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Burma

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Strategic Background. The combination of limited financial resources and the continuing arms embargo by Western nations since 1990 has forced Myanmar to turn to Russia and China for most of its military requirements. In particular, Myanmar is heavily reliant upon China for the supply of military equipment.
 
Myanmar's 1997 entry into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) improved relations with some of the armaments-producing countries that are members of that...

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