
Should you be engaged in the assessment of world military powers? This work about the Chinese Military may be of considerable interest to you. The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency’s China Military Power succinctly demonstrates the importance of this work that assesses the impact on the world’s military balance when the nation with the world’s largest population becomes a military with the objective of “Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win”.
The Chinese Army of today is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with as a global military super power. The “People’s Liberation Army (PLA) by name, began to come into its own during 1978 during China’s then leader Deng Xiaoping’s fourth “modernization, slowly at first being underfunded, then as China’s economic base has grown into a global force, second only to the U.S., the emphasis turned from a defensive to a much more offensive agenda.
The National Military Overview segment found on page seven provides a quick summary of the combat ready-force it has become today:
- “Services: Army, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force.”
- “Personnel: Approximately 2 million in regular forces.”
- “Recruit base: Conscription, some volunteer”.
- “Equipment profile: Primarily domestic systems heavily influenced by technology derived from other countries; modern weaponry in each service; some advanced weaponry.”
- “Core strength: Long-range precision strike, information warfare, nuclear retaliatory capability.”
- “Developing strengths: Maritime power projection, special operations.”
- “Key vulnerabilities: Logistics, rigid command structure, joint warfare.”
The title is also complete with extensive photography, maps and graphs to provide a complete picture of the force it has become in 2019.
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Introduction/Historical Overview 1
1978–Present: China’s Military Rise 2
National Military Overview 7
Threat Perceptions 7
National Security Strategy 12
The PLA’s Role in National Security 13
Military Leadership 13
Stability Issues 17
External Defense Relations 19
Defense Budget 20
Military Doctrine and Strategy 23
Perceptions of Modern Conflict 24
National Military Command and Control 25
Core Elements of Command and Control Reform 25
Modernizing Joint Command and Control 27
Regional and Global Operations 28
Core Chinese Military Capabilities 31
Power Projection and Expeditionary Operations 33
Nuclear Forces and Weapons 36
Biological and Chemical Warfare 39
Space/Counterspace 40
Satellites 41
Counterspace 43
Human Spaceflight and Space-Exploration Probes 43
Space Launch 44
Cyberspace 45
Denial and Deception 46
Logistics and Defense-Industrial Modernization 47
Logistics 47
Defense-Industrial Base 48
Underground Facilities 50
Missions Other Than War 50
Outlook: Developing a Robust Force 52
APPENDIX A: PLA Army 55
APPENDIX B: PLA Navy 63
APPENDIX C: PLA Air Force 83
APPENDIX D: PLA Rocket Force 91
APPENDIX E: PLA Strategic Support Force 97
APPENDIX F: Chinese Intelligence Services 99
APPENDIX G: Military Resources, Infrastructure, and Logistics 101
APPENDIX H: Defense Industry 105
APPENDIX I: Arms Sales 107
APPENDIX J: Glossary of Acronyms 109
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