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Russian arms exports boom after fall of Soviet Union
M OSCOW, Oct 13: Most spec tators at Moscow's Inter-natl onal Air Show raptly watr :hed Sukhoi and MiG jet fight :ers streak across the sky. but , Russian arms makers Irai ned their sights on the groi md, reports AP.
- \ MiG salesman homed in on a group of lavishly unitor mea military officers from Afi lean. Arab and Asian na-tlo ns. The jet carries a big bomb foi • a small price, he told them. Ar id it comes packed with stan-dt ird opUons that include anti-ta nk and air-to-air missiles.
Such sales pitches are in-ci -easingly persuasive. After f; tiling to pieces along with the E «rlin Wall. Russia's arms in-d ustry has rebuilt itself into one c f the world's top exporters of 1 ligh-tech weaponry.
Since hitting rock bottom in 1992. Russian arms sales have ■ doubled or tripled, depending on who is doing the counting.
And unlike Communist times, when Soviet Block satellites had little choice about whose arms to buy. the Russians are increasingly competitive on the open market. Sukhoi and MIG Jets, for instance, perform on a par with their American-made rivals but can sell at a quarter of the price.
To be sure, the Russians are a tong way from regaining their position as the world's largest arms dealer. Their sales amount to only about a third of the current leader, the United States, and they have to battle a reputation for poor service and shoddy workmanship.
But Russia's foothold in the export market is growing firmer, and Russian arms makers more savvy and aggressive at marketing their wares.
Several factors are spurring the Russian push.
One is the cash-hungry Kremlin. In an economy that has contracted for six years, arms exports are a rare moneymaker. adding dlrs 3.5 billion to federal coffers last year, according to the government.
Another is the cash-hungry Russian defence industry. The underfinanced military has all but stopped placing orders for new weapons, so for many Russian arms makers, foreign buyers are the only buyers.
They have to export or die." says Peter Felstead. editor of the London-based Jane's Intelligence Review.
What has many analysts worried, however, is not so much the quantity of exports but that the Russians appear ready to sell nearly anything to nearly anybody.
'They're so desperate for money that they can't see beyond the sale," says Felstead. whose publication is a global authority on weapons and defence issues.
Of course, all arms makers — including those in the United States — are increasingly dependent on sales to developing nations, which buy about two-thirds of the weapons on the international market.
But what irks Western analysts Is that in several regions.
like Asia and the Middle East. Russia has sold weapons to countries on both sides of potential conflicts. And they are wooing new customers in volatile parts of Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Russian officials insist they keep a tight lid on nuclear technology and materials that could be used to make atomic bombs. And they maintain that they observe all UN arms embargoes and other international agreements.
All the same, the Russians have entered some markets where others have begged off. A case in point is Indonesia's planned purchase of 12 Sukhoi warplanes.
Originally Indonesia wanted to buy US F-16s. But they cancelled the deal in anger after American lawmakers complained about human rights abuses in East Timor, a former Portuguese colony annexed by Indonesia in 1976.
Worries about human rights, don't register in Russia, where money woes vex politicians and pensioners alike.
"We will have to move beyond bread and butter issues before we can have some compassion for the East Timorese." says Pavel Felgenhauer, a military analyst for the respected newspaper Segodnya.
In some cases. Russia's arms sales even seem to violate their won national security. For instance, their top customer is China, a past and potential rival with whom they share a long border.