The shortcomings of China s arms trade Few countries are willing to buy Chinese air defense missiles

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-02-11

China's shortcomings, in the world, few countries are willing to buy Chinese-produced anti-aircraft missiles, so what is the reason for this? Could it be that China's anti-aircraft missile technology is not good?

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First of all, the technological level of China's air defense missiles has already reached the world-class level, because after several decades of development of national defense technology, China not only has a complete air defense system, but also has the most complete missile defense system.

If you want to ask how powerful China's air defense missiles are, for a very simple example, intercepting US nuclear missiles is not a problem, so there is no situation where it cannot be sold in the *** market because of "technology is not good".

China's air defense system is not only on the same level as the United States, but in some respects, we have also achieved "overtaking in corners" and have mastered a lot of cutting-edge technology, but because we have relatively little publicity, we have no understanding of China's air defense missiles and air defense systems.

So why are no countries willing to buy our anti-aircraft missiles?

The first reason is that many countries buy from other countries, but in fact, they can't make their own decisions

Maybe some friends will say, spend your own money to buy things, can't you still call the shots? That's true. For example, the countries in the US and Western camps, especially those that have little right to speak, not to mention that many decisions must be made with the consent of the United States, and because of state-to-state relations, even if some countries want to buy, our country will not necessarily sell.

For example, Japan, or South Korea, even if they want to buy our country's **, our country will not be able to sell it to him, after all, if they buy it and then send it to the United States for research, we will lose more than we gain.

The second reason is that the development of our country's military industry started late, so many first-class equipment itself is difficult to be recognized by the market

Although over the years, the development speed of China's first-class industry is amazing, as the first-class equipment in our hands is becoming more and more advanced, our "foreign trade version" has also begun to become popular in the world, and China has also become a big country in military trade, but many countries buy China's first-class equipment, and there is also the idea of "retreating to the second".

For example, in 2022, China and Pakistan reached an order to export "J-10CE", but Pakistani pilots said that they still hope that Pakistan can continue to buy the American F16, not because China's J-10CE comprehensive performance is not as good as F16, but because in the past few decades, whether it is training and learning, or flying fighters, it is F16, and now they are suddenly replaced with Chinese fighters, which means that they have to re-learn and start to adapt again.

And Pakistan bought Chinese fighters, not because he thinks China's J-10CE is better, but because the United States is unwilling to continue selling it to him.

And Turkey too. When Turkey and the United States were "at odds" before, because the United States no longer gave Turkey fighter jets, Turkey also said that it wanted to buy Chinese fighter jets, but now the United States promised to sell him fighter jets, so Turkey also immediately paid money to place an order with the United States.

In this regard, India also issued a mockery, saying that the countries that buy Chinese fighter jets are "unable to buy good goods", so they will choose China as the next best thing.

Although in fact, compared with the United States, the same type of equipment in our country, not only the performance is not lost at all, but the cost performance is higher, but because of the late start of the industry, when we begin to enter the "high-end military trade field", the United States, Russia and other old military trade powers, but already have a stable customer base, so we want to take away orders from it, and let our foreign trade equipment be recognized by everyone, itself is not easy.

Similarly, air defense missiles, as one of the least recognized and purchased in the field of trade in China, cannot open the international market, and there is also this reason.

Looking at the whole world, in fact, many countries do not need air defense systems, because their land area is too small to equip air defense systems at all, and even if some countries want to equip air defense systems, they have no money and no strength, so they can only do it in a hurry.

Therefore, in countries that need to be equipped with defense and control systems, as long as they themselves do not have the ability to build air defense systems, they generally buy air defense systems from the United States, or Russia, and have been using them for many years.

Therefore, our country's air defense system has entered the field of international military trade, which has also led to the fact that there are no buyers at all, because these buyers already have air defense systems, and even if China's air defense missiles have better performance, they are also discouraged because of supporting problems, because this is not just as simple as buying air defense missiles, a set of air defense systems is very complex, and they need to be purchased from the same country, and it is impossible to buy a set of products from multiple countries.

For example, air defense missiles require special electronic systems to cooperate, and if Chinese anti-aircraft missiles are purchased, they are using American electronic systems, so that the air defense system cannot be used at all, because the products produced by different countries themselves have a "incompatible" problem, so countries that have already purchased air defense systems from other countries will have no way to buy Chinese air defense missiles.

So is there really no country to buy Chinese anti-aircraft missiles?

In fact, it is not the case, my country's "friend" Serbia far away in Europe will buy China's air defense system in 2022, and it will be three sets as soon as it is shot.

Prior to this, Serbia used the air defense system purchased from the Soviet Union, and in the early research and development process of the air defense system, China itself also borrowed some Soviet technology, including the "KF3" air defense system purchased by Serbia this time, which is the same as the "Sam 6" air defense system originally used by Serbia, there is a technical inheritance.

Therefore, our country only needs to make a small modification to his air defense system according to the needs of Serbia, and it can be used in conjunction with Serbia's own air defense system.

Moreover, Serbia did this, on the one hand, because he was friendly with our country and believed in China's air defense system, and on the other hand, it was also to prove to NATO that China would not ignore Serbia at a critical moment.

Because Serbia's life in Europe is not easy, when China "delivers" to Serbia, it directly uses "Yun 20" to deliver goods for him, and Serbia's high-profile "reception" itself tells NATO that China will protect Serbia.

At the same time, Serbia will also hold a "buyer's show" for China's air defense system, which will also be helpful for China to receive orders for air defense systems from other countries in the future.

So, friends, what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message and let's discuss!

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