FACTBOX: An intensifying arms race in Asia

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Analysts warn that Asia may be sliding into an accelerating arms race as countries react to China's military growth. Here is a list of defense systems several Asian countries are looking to acquire.

The country said on Sept. 16 it would build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines under an Indo-Pacific security partnership with the United States and Britain.

It will also collaborate with the United States to develop hypersonic missiles under the trilateral security deal, dubbed AUKUS. In 2020, the US government approved potential sales of 100 Boeing-made Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems, three weapons systems including missiles, sensors and artillery, and four sophisticated aerial drones to Taiwan. They are worth about $5 billion in total.

It has been also striving to develop solid-fuel rocket engines as part of a plan to launch a spy satellite by the late 2020s, and successfully carried out test firing in July. Later that year, nuclear-armed North Korea said it had successfully test-fired a new SLBM from the sea, and in January it showcased a new SLBM design during a military parade in Pyongyang.CHINA

 

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