The major insights in this monograph come from exploiting sections of a doctrinal text published for People's Liberation Army (PLA) institutions of higher military education by the Chinese National Defense University, A Guide to the Study of Campaign Theory (Zhanyi Lilun Xuexi Zhinan). This book is an unclassified study guide for PLA officers on how to understand and apply doctrine in a restricted PLA book on campaign doctrine in warfare, The Science of Campaigns. Other recent books by PLA or Chinese government controlled publishing houses validate the insights in the monograph and demonstrate how the PLA is going about achieving its vision for modern war fighting. These materials provide new insights into China s Second Artillery Corps, the Strategic Rocket Forces. Chinese strategists believe that China must be prepared to fight in, and if necessary, control space; which explains the 2006 laser attack on a U.S. satellite from China and the 2007 anti-satellite missile test by the Chinese. PLA officers also believe that U.S. satellite reconnaissance from space could constitute a threat to China s nuclear deterrent. China s leaders and military thinkers see the United States as a major potential threat to the PLA and China s interests primarily because of American military capabilities, but also because of U.S. security relationships in Asia. To respond to these perceived threats, China s military thinkers are examining the relationships between conventional and nuclear ballistic missile units in war and developing new doctrine for missile employment. There are explicit discussions in PLA military literature and scientific journals on how to use ballistic missiles to attack deployed U.S. naval battle groups, particularly aircraft carriers. Indeed, the Second Artillery Corps is developing a new class of maneuvering reentry vehicles with this mission in mind.
China's Nuclear Forces: Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control, and Campaign Planning
2007
52 pages
Report
No indication
English
Management Practice , Education, Law, & Humanities , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Nuclear warfare , Leadership , Military doctrine , Command and control systems , Strategic warfare , China , Education , Guided missiles , Naval warfare , Military publications , Maneuverable reentry vehicles , Reconnaissance satellites , Deterrence , Asia , Periodicals , National defense , Battle group level organizations , Utilization , Vision , Universities , Aircraft carriers , United states , Security , Military capabilities , Threats
An Analysis of the Compliance History of Forces Command and Training and Doctrine Command
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