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Recientemente Dante Caputo Secretario de Asuntos Políticos de la Organización de Estados Americanos, indico que “América Latina parece encaminada a un proceso de rearme que es realmente muy peligroso para la región”. Pero sin dudas que esta región no es la única que está desarrollando planes de rearme.

Cinco institutos líderes en investigación sobre la paz presentaron en Berlín su informe anual  2008 en el que criticaron el rearme mundial encabezado por Estados Unidos e instaron al gobierno alemán y a la Unión Europea a adoptar políticas más activas a favor del desarme y la paz mundial. “La nueva carrera armamentista tiene una diversidad de actores que la hacen más peligrosa que la Guerra Fría” dijo Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, del Centro Internacional de Conversión (BICC) de Bonn.[/lang_es][lang_en]

Dante Caputo, Secretary of Politic Affairs of the Organization of American States, recently said “Latin America seems to be under a rearmament process which is really dangerous for the region” However, there is no doubt that this region is not the only one that  is developing rearmament plans.

Five institutes leaders in peace investigation, announced in Berlin their 2008 annual report in which they critize world rearmament leaded by the US. They appeal to German government and European Union the adoption of more active policies for desarmament and world peace. “The new armament race has a variety of actors that make it danger than the Cold War” said Andreas Heinemann-Gruder, member of the Bonn International Conversion Center (BICC).

Except US, countries that have more expenses on armament are Great Britain, France, China and Japan. However, the main rates of growth registered in weapon acquisitions, in between 25 and 30 %, were India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Russia.

As the Russian vice-first Minister Serguei Ivanov said, “For Russia the 2009 State contracts of armament  will be 1,3 billion Roubles” (more than US$ 54 million). In 2009 Russia will put on service new Bulava-M balistic missile, capable to avoid the US. anti missiles shield DAM., deployed over the IV generation atomic submarines. Russia signed contracts untill 2011, for more than US $5.000 million exports of naval weapons, replied today Iván Goncharenko, deputy of the Russian Group Rosoboronexport.

These contracts, which have until 2011,different execution times, represent the 21% of   this public company fiscal requirements, specialized on international promotion of Russian armament

The Leader of the Libyan revolution Muammar al- Gaddafi who, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry source, will be arriving to Moscow next october 31st, has no visited Russia since 1985. Experts and analysts state that this visit could give a support to important contracts related with armament exports. According  to a Public Corporation Roctex (Russian Technologies) source, even though today there are not significant contracts signed with Lybia, the possibility of supply this country with sixteen Su-30 MKI airplanes, T-90 armored vehicles, Tor-M2E missiles system and spare parts for  material and armament sold before, is being considered.

“France signed a MOU which considers sell to Lybia up to eighteen Rafale airplanes, with a cost of 2,200 million Euros”, said Konstantin Makienko, expert of the Technologies and Strategies Analysis Center.  The transaction has not been already executed and the Russian airplanes has nothing to envy the French ones.

On the other hand, the European Union Security and Defense Policy, according to the 2010 Global Commitment, the contribution to Combat Groups Development and the participation in the European Defense Agency, considers that their State members actively participate in NATO initiatives. This initiatives have been enhanced and transformed, particularly the Praga Capabilities Commitment and  the Response Force. Because of that it is necessary to face the expenses produced by the vital participation in NATO internacional programs, such as NAEW ( Early Warning), NSIP (Investment in Security), which consider all kind of conventional armament. (Combat Vehicles, Fregates, Submarines, Airplanes, Helicopters etc.) For example, only Spain has 2008 expenses of 202,050 million Euros.

As another example we have the Greek Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), which has accepted a 2006-2010 budget of 11.39 thousand million Euros, to modernize its military equipment, taking into account that Turkey has a commitment with the acquisition of one hundred  F-35s.

For example, in the Asian continent, India is also under a defense system modernization process, and it has signed various contracts with Israeli Companies. Pakistan, its potential enemy has being doing the same.

The real true shows that the world is under rearmament, not only nuclear weapons, but conventional ones. Nobody wants to talk about the armament race, but there is no doubt that it is begining and not only at regional level but at world level. The question is : Could world peace be guaranteed considering that all are being rearmed, having as a reference their potential enemies? (22. OCT.2008)

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