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Why defence spending differs in the US, China and Russia

President Hu Jintao at the commissioning of China's first aircraft carrier in September 2012 (photo: dpa)

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United States

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23 October 2012

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Dr. James Jay Carafano

James Jay Carafano, a leading expert in America’s national security and foreign policy challenges, is the Washington-based Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defence policy studies and director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies.Before ...

China and Russia are increasing arms spending while the United States is cutting back. China is concentrating on protecting its regional interests; Russia on establishing a position as a nuclear superpower as a stand-off to the other two powers. While this does not amount to an arms race, it may have enormous consequences for world conflict in the years ahead.

THE UNITED States, China and Russia are often portrayed as taking part in a 21st century arms race, but the focus of their spending on weapons is to enhance their own security.

Each of the three major powers, though, has its own agenda.

The US last underwent a ...

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Military modernisation
Future wars
Shopping list
China's arsenal
Coordinated operations
Nuclear ambitions
Expressed concerns
Safeguarding interests
Weapons upgrade
Cold comfort

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Despite outpacing the rest of the world in defence spending since the end of the Cold War, modernisation of American ships, planes and land combat vehicles has been chronically underfunded