Su-34 said:
I know that the military generals are currently ruling Burma( Myanmar ), but what is their military capabilities like?
1. Does Myanmar's military have any short-range ballistic missiles like Scuds?
2. How many tanks does Myanmar's Army have?
3. Does Myanmar's Air Force have any modern fighter jets?
4. What ships do the Myanmar Navy operate?
5. Is it true that there is a Chinese naval base in Myanmar?
6. What artillery is used by Myanmar's Army other than mortars?
Does anyone here have the answers?
1) Not to best of my knowledge. In Nov 2003, the Far Eastern Economic Review claimed that Myanmar was loolking to purchase Ballistic Missiles from North Korea. However to date no deliveries have been made.
2) See here:
The Burmese Army is listed with 231 MBT's and 385 APC's according to one source, and 205 MBT's & 440 APC's according to another. Most of the MBT's came from PRC sales from 1990's, which consisted of 105 T-63's and 100 T-69-II's, plus APC & IFV's from NORINCO. There are also reports of older T-59's.
3) 30x F-7M, 6x FT-7S, ~24 older F-7's (?), 22 A-5M, 8x MiG-29A, 2x MiG-29UB, plus some K-8's. They also have 10 Super Galeb G4's from Yugoslavia, 17 Swiss Pilatus PC-7, and 10 PC-9's. But flying condition is questionable. The F-7M's are also reported to have received upgrades from Israel.
The MiG-29's are probably the most "modern", they were purchased in 1996 for $150 million from used Russian surplus stock. In 2000 it was reported that IAI (Isreal Aircraft Industry) performed $40 million upgrade on the MiG-29's.
4) Please see:
There was also an order of 3 Jianghu Frigates that were never delivered.
5) No. To qualify as a foeign naval base today, it'd have to be leased port for military purpose. Example: Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. We don't really have colonial era "concessions" anymroe, even the US military pay lease on Okinawa. However if the question is PLAN ships using naval bases on Burmese territory, there's no reason why any navy couldn't use a Burmese navy port with permission.
This "Chinese navy base" dispute started back in 1992 when someone found a 150 ft antenna on Coco Island. It was accused of being a Chinese singals intelligence gathering post. The island also has a small Burmese navy facility. Considering that most Burmese navy ships are from China, it'd not be suprirsing to find Chinese technicians and navy advisers there.
6) M-1948 76mm, M-101 105mm, M46 130mm, Soltam 155mm. Back in 1990's they took delivery of ~30 Type 63 107mm MRL's from PRC. It's also reported that Myanmar used rice to barter for 20x 130mm artillery guns from North Korea.
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In early 1990's, Myanmar purchased an estimated $500 million of arms from the PRC. However within a few years the Burmese military found the equipment to be inadequate versus Thailand, and started sourcing weapons from elsewhere, such as the MiG-29's from Russia (to counter Thai F-16's), and upgrades of existing weapons from Israel. In addition, they used Singapore arms dealers to purchase weapons from as far as Portugal (mortars) and Chile. If you see photos of Burmese Army holding M-16 rifles, many of those were sold through Singapore.
