10/13/2008 RUSSIA AND CHINA SIGN MISSILE NOTIFICATION AGREEMENT China and Russia sign an agreement to notify each
other of ballistic missile launch plans. The agreement was finalized during
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's trip to Beijing. This marks a further step
toward establishing additional trust between the two countries and is likely to
be similar to the 1971 agreement between Russia and the United
States.
Source: Lucy Hornby, "China and Russia sign missile
notification pact," Reuters, 13 October 2009, www.reuters.com
6/25/2002 CHINA AND RUSSIA SIGN $4 BILLION ARMS DEAL Russia commits to a $4 billion weapons package deal that will be
completed in the next 4 to 5 years.[1] China will receive, among other items,
eight diesel-powered Kilo-class type 636 submarines, equipped with SS-N-27
systems, two additional Sovremenny-class destroyers, equipped with SS-N-22
ASCMs, and eight new batteries of S300PMU2 anti-aircraft
missiles.[1,2,3]
Sources: [1] John Pomfret, "China to Buy 8 More Russian Submarines; $1.6 Billion Deal Would Aid a Blockade of Taiwan, Challenge US Power in Region," The Washington Post, 25 June 2002
[2]"Military Kilo Class," Global Security, www.globalsecurity.org
[3] Rich Chang, Taipei Times "Taiwan in Range of Chinese Surface-To-Air Missiles Report," BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, 3 July 2008
2/2000 ARMED SOVREMENNY-CLASS DESTROYER DELIVERED TO CHINA A Russia-made Sovremenny-class destroyer equipped with
both the SA-N-7 SAM system and SS-N-22 anti-ship supersonic cruise missile was
successfully delivered to China.[1,2] Although the purchase was made in 1995,
the completed delivery raised concerns in Washington. The U.S. House of
Representatives led a resolution to prevent Russian missile sales to China, but
it did not pass, allowing for future transactions between the two countries. [3]
Sources: [1] "Russia: Transfer of Missiles, Missile Technology, and Submarines Reported by the Press- 1990-1999," Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, The Risk Report, No. 6, Vol. 5,
November/December 1999, www.wisconsinproject.org
[2] "People's Liberation Army Navy: Kilo," Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org
[3] "Congressmen Seek Resolution to Halt Russian Missile Sales to China," Global Security, March 2000, www.globalsecurity.org
1997-1998 CHINA BUYS SA-15 AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEMS Between 1997 and 1998, China bought a number of SA-15 air
defense missile systems from China. Operational training for approximately 50
Chinese personnel was also included in the terms of agreement.
Source:
"Russia: Transfer of Missiles, Missile Technology, and Submarines Reported by the Press- 1990-1999," Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, The Risk Report, No. 6, Vol. 5, November/December 1999, www.wisconsinproject.org
1995-1996 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINAIN COMPAIES SELL CHINA ICBM AND SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE ENGINES In 1995 and 1996, according
to Russian sources, Ukrainian and Russian companies sold China engines used in
ICBMs and space launch vehicles, and attempts by Beijing to purchase or
otherwise acquire technical drawings and other components of the SS-18 ICBM were
also widely reported.[1,2,3] The United States reacted strongly to these
reports, stating that transfers of SS-18 technology would violate both the START
I Treaty and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and would greatly
improve China's ability to threaten the United States. U.S. officials
further stated that although China's interest in the SS-18 was ostensibly for
space launch purposes, U.S. intelligence officials believed it was directly
related to China's strategic nuclear force modernization.[4,2,3]
Sources: [1] Igor Borenko, Krasnaya zvezda, 24 May 1996, p. 3.
[2] Joseph C. Anselmo, "US Eyes China Missile Threat," Aviation Week and Space Technology, 21 October 1996, p. 23.
[3] Aleksey Rey and Konstantin Makiyenko, "O kontraktakh v Aviakosmicheskoy i voyenno-tekhnicheskoy sfere mezhdu Rossiyey i KNR," Yadernyy kontrol, Vol.40, No.4, July-August 1998,
pp. 82-86.
[4] "Russia: Transfer of Missiles, Missile Technology, and Submarines Reported by the Press- 1990-1999," Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, The Risk Report, Vol. 5, No. 6, November/December 1999, www.wisconsinproject.org.
1994-1995 CHINA BUYS SIX TO EIGHT S-300 ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEMS Between 1994 and 1995 Russia sold approximately six to eight S-300 SAM systems to China. This deal formed part of
the military cooperation agreement signed between the two countries in 1993.
Sources: [1] "Russia: Transfer of Missiles, Missile Technology, and Submarines Reported by the Press- 1990-1999," Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, The Risk Report, No. 6, Vol. 5, November/December 1999, www.wisconsinproject.org
[2] "China's Missile Imports and Assistance from Abroad," CNS China Profiles database
11/10/1993 CHINA & RUSSIA SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT Russia and China sign a five-year military cooperation agreement aimed at fostering the transfer of
military technology to China.[1] Some speculate that this deal spurred the
exchange of 1,000 weapon technicians, scientists, and engineers between the
Russian weapons complex and China.[2] Western officials are concerned that
Moscow has been unable to control the flow of these
exchanges.[1]
Sources: [1] Patrick Tyler, "Russia and China Sign a Military Agreement," New York Times, 10 November 1993
[2] "Russia: Transfer of Missiles, Missile Technology, and Submarines Reported by the Press- 1990-1999," Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, The Risk Report, No. 6, Vol. 5, November/December 1999, www.wisconsinproject.org.
10/28/1993 CHINA PURCHASES S-300 SAMs Russian sources confirm that China received five S300PMU-1
surface-to-air missile systems and that training is being provided to Chinese
personnel in the operation of these systems.
Source: "Russia delivers 'advanced surface-to-air intercept' missiles to China," BBC, 28 October 1993.
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