ÉñÉÅìíáîÉ ëìãã~êó is chapter addresses recent trends in military modernization activities in the Asia-Pacific and how new capabilities will affect regional security. ã~áå ~êÖìãÉåíW Asia-Pacific militaries have added considerably to their arsenals over the past fiſteen years. Military modernization in the region has been propelled by regional geopolitical forces, enabled by robust defense spending and a buyer’s market in the international arms market, and stirred by the transformative promise of network-centric warfare. Asia-Pacific countries are acquiring hardware that, at least on the surface, imbues their militaries with new capacities for warfighting in terms of mobility, speed, precision strike, firepower, battlespace intelligence, communications, and command and control. At the same time, relative gains in military power may be moderated by deficiencies in other areas, particularly in doctrine, training, and organization. éçäáÅó áãéäáÅ~íáçåëW tech,” that is, faster, more mobile, occurring over long distances, and yet more precise and lethal in terms of firepower, and therefore possibly more devastating in its effects. and low numbers of modern weapons systems could mitigate the military power of states in the region and reduce their military potential, making these states less threatening than they appear. contingency and stabilization operations or to cooperate in regional security-building. 06_SA10_Military.indd 78 8/10/2010 4:33:19 PM