Arms race and emerging global military trends - The Express Tribune

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad recently organised a webinar on emerging global military trends and its impact on national security. Eminent speakers from Pakistan and abroad participated and gave their perspective on this very vital subject. As the world experiences rapid technological advances, its impact in the field of defence was inevitable and is significantly influencing the nature of warfare. Indeed, the greatest effect of these rapid developments is pertinent in the context of major powers — the US, Russia, China and major European countries. But with India in the race to compete with China and ambitions of regional hegemon, it is only logical to assume that it would also aspire to stay abreast with these developments and incorporate these in its inventory sooner than later. In fact, India has already contracted major weapons deals with the US, Russia and Israel, stepping up its indigenous capability. Pakistan would make sure that it is not left behind and will have to invest in these technologies despite having a relatively less developed technological and industrial base and despite experiencing a major financial crisis.
There are now multiple centres of power that are influenced by how they perceive their threat and take defensive measures accordingly. This gives rise to other powers reacting, keeping in view the nature of the threat they visualise from these developments. It has been experienced that militarily powerful countries prefer...

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