Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development

Anthony H. Cordesman; Ashley Hess; Nicholas S. Yarosh

doi:10.5771/9781442227767

Summary

China’s military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asia-Pacific states. This report from the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy examines trends in Chinese strategy, military spending, and military forces based on Chinese defense white papers and other official Chinese sources; US reporting by the Department of Defense and other defense agencies; and other government sources, including Japanese and Korean defense white papers and the International Monetary Fund. The analysis also draws on the work of experts outside of government, various research centers, and nongovernmental organizations.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-2775-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-2776-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 348
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
1. The Need for Focused Military Dialogue No access
2. The Trends in Chinese Military Modernization No access
3. 1. US Forces in the Pacific No access
  2. Changes in US Strategy and Rebalancing to Asia No access
4. Strategy, Rebalancing, and Reality No access
1. China’s Defense White Papers No access
2. US Defense White Papers on China’s Strategy and Forces No access
3. The Strategic Forces Driving Chinese Military Modernization No access
4. China’s Declared Strategic Goals No access
5. “Defensive” Force Modernization and Transformation versus “Offensive” Force Modernization and Transformation No access
6. Chinese View of the US ‘Rebalance’ and the Growing Chinese-Russian Strategic Partnership No access
7. Regional Views of the US ‘Rebalance’ No access
1. Is Becoming an Economic Superpower a Prelude to Becoming a Military Superpower? No access
2. 1. Positive Trends No access
  2. Economic Uncertainties No access
  3. Chinese Economic Growth Relative to Increases in Military Spending No access
3. 1. FDI and Current Account Balance No access
4. Demographic Trends No access
5. Societal Trends and Economic Transformation No access
1. 1. Active Defense No access
  2. Local War under Conditions of Informatization No access
  3. People’s War No access
2. 1. Integrated Joint Operations No access
  2. 1. Chinese Cyberwarfare No access
  3. Integrated Firepower Operations No access
  4. 1. Comprehensive Support No access
3. 1. The Nine-Dash Line No access
  2. Chinese Operations to Deal with the US Second Island Chain No access
4. 1. Japanese and South Korean Perspectives on the Balance No access
1. 1. China’s High Command Structure No access
  2. 1. PLA Army (PLAA) No access
    2. PLA Navy (PLAN) No access
    3. PLA Air Force (PLAAF) No access
    4. PLA Second Artillery Force (SAF) No access
  3. Personnel Trends and Shifts in the PLA’s Force Structure No access
  4. 1. Rebalancing the Personnel System No access
    2. Recruiting High-Level Human Capital into the PLA No access
    3. Opportunities for Increased Qualification No access
    4. Greater Compensation for PLA Personnel No access
  5. 1. PLA Reserve Forces No access
    2. PLA Militia Forces No access
2. 1. Ministry of State Security (MSS) No access
  2. Ministry of Public Security (MPS) No access
  3. People’s Armed Police Force (PAPF) No access
1. Chinese Statements on Military Spending No access
2. US Analyses of Chinese Defense Budgets No access
3. Other Outside Assessments of Chinese Military Spending No access
4. A Lack of Transparency and Estimation Problems No access
5. The Chinese Response No access
1. 1. 1. Joint Operations No access
  2. Amphibious Operations No access
  3. Focus on C4ISR and Information Technology No access
2. Arms Trade and Technology Transfer: The Role of Imports No access
3. Arms Trade and Technology Transfer: The Role of Exports No access
1. The US Official View No access
2. The Japanese Official View No access
3. Overall Trends in Manpower and Equipment No access
4. Shifts in Force Structure No access
5. Shifts in Manpower No access
6. Trends in Major Equipment Strength No access
7. Equipment Modernization No access
8. Shifts in Unit Training No access
9. The PLAA and Power Projection No access
1. The US Official View No access
2. The Japanese Official View No access
3. PLAN Service Strategy No access
4. Shifts in Force Structure, Equipment Composition, and Manpower No access
5. Shift in Force Structure No access
6. 1. Submarines No access
  2. Major Combatant Holdings No access
7. Shifts in Manpower No access
8. 1. The Chinese View No access
  2. The US View No access
  3. The Japanese View No access
  4. The US Reaction and the Air Sea Battle No access
1. The US Official View No access
2. PLAAF Strategy No access
3. Shift in Force Structure, Equipment Composition, and Manpower No access
4. Shift in Force Structure No access
5. The Pace of Modernization No access
6. 1. Key Aspects of Equipment Modernization No access
  2. Stealth No access
  3. Other Advanced Fighters and Carrier Aircraft No access
  4. UAVs, Drones, and More Advanced IS&R No access
7. Shifts in Manpower No access
8. Expansion of Chinese Air Power Projection Capabilities, US Forced Entry, and the Outer Island Chain No access
9. The PLAAF And Power Projection No access
1. The US Official View No access
2. SAF Strategy No access
3. Shifts in Force Structure, Equipment Composition, and Manpower No access
4. Trends in Total Missile Forces No access
5. 1. SRBMs No access
  2. Cruise Missiles No access
  3. MRBMs No access
  4. ICBMs and SLBMs No access
  5. Chinese Missile Defense Capabilities No access
  6. Chinese Counterspace Capabilities No access
  7. 1. Anti-Access/Area Denial Sea-based Space Programs No access
    2. Anti-Access/Area Denial Land-based Space Programs No access
6. Improved Manpower No access
7. Progress in Power Projection No access
1. The Strategic Nuclear Balance No access
2. 1. 1. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Estimate No access
    2. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Estimate No access
    3. The Global Security Estimate No access
    4. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Estimate No access
  2. The United States No access
  3. North and South Korea No access
  4. India and Pakistan No access
3. 1. Chinese Biological and Chemical Weapons No access
  2. Role of Chinese Tunnel Facilities No access
1. The US Perspective No access
2. Taiwanese and Japanese Perspectives No access
3. 1. The Naval Balance No access
  2. The Air and Missile Balance No access
  3. The Ground Force Balance No access