Recently, the Russian National Defense Export Press Office announced that in the past 20 years, important financial indicators such as the order volume and delivery volume of the Russian National Defense Export Corporation have increased fourfold, with a total value of more than 180 billion U.S. dollars. Russian exports of arms are sold globally. Ranked second in the market. So, what are the characteristics of Russia's weapons and equipment exports in the past 20 years? Is it possible for Russia's arms export trade to reproduce the glory of the Soviet era in the future? Related topics, military observer Teng Jianqun will give you an in-depth analysis.
Data Map: According to reports, as Russia’s only national arms importer and exporter, Rosneft Export Corporation has signed 26,000 contracts with partners all over the world in the past 20 years, and provided 122 Several countries and regions have provided dual-use products with a total value of more than 180 billion U.S. dollars. Military observer Teng Jianqun pointed out that in recent years, the export volume of Russian weapons and equipment has increased significantly.
Teng Jianqun:
Since Putin took over the Kremlin in 2000, he has attached great importance to Russian national defense and army building. At that time, Putin had only been in office for a month, and he went to the strategic forces and told the officers and soldiers of the troops: Now Russia is at a relatively weak moment and needs the support of the strategic forces. Ten years after the end of the Cold War, Russia's entire defense system was severely damaged. After Putin took office as president, he increased investment in military products, resurrecting the Russian military industry.
On the other hand, Russia's Russian military products have been expanding in the international market. For example, sells weapons while fighting in the Middle East. This has become an important way for Russia to expand its military products market. At the same time, some Russian leaders, including Putin, took the initiative to serve as Russia's "arms salesmen."
In addition, compared with the United States, Russia’s exports of weapons and equipment are not only relatively inexpensive, but also adopt a "buy one get one free" approach. For example, when the S-400 air defense missile was sold to Turkey, the production line was transferred to Turkey. This shows that Russia’s changes in the arms trade are inseparable from Putin’s leadership and the revitalization of the entire Russian defense and military system.
Data map: Russian S-400 air defense missile
According to Russian Defense Export Corporation President Alexander Mikheev, of the 180 billion US dollars in military sales, approximately 85 billion US dollars are aviation equipment, and air defense systems and ground weapons Each accounted for 30 billion U.S. dollars, and marine equipment accounted for approximately 28 billion U.S. dollars. Most of the countries purchasing Russian weapons are concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa. Military observer Teng Jianqun analyzed that the purchase of Russian-made weapons by these countries has historical factors and practical considerations.
Teng Jianqun:
One is caused by historical factors. Z2z countries like Egypt and India have basically divided their weapons imports based on the social camps during the Cold War. At present, they are still the main purchasers of Russian weapons; countries like Sudan, Mali, and Burkina Faso, In the US export control control sequence, they cannot buy any US weapons and equipment, but can only buy Russian-made weapons and equipment.
Second is the price factor. Relatively speaking, Russian weapons and equipment are relatively cheap. For example, Russia’s “fourth-generation aircraft” may be at least 20% cheaper than the US-made and Western-developed aircraft. Another example is that if some Russian trainers are slightly improved, they can be used as homeland air defense fighters. Many countries are willing to purchase relatively advanced weapon systems at relatively low prices.
data map: Vietnam’s Russian-made Kilo-class "Badi Vung Tau" (HQ-187) submarine
According to reports, Russia currently ranks second in the global arms sales market, and the United States ranks first. According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden, from 2015 to 2019, the gap between Russia and the United States in arms exports has continued to increase. In the past five years, Russian arms exports have also fallen by 18%. Military observer Teng Jianqun believes that Russia’s current arms export system is not sound, and the arms sales market is squeezed by many European and American countries.Russia’s arms export trade may be difficult to restore to the glory of the Soviet era.
Teng Jianqun:
I think that in addition to the imperfect export weapon system of Russia, in recent years, Western countries have severely squeezed the Russian traditional weapons market, which is also the reason 1. For example, the weapons of Southeast Asian countries were basically Russian-made. Vietnam imported six K-class submarines from Russia a few years ago, and almost all of India’s original weapons were imported from Russia. Now, the United States and Japan have also reached out to the Vietnamese market; India, from combat aircraft, transport aircraft, helicopters, and some ground weapons and equipment, has also begun to fall to the West. In the future, Russia’s arms market share around the world will be further squeezed from . But in some regions, Russia's arms exports will still maintain certain advantages. Countries such as Egypt and Libya in Africa and Syria in the Middle East will continue to import Russian-made equipment; countries like Venezuela in Latin America will continue to import Russian weapon systems because they have no alternative options.
Source: Yangguang Military
Reporter: Li Yue
Editor: Li Xiaoyu
Reviewer: Mu Lianglong Xu Jiahui
Editor: Wu Hongcai Liu Peng
Editor in chief: Zhu Xidi
Producer: Lu Xicheng Sun Li, Tan Shuhui
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