Peruvian Analysts agree that Chile maintains military superiority of three to one against Peru, and while recognizing that there are no warlike zeal by Santiago, indicate that such superiority allowed to refuse to address the issue of maritime delimitation.
felt so many military experts interviewed by the newspaper Página 12, Buenos Aires, and in a note on the firearms issue today titled "Growing Chile's military power."
recalled first the tabloid Alan Garcia, Peru's President-elect, "Special attention will seek to improve relations with Chile, historically conflicting and characterized by mutual mistrust," adding that "this distrust is fueled by an aggressive program to buy weapons that Chile has been doing in recent years and has broken the strategic balance that existed between the military might of both countries. "
also contrasted the newspaper that "while the total budget of the Armed Forces (Armed Forces) Peru is about one billion dollars annually and Defense Fund recently created each year gives you an extra $ 45 million, Chile has an annual budget of $ 600 million only for the acquisition of new weapons, which adds its regular budget.
"With that money," he continued, Chile has bought ten new F-16 United States, another 30 F-16 used in the Netherlands, modern German tanks Lepoard 1 and Leopard 2 and submarines. This has created a marked imbalance in military strength of both nations, "he said.
quoted as military expert Enrique Obando, who said that" when a country has military superiority of three to one can be said to have an advantage clear that ensures victory. Currently, Chile on Peru superiority is much greater than three to one, "he said.
further explained Obando "in what naval force, the situation is more or less evenly, although Chile has taken some advantage to have purchased submarines."
"In the Air Force may oppose the Peru, the 40 F-16 made by Chile, its 12 Mirage 2000, Mig 29 and 18 19 25 Shukoi" he said, but acknowledged that "it is in the army where the difference is more noticeable, because Peru has only his old T-55 Russian tanks and French AMX-13, which are in the 50s ", who would face the modern Chilean Leopard.
On the precarious outlook for Peruvian military institutions also felt the former general and defense minister of that country, Roberto Chiabra, and said that "the budget of the Armed Forces is intended by 99 percent to pay salaries and virtually nothing left for maintenance of equipment. Between 75 percent and 80 percent of the weapons we have is not operating "he said.
Obando, meanwhile, said that "Chile has military capacity but I do not have any intention of attacking Peru to annex part of its territory. Chile does not seek war, but military power serves, for example, refuse to negotiate the issue of maritime boundaries, which is why Peru should seek military reduce that difference, "he advised. Successive and recent
institutes and centers studies of the military have recognized the great technological leap of the Chilean military capabilities and even a few days ago and from Stockholm, said that by the year 2010, the Chilean armed forces and technology will have a capacity similar to those of some countries NATO. DEFENSE AND INFORMATION
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