article, although these countries to buy advanced weapons from the driving force is the domestic, regional and more strategic considerations, most national governments, and not directly by name China as a direct target

The arms race in Northeast Asia and the Asia Pacific threatens to overwhelm all talk of peace in the region. Northeast Asia is where four of the world's largest military forces -- those of the United States, China, Russia, and Japan, three of them leading nuclear powers -- confront each other – in addition to the two Koreas that sit astride the most dangerous flash point. Together, the countries participating in the Six-Party Talks account for approximately 65% of world military expenditures, with the United States responsible for roughly half the global total.

Impacts- Econ Bad- SE Asia Arms Build up