China Cuts Arms Imports To Rely More On Its Own Weapons Tech But Russia Still Biggest Overseas Supplier: SIPRI: Chinese Media
Ukraine remains a big source of gas turbines and engines for Chinese destroyers and aircraft. Helicopters may be the last area where China struggles with its own designs but that could change, analyst saysChina nearly halved its arms imports over the past five years as it replaced foreign weapons with its own technology but Russia still accounted for the bulk of Beijing’s overseas purchases,