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FROM TRICKLE
TO TORRENT
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merging international defence equipment exporters
were out in force at the Defence and Security Show
in Thailand (6-9 November 2017). It was notable
that some of the manufacturers taking the biggest displays were part of national groups
from South Korea, Turkey, the Ukraine, as well as the more traditional players such as China, France,
Germany, Israel, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.The past dominance of western manufacturers is clearly being challenged by rising new players who
are increasingly willing to team with other nations to provide new and alternative systems and to share
technology.Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) was a newcomer to the D&S show.
Following the lifting of the Japanese defence export ban on 1 April, 2014, the Japanese government issued
its Three Principles on Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology as a guide to foreign exports.
In what is described as ‘an increasingly severe security environment’, and while still pursuing the
objective of ‘peace and stability of the international community’, Japanese defence manufacturers will
be allowed to sell equipment overseas while also pursuing joint military development programmes.
However, there will be strict controls regarding any transfers to third parties and equipment sold or
developed in a way that guarantees Japan’s own security as well as that of its close allies.One example of this was the recent decision to donate fi ve turboprop Beechcraft King Air TC-
training aircraft from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force to the Philippine armed forces to assist
in maritime patrol and security operations.Aircraft in particular are at the forefront of this export effort, with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense
Force Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft appearing in the UK at the Royal International Air Tattoo
for the fi rst time in 2015, presenting itself as an anti-submarine warfare aircraft
More recently, at the Dubai Airshow (12-16 November) which immediately followed the D&S Show in
Thailand, the Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) sent the newly designed and very spacious Kawasaki
C-2 transport aircraft. Talks were alleged to be under way regarding the potential purchase of the aircraft
by the United Arab Emirates. Japanese government guidance at the moment as to which nations will be
on the approved list and how quickly any potential sale can be pushed through is unclear.Although the Japanese public remains actively against war, the launching of increasingly powerful
missiles by North Korea over their country added to the creeping expansion of China, particularly
where Japan is concerned in the East China Sea, is becoming a catalyst to rebalancing public opinion.Japanese industry will be more mercenary regarding access to international customers. It is hard to
see how the current projected trickle of defence cooperation and sales will not turn into a torrent,
particularly when profi ts begin to roll into the coffers of defence manufacturers, and the government
sees its export fi gures climbing.
Andrew Drwiega, EditorIndex of Advertisers
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