Visit of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in China has completed the process of registration of “special status” of China as a strategic partner and opened her access to domestic critical military technologies of the first level. As a result, Beijing will get to explore and further copying of small batches of products of advanced Russian defense industry, which export control are prohibited for sale abroad – anti-aircraft missile system S-400, 4 ++ generation fighter SU-35 with the engine 117C and radar “Irbis” (which are already installed in the prototype T-50), anti-missile system “Onyx”, submarines 885M project “Ash-M” with strategic cruise missiles P-800. Also active negotiations for the supply of tactical missile systems “Iskander-M” and MLRS “Tornado-G.” Many of Beijing requested arms are promising developments of recent years and can significantly affect the balance of forces around the perimeter of the Chinese border, including the Russian part thereof. According to some experts, the Kremlin forced to go to such conditions, because our country has got a long-term economic dependence on China. In fact, the eastern partner enjoys unfavorable for Moscow’s geopolitical situation.

The head of “United Aircraft Corporation” Mikhail Pogosyan said that China has ordered from Russia “package of modern weapons,” which will include the Su-35, anti-aircraft missile system S-400, as well as an unnamed type missiles “ship-to-ship.” Sources of “Expert Online» in the military made it clear that we are talking about just passed the last test cycle anti-ship missiles “Onyx” extended range of up to 500 km. According to Pogosyan, the technical talks on the issue “is nearing completion.” Also the head of the KLA said that the Su-35 will be equipped with engines 117S with variable thrust vectoring, which “are more advanced than the engines of the American F-22 fighter.” In addition, it established a powerful radar “Irbis-E,” which is not inferior to the radar AN / APG-77 F-22 fighter. According to Poghosyan, the combat capabilities of the Su-35 can nullify the stealth characteristics of the F-22 in some cases. Russia and China signed an agreement to purchase Beijing 24 Su-35 fighters total value of $ 1.5 billion more in 2012. However, the question about how to install them on the latest radar, developed for the fifth-generation fighter T-50, was not. On the specified contract PLA Air Force will receive these fighters in 2015.

Western media noted that Russia has become more dependent on China. Bloomberg News writes: “Despite the large number of” win-win “contracts and personal friendship leaders of Russia and China, Beijing only interested in Russian energy and weapons. Ukrainian crisis has served as a catalyst for the development of unequal relationships that resemble a marriage. The agency notes that in an increasingly isolated Russia expects Chinese investment to stave off recession. However, Moscow still may be interested in Beijing only raw materials and advanced weapons.

Russia is also ready to supply weapons to China, which is considered by some experts quoted by the agency, can cause an arms race in East Asia. “Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam are already worried about the Chinese, develop the armed forces. Problems will increase if China will receive Russian equipment, “- said military analyst Stratfor Omar Lamrani.

According to experts of the British newspaper The Times, as a result of the current Sino-Russian relations, China will strengthen its position. Due to the advanced weapons supplied by Russia, there will be an imbalance of forces not only in the region of South Asia Votsochnoy, but also between China and Russia.

CEO of the company “Sukhoi” Mikhail Pogosyan said that “we have finally agreed to sell China a small batch of Su-35”, which we have made so far only 22 cars. All previous years, Russia has been trading with China, requiring it to do in a big order1 Rosoboronexport. Chinese evasively replied that, they say, to ensure the safety of their great country need quite a bit. “The danger is always up there in the military-technical cooperation with China. When we put them a few battalions of S-300, then after a while China gets its own complex, as they say, “face-like” in our complex, – said the chief editor of “Arsenal” Victor Murakhovski. Expert Military-Industrial Commission Nikolai Tipsters expressed hope the new leadership in Beijing: “Everything depends on whether the leaders of the state will close their eyes to the fact that the Chinese Research Institute will copy or say tough not to do so. But judging by the experience of cooperation in aviation and air defense, no positive expectations. China copied the technique is not particularly shy. ”

As noted in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, “the S-400 enters the Russian Army with the pace of the order of two regiments, that is, eight battalions, each year. After 2016 we have adopted is to be adopted the S-500. This latest generation of air defense systems. Therefore, there is nothing critical is that China will copy the previous technology. We had already leave forward a few years. “However, in the department silent, that the C-500 until exists only on paper, and for S-400 “far” failed missile test and its acceptance into service postponed indefinitely.

Missile system salvo “Tornado-G”, which this year took the Russian Army, also assigned to the class ‘no’ to the import of products MIC. However, in China, this world’s most powerful volley system still go – to China is scheduled to make an exception here. Deputy Defense Minister of China, when he came to Russia in June of this year, insisted on the delivery of these units, although it was proposed to sell a set of the previous generation “Twister.”

In practice, the global arms market, there is a rule – deliver the weapons that in their own army already considered unpromising and plan to replace. It is common practice in developed countries, which are at the forefront of development of a new generation of weapons. For example, when in 2003 there was a threat attacks by Iraq on Israel, the Americans refused to sell Israel complexes “Patriot”. They just sent to their military installations. Head of the analytical department of the Institute of Military and Political Analysis Alexander Hramchihin said such tactics harmful to Russia: “We can say with absolute certainty that the Chinese will take samples of our art and copy. In another simply can not be. Particularly touches some agreement that the Chinese will guard our intellectual property rights. I wonder what is the mechanism for the implementation of these agreements. ”

As noted in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, “the S-400 enters the Russian Army with the pace of the order of two regiments, that is, eight battalions, each year. After 2016 we have adopted is to be adopted the S-500. This latest generation of air defense systems. Therefore, there is nothing critical is that China will copy the previous technology. We had already leave forward a few years. “However, in the department silent, that the C-500 until exists only on paper, and for S-400 “far” failed missile test and its acceptance into service postponed for an indefinite period1.

Missile system salvo “Tornado-G”, which this year took the Russian Army, also assigned to the class ‘no’ to the import of products MIC. However, in China, this world’s most powerful volley system still go – to China is scheduled to make an exception here. Deputy Defense Minister of China, when he came to Russia in June of this year, insisted on the delivery of these units, although it was proposed to sell a set of the previous generation “Twister.”

In practice, the global arms market, there is a rule – deliver the weapons that in their own army already considered unpromising and plan to replace. It is common practice in developed countries, which are at the forefront of development of a new generation of weapons. For example, when in 2003 there was a threat attacks by Iraq on Israel, the Americans refused to sell Israel complexes “Patriot”. They just sent to their military installations. Head of the analytical department of the Institute of Military and Political Analysis Alexander Hramchihin said such tactics harmful to Russia: “We can say with absolute certainty that the Chinese will take samples of our art and copy. In another simply can not be. Particularly touches some agreement that the Chinese will guard our intellectual property rights. I wonder what is the mechanism for the implementation of these agreements. ”

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Translated by APIR Center