Recently, the Stockholm Peace Research Institute of Sweden released a report saying that the self-sufficiency rate of defense weapons in mainland China is as high as 92%, ranking first in the Asia-Pacific region, 18 percentage points ahead of Japan, which is second. At the same time, according to the report, thanks to its strong weapons production capacity, China's military-industrial enterprise also firmly sits in the leading position in the entire industry. Not only are as many as 4 military-industrial enterprises entering the top ten in the world, but the top 7 military-industrial enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region also come from China.
What does the weapon self-sufficiency rate of China's self-produced Dongfeng-21D missile
92% represent? This is actually easy to understand, that is, China's level of defense autonomy has reached world-class standards. Even if the comparison scope is expanded to the world, China's ranking in weapon self-sufficiency rate will not be low. It will not only be higher than traditional military powers such as France and Russia, but may even lead the United States, which is the world's number one military power.
China's J-20 fighter
China is actually not surprising to be able to lead the United States in the field of defense weapons autonomous development. Because the United States, as the world's number one military power, does not have high requirements for national defense autonomy.
The reason why the United States is not as persistent in promoting defense autonomy as China is because, as the leader of the Western world, the United States has always had strong control over the entire European and American countries.
, especially with the support of the NATO framework system, American military-industrial enterprises can conduct in-depth binding cooperation with military-industrial enterprises in any NATO country without any obstacles. The most typical example is the cooperation between the US Navy and BAE, that is, the British Aerospace Systems Corporation.
You should know that the entire US Navy's ship naval gun system, from the 155mm naval gun on Zumwalter , to the 30mm remote-controlled cannon on patrol ship , are all provided by BAE.
MK 45 Mod 4 naval guns produced by BAE company
If the United States cuts off military trade with the United Kingdom, then the entire U.S. Navy's warship will only be used by missiles.
And the naval gun systems produced by BAE are not all produced by the UK itself. The main body of its gun is often imported from the Italian Otomelera Company.
To a certain extent, the US Navy's naval gun system is actually a standard "Made in All Nations".
It is worth mentioning that this situation is not limited to the navy. The army uses machine gun of Belgium , 120mm tank gun of Germany, and the electronic warfare system used by the Air Force F-35 also comes from BAE.
US soldier using Belgian FN M249 machine gun
Of course, this kind of "made in all countries" is not a big problem for the United States. Because the United States, as the leader of the globalization system and the world's number one military power, does not need to worry about other countries imposing trade or military sanctions on the United States.
As an ally of the United States, neither Italy nor the United Kingdom nor other NATO countries, they do not have the ability or willingness to cut off military cooperation with the United States.
Therefore, although the US military uses "Made in All Nations" weapons, the supply channels of these weapons and equipment are controlled by the United States in various forms and will not be threatened.
So the United States does not need to be as persistent in achieving all-round defense weapons autonomy as China, but only monopolizes key areas such as radar technology, stealth technology, etc. As for those less important areas, they can be outsourced to allies, which can not only reduce R&D costs, but also deepen the binding relationship with allies.
Compared with the United States that can rely on its allies to establish a national defense system, China can only find ways to rely on itself.
Because it is possible to respond to the United States and its allies have different strengths. The international environment faced by China is not good, and the scientific and technological level of partner countries is not high.
Not to mention outsourcing a large amount of military industry demand to allies like the United States, partner countries can already make China burn incense if they don’t look for China for technology.
At the same time, because of the historical experiences of 1895 War and Anti-Japanese War , China has a profound psychological shadow on establishing a national defense system by "buying equipment". Therefore, when the New China established its own industrial system, China has been committed to promoting national defense autonomy and avoiding the recurrence of historical tragedies.
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Not to mention in the late stage of Cold War , China experienced Sino-Soviet feudalism and lost the opportunity to imitate imported Soviet weapons and equipment. And the United States imposed a military blockade on China and undermined China's military trade with European countries. After these two things, the need for national defense autonomy has become more urgent.
After all, even if China really wants to build a modern army by buying equipment, the United States and the Soviet Union will not give China this opportunity. In a sense, China will make up its mind to promote the independence of national defense weapons, which is purely forced by the blockade of the United States and the Soviet Union.
People's Liberation Army troops using domestic equipment
Of course, as the teacher said in "Farewell, Stu Leiden ", blockade, blockade for ten or eight years, all problems in China have been solved. Today, this 92% weapon self-sufficiency rate is evidence.
On the other hand, the United States and Russia are now outsourcing a large number of weapons and equipment to their allies. As a result, after the supply chain collapsed, even the inventory of rockets and was not enough, and the other is unable to create new tanks and because of the Western sanctions.
If China did not choose to promote national defense independence and chose to build the army by importing weapons and equipment, the People's Liberation Army would probably not be able to break through the first island chain.
Fortunately, such history has not happened on this timeline. China's 92% weapon self-sufficiency rate can also allow China to survive in this era. After all, only when you have a gun in your hand and can make bullets at home, those bad people with bad intentions will only dare to have bad intentions to you and not dare to really attack you.
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