The Pentagon Build a "Tiger" against China

India's "Eurasian Times" website on September 5th, original title: The United States established the "Tiger Team" to fight against China, trying to speed up selling martial arts to major allies

In order to compete with China more effectively, a large -scale action was launched to try to speed up selling American weapons to its friendly country. Last month, the Pentagon established a special working group composed of senior officials to study the long -term inefficient issues of the United States' long -term existence of expensive weapons to other countries. According to Stockholm International Institute of International Peace, the United States has maintained the position of the number one weapon exporter for 10 years, and China has also worked hard to improve.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, a senior national defense official in the United States said that the "Tiger" working group will study how to simplify procedures in order to sell urgently needed American drones, helicopters, tanks and other arms to partners and allies as soon as possible. As China gradually becomes an exporter of weapons and challenges the influence of the United States, this process must be strengthened and accelerated. Due to the slow action, the United States may make countries who want to maintain relationships with the United States to seek weapons elsewhere. Some countries may question whether the United States wants them to be partners.

Washington officials claim that they must strengthen their relationship with partners in order to compete with China globally. Therefore, who can sell the best and most advanced military equipment at the fastest speed and the lowest price, it is crucial.

For a long time, Russia has been the opponent of the US global arms trade, but sanctions against the Russian defense industry and manufacturing military equipment chip companies, as well as military operations in Ukraine, have caused increased pressure on the Russian military industry. In this sense, the main competitors of the United States (now) are China.

According to a report from the International Strategic Research Center of Washington Think Tank, from 2010 to 2020, the total number of conventional weapons exported in China was about 17 billion US dollars, of which more than 77%were exported to Asian countries and about 20%exported to Africa. China produces cutting -edge weapons at a lower cost, and the competitive advantage of the United States in the world's friendly countries has been weakened. For international buyers, price and manufacturing capabilities are the main selling points of Chinese weapons.

For example, China's weapons sales in the Middle East will help them reduce their political dependence on the United States and Europe at the same time, and also provide them with an affordable way to expand the arsenal. There are two important transactions this year: China provides exported red flag-22 air defense missile system to Serbia, providing Pakistan with a J-10C fighter.

In addition to low cost and large supply chain scale, China also fills the vacuum left by the United States. After the United States refused to export drones to intimate allies, China involved and quickly sold armed drones to several countries including the UAE, and also entered the Middle East and North Africa. The United States has always focused on armed countries that oppose China. The United States has negotiated with several weapons systems with Indians such as Japan and Australia, and sells weapons to Taiwan, China. (Author Saxos Timari, Qiao Hengyi) ▲ ▲

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