"Myanmar's military has lavished tens of millions of dollars on the latest lethal hardware, leaning on allies as part of a strategy to become a first-class fighting force. The spending spree comes despite enduring European Union and US arms embargos and calls earlier this month from a United Nations fact-finding mission for the international community to sever financial ties to Myanmar's military. Senior generals already face sanctions for a scorched earth campaign that drove more than 740,000 Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh. And allegations of fresh abuses are mounting as it now tackles ethnic Rakhine rebels in the same area, according to an Amnesty International report Wednesday. But the army has continued spending, offered discounts by governments with a stake in its strategic location and an eye on a major arms market. Here are a few which it has turned to for arms, equipment or training. China Despite easing economic sanctions, the US still does not sell weapons to Myanmar. China has no such qualms. Beijing has provided diplomatic cover for Myanmar at the UN. It has also been its main source of weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which estimates that from 2013–17 China accounted for 68 percent of Myanmar arms imports. That includes armoured vehicles, surface-to-air missile technology, radar, and unarmed drones, said Mr Siemon Wezeman, SIPRI senior researcher for the Asia-Pacific. He added Myanmar also placed orders for Sino-Pakistani manufactured JF-17 Thunder fighter jets valued at US$25 million each, seen in action in late 2018 at a Myanmar Air Force display. "Name it and the Chinese supply it," Wezeman told AFP..."