The Need of Improvement in Armed Forces of East Asian Countries

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THE NEED OF IMPROVEMENT IS ARMED FORCES OF EAST ASIAN
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INTRODUCTION
Armed forces make a very important asset of a nation. These organisations are held
with pride and honour. They hold the capacity to save their nation from external forces as
well as maintain man power to handle tough situations inside the geographical terms of the
country. A well equipped and trained force can be a great success for a nation. The range of
equipments and training held by the men in forces maintains respect of the country in an
international sense. The army, air force and navy make up the armed forces altogether. Men
are trained well enough to handle extreme situations of war, protection and security of a
nation (Tan 2002). The reasons behind maintaining an army is ensure security on the borders
of a country for saving the lands and area from acquisition, guarding the boundaries at the sea
and protecting from enemies through the air. With the growing development and tensions
between the countries of the world, it has to be checked by all the nations to improve their
armed power so as to protect them from various hazards.
WHAT ARE THE EAST ASIAN NATIONS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT STORY
The East Asian nations include China, Korea, Japan, Veitnam, Taiwan, North and
South Korea, Macau, Hong Kong and various other small nations. These nations can be seen
in the world map, having similar boundaries each other. The sharing of boundaries gives
them power to expect a hold on other country’s land and create power over them. The
superpowers like, China, America and Russia is always on the go to take a hold on the
smaller countries. This has been seen in the cases of Veitnam war, China’s pressure on
Taiwan and other smaller countries around it (Ramos 2001). This supremacy gives a call for
an independent and self reliant force by the nations.
In the following years, china is growing economically and strategically with a great
development in its army (Ross 2016). China’s growing capabilities in the military pose a
concern for the nations like Taiwan as the tensions have only been increasing in the past few
years (Peters 2006). The significant command has been increased by china by using top end
Su-27’s and is planning for new Su-33’s.
THE NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS IN ARMED FORCES
There is a need for nations to improve their armed forces and equip them with new
technologies so as to match the growing capabilities of the superpowers like, china and USA.
Supreme powers have a tendency of taking over small islands and countries to develop more

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land and man power in its hold (Kim 2013). This can be seen in the china and Taiwan
disturbances leading on from the past and is expected to continue in the future.
The string of pearls policy dictated by china has planned to circumscribe India and
develop relations with all other countries around the Indian Ocean. This will gradually make
small nations and islands under the protection of china and affect the freedom of Indian navy
in the ocean. This policy has been strictly opposed by nations, whose security hampers by
creating path for china’s growth (Ross 2016).
East Asian countries are blessed with a strategic location and ample of natural
resources for the countries to settle in their financial conditions (Cimbala 2000). Due to its
strategic location, with rivers, lakes, mountains and deserts, create insecurities for the nation
by other neighbouring countries. This competition amongst the neighbouring countries has to
be controlled for maintaining discipline and avoiding security risks and disturbances. For the
same matter, the forces need to be equally developed to at least maintain sense of equality
with the neighbouring nations (Kim 2013). Longstanding Maritime and territorial issues in
the east Asian regions are yet to be resolved and have kept the tensions and disputes
simmering, leading to help requests to the nations like US which will complicate the coping
mechanisms and regional institutions like the ASEAN, association of southeast Asian
nations. This is going to escalate tensions of slowing investment, economic confidence and
regional cooperation (Ross 2016).
It has been seen that china is closing the strategic opportunities window for assuming
greater influence on the east Asian regions. But, a stronger pushback rises from the side of
US in its strategic attention to the region as well as japans’ policies towards the defence
mechanism create various issues to be resolved in the future which might need te countries to
have their own military powers for the protection of the same.
Taiwan’s leadership in its area and the growing thought of a spate identity states the
sense of freedom in the nations present in the east Asian region (Park 2014). This shows that
regional imbalances are heading towards the situations of war and fights amongst the nations
for their separate freedom. Hence, along with the powerful countries, it is important for the
smaller states to develop their militaries for facing off new challenges.
North Korea’s nuclear programs also awaken a sense of security issues in the
neighbouring countries so as to protect themselves from the overpowering nations and their