外媒：央视报道中俄军售存在事实错误

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BBC Chinese, Mar 27, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... hina_military.shtml

, which is based on

David League, China Eyes $3.5 Billion Russian Arms Deal Despite Ire Over Sukhoi Copy. Reuters, Mar 27, 2013 (7 hours ago).
http://uk.reuters.com/article/20 ... UKBRE92Q0PE20130327

Quote:

"The need to order some of Russia's most advanced military hardware also indicates that shortcomings remain with some of China's home-grown defense technologies, military analysts said.

"Preliminary agreements between the two sides had been signed late last year when former president Hu Jintao was still in office, they said.

"The value of new contracts signed last year exceeded $2.3 billion, Kashin said. This is despite the growth of defense manufacturing in China that has accompanied its rise to be the world's second-largest economy. Authoritative Chinese military analysts acknowledge that Russia's defense industry still retains a substantial lead over its Chinese counterpart.

"The prospective order for Amur-class submarines, estimated to be worth about $2 billion, also suggests that the PLA navy is dissatisfied with the latest versions of its home-grown Song and Yuan class conventional submarines. * * * Most Western analysts believe the most capable vessels in this fleet are 12, Russian-made Kilo class submarines delivered from the late 1990s.