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ASPI suggests
Posted By The Editors on October 25, 2013 @ 14:30
Turkey has announced plans to buy a long-range missile defence system (the HQ-9) from China, rather than NATO supplied Patriot missiles. Speculation is that the Chinese company (China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation) beat the Lockheed Martin and Raytheon made competition partly because of a significant price undercut: the HQ-9 system is suspected to cost $3 billion. NATO isn’t too happy about the deal; Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said:
Our position is very clear. It’s a national decision to decide which equipment to purchase, However, seen from a NATO perspective, it’s of utmost importance that the systems nations plan to acquire can work and operate together with similar systems in other Allied nations.
Every time the Korean or Filipino media reported on the FA-50 sale, China reacted sensitively trying to confirm the reports through diplomatic channels,
After three trips to Asia as secretary of State, I am more convinced than ever that, as a Pacific power, the United States must continue to forge a Pacific future. But building that future means confronting challenges that require cooperation with our allies and perseverance with our adversaries.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/800px-Chinese_S-300_launcher.jpg
[2] announced: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/world/asia/chinas-arms-industry-makes-global-inroads.html?_r=0
[3] China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation: http://cmc.genertec.com.cn/en/
[4] NATO isn’t too happy about the deal: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131022/DEFREG01/310220036/NATO-Wants-Say-Turkey-China-Missile-Deal
[5] aren’t impressed either: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/24/us-turkey-china-defence-usa-idUSBRE99N09X20131024
[6] asked: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/10/21/2013102101068.html
[7] piece: http://thediplomat.com/2013/10/18/singapore-and-the-f-35b-joint-strike-fighter/
[8] India and China signed an agreement: http://www.smh.com.au/world/india-china-sign-border-pact-20131024-2w2fq.html
[9] an oped: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-kerry-asia-20131018,0,13919.story#axzz2igflLrR5
[10] this article: http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/10/23/lifting-the-veil-on-chinas-carrier-killer/
[11] Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Development: Drivers, Trajectories and Strategic Implications: http://www.jamestown.org/store/?tx_jamquickstore_quickstore%5bstoreItem%5d=46&tx_jamquickstore_quickstore%5baction%5d=show&tx_jamquickstore_quickstore%5bcontroller%5d=StoreItem&cHash=65c091ecc129e563b079a319fbd88b18
[12] this piece: http://americansecurityproject.org/issues/asymmetric-operations/the-strategic-effects-of-a-lethal-drones-policy/
[13] discovered as the owner of twitter account @natsecwonk: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stung-by-a-twitter-renegade-group-in-obama-administration-launched-sting-of-its-own/2013/10/23/3cb89d56-3c00-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html
[14] here: http://www.aspi.org.au/Filemanager/userfiles/Analyst-Analyst%20Position%20Job%20Ad%20-%20Oct2013.pdf
[15] here: http://www.aspi.org.au/aboutaspi/jobs.aspx