New Myanmar government to seek new military hardware
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Significance This follows Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)-dominated legislature endorsing a new defence cooperation agreement with Russia on May 10. Impacts Tatmadaw modernisation activity is not evidence of preparation to leave politics. Deeper Russian defence ties with Myanmar will support Moscow's policy reorientation in South-east Asia. Myanmar and Russia are currently unlikely to agree a nuclear power deal. In the short term, substantive Myanmar-Russia counterterrorism cooperation is unlikely. Myanmar's domestic defence industry is likely to grow.
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