China produces frigates, fighters of the 4th generation, as well as a lot of inexpensive but effective weapons.

China not only strenuously Pervoural own army, but more and more military equipment exports. And today Beijing in the top three for the supply of weapons, according to shanghaiist.com.

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Previously the third place belonged to Germany. The military growth of China's exports fell for the period from 2010 to 2014 and was 143%. For reference, in 2009, Beijing was only in ninth place. Nevertheless, China is still difficult to compete with the leaders in the industry - Russia and the United States. Americans owns 31% of the arms market, and Russia - 27%.

the Growth of Chinese industry is impressive: today, the country produces frigates, fighters of the 4th generation, as well as a lot of inexpensive but effective weapons, some of which is its own development, part - copies of foreign samples.

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However, in the high technology sector, China has sought to oust the United States. For example, in the export of armed drones. So, BLAH Yilong, Wing Loong, or Pterodactyl, copied from an American MQ-1 Predator, has already attracted the interest of potential buyers from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Uzbekistan. The fact that the Chinese BLAH, according to the information portal militaryparitet.com worth 1 million dollars, which is 5-10 times less American. the

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in addition, demand for cheap MANPADS QW-2 Vanguard, copied from the Soviet MANPADS "Igla", recently a batch of these complexes was staged in South Sudan, as well as SAM HQ-9 is a copy of the Soviet s-300 and other weapons. the

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