China S Strategic Arsenal

Author : James M. Smith,Paul J. Bolt
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : China
ISBN : 9781647120795

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China's Strategic Arsenal by James M. Smith,Paul J. Bolt Pdf

"This volume brings together an international group of distinguished scholars to provide a fresh assessment of China's strategic military capabilities, doctrines, and perceptions in light of rapidly advancing technologies, an expanding and modernizing nuclear arsenal, and increased great-power competition with the United States. China's strategic weapons are its expanding nuclear arsenal and emerging conventional weapons systems such as hypersonic missiles and anti-satellite missiles. China's strategic arsenal is important because of how it affects the dynamics of US-China relations and the relationship between China and its neighbors. Without a doubt China's strategic arsenal is growing in size and sophistication, but this book also examines key uncertainties. Will China's new capabilities and confidence lead it to be more assertive or take more risks? Will China's nuclear traditions (i.e., no first use) change as the strategic balance improves? Will China's approach to military competition in the domains of cyberspace and outer space be guided by a notion of strategic stability or not? Will there be a strategic arms race with the United States? The goal of this book is to update our understanding of these issues and to make predictions about how these dynamics may play out"--

Author : Robert A. Manning,Ronald N. Montaperto,Brad Roberts
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Arms control
ISBN : UCSD:31822028702439

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China, Nuclear Weapons, and Arms Control by Robert A. Manning,Ronald N. Montaperto,Brad Roberts Pdf

The authors then elaborate a preliminary agenda for exploring with China the requirements of strategic stability in the emerging era and of testing Beijing's intention to continue some form of restraint in the years ahead."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Chong-Pin Lin
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : China
ISBN : UCSD:31822003516002

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China's Nuclear Weapons Strategy by Chong-Pin Lin Pdf

Kinas nukleare strategi analyseres på baggrund af kinesiske strategiske traditioner. Hensigten er at give en forståelse af Kinas særlige nukleare forestillinger som verdens trediestørste nuklearmagt.

Author : John Wilson Lewis,Litai Xue
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0804728046

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China's Strategic Seapower by John Wilson Lewis,Litai Xue Pdf

Using major new documentary sources, the authors tell the story of why and how China built its nuclear submarine flotilla and the impact of that development on the nation's politics, technology, industry, and strategy.

Author : Susan Turner Haynes
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612348469

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Chinese Nuclear Proliferation by Susan Turner Haynes Pdf

While the world’s attention is focused on the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran and the nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, China is believed to have doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal, making it “the forgotten nuclear power,” as described in Foreign Affairs. Susan Turner Haynes analyzes China’s buildup and its diversification of increasingly mobile, precise, and sophisticated nuclear weapons. Haynes provides context and clarity on this complex global issue through an analysis of extensive primary source research and lends insight into questions about why China is the only nuclear weapon state recognized under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty that continues to pursue qualitative and quantitative advancements to its nuclear force. As the gap between China’s nuclear force and the forces of the nuclear superpowers narrows against the expressed interest of many nuclear and nonnuclear states, Chinese Nuclear Proliferation offers policy prescriptions to curtail China’s nuclear growth and to assuage fears that the “American world order” presents a direct threat to China’s national security. Presenting technical concepts with minimal jargon in a straightforward style, this book will be of use to casual China watchers and military experts alike.

Author : Mark A. Stokes
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Air defenses
ISBN : 9781428911970

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China's Strategic Modernization Implications for the United States by Mark A. Stokes Pdf

Conventional wisdom portrays the People's Republic of China (PRC) People's Liberation Army (PLA) as a backward continental force that will not pose a military challenge to its neighbors or to the United States well into the 21st century. PLA writings that demonstrate interest in exploiting the revolution in military affairs (RMA) are dismissed by a large segment of the PLA- watching community as wistful fantasies. The author offers an alternative perspective by outlining emerging PLA operational concepts and a range of research and development projects that appear to have been heavily influenced by U.S. and Russian writings on the RMA. Fulfillment of the PLA's vision for the 21st century could have significant repercussions for U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Larry M. Wortzel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : China
ISBN : NWU:35556037399581

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China's Nuclear Forces by Larry M. Wortzel Pdf

This monograph documents new thinking in China on how and when to use nuclear weapons. China's nuclear forces are mainly retaliatory in nature, but there is a debate about using preemptive force among China's strategic thinkers.

Author : R. E. D. Dot RED DOT PUBLICATIONS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973169223

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CHINA's STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES by R. E. D. Dot RED DOT PUBLICATIONS Pdf

The People's Republic of China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons. The first of China's nuclear weapons tests took place in 1964, and its first hydrogen bomb test occurred in 1967. Tests continued until 1996 when China signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). China has acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1984 and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1997.The number of nuclear warheads in China's arsenal is a state secret. There are varying estimates of the size of China's arsenal. China is estimated by the Federation of American Scientists to have an arsenal of about 260 total warheads as of 2015, which would make it the second smallest nuclear arsenal amongst the five nuclear weapon states acknowledged by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. According to some estimates, the country could "more than double" the "number of warheads on missiles that could threaten the United States by the mid-2020s" Early in 2011, China published a defense white paper, which repeated its nuclear policies of maintaining a minimum deterrent with a no-first-use pledge. Yet China has yet to define what it means by a "minimum deterrent posture". This, together with the fact that "it is deploying four new nuclear-capable ballistic missiles invites concern as to the scale and intention of China's nuclear upgrade".

Author : Lyle Goldstein,Andrew S. Erickson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Astronautics, Military
ISBN : IND:30000146620194

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China's Nuclear Force Modernization by Lyle Goldstein,Andrew S. Erickson Pdf

Relations between Washington and Beijing improved swiftly in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, especially in comparison to the nadir that had been reached during the April 2001 EP-3 incident. This new tide of cooperation has included counterterrorism initiatives, regional partnership in such complex situations as Afghanistan and North Korea, and even some modest agreement on the importance of maintaining the status quo with respect to Taiwan's status. A strong foundation for this strategic cooperation is, of course, a burgeoning trade relationship, which received a further boost from China's entry into the World Trade Organization in November 2001. In 2003, trade between the United States and China amounted to $191.7 billion, up 23.2 percent from 2002. Remarkably, the total for 2003 was more than double the figure for 1998. The United States is China's second most important trading partner nation (Japan is first). Many reasonable strategists, observing this data, consider armed conflict between Washington and Beijing impossible, given the economic losses that both would incur almost immediately. Unfortunately, history has not been kind to the school of theorizing, known as commercial liberalism, which holds that economic interdependence prevents conflict. Indeed, the belligerent powers prior to both world wars had achieved impressive levels of economic interdependence.

Author : Paul J. Bolt,Albert S. Willner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004906161

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China's Nuclear Future by Paul J. Bolt,Albert S. Willner Pdf

?Provides cutting-edge empirical research on a difficult strategic question, while also situating the issue within a nuanced discussion of recent Chinese history and intellectual traditions. China?s Nuclear Future contributes much to a new understanding of China?s nuclear policy past, present, and future.? ?Andrew Oros, Washington CollegeIn the face of significant changes in the contemporary geopolitical environment, China?s longstanding policy of maintaining a minimal nuclear stockpile may also be shifting. China?s Nuclear Future provides a comprehensive overview of both the evolution of China?s nuclear policy and the strategic implications of current developments.The authors examine a full range of issues, from China?s rising economic fortunes to the impact of the U.S.-led war on terror. Their assessment of the drivers and constraints that are transforming China?s nuclear posture is key to understanding not only the country?s possible nuclear futures, but also the broader issue of its role in world politics.Paul J. Bolt is professor of political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Albert S. Willner, Colonel, U.S. Army, taught in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy in 2000-2004; at present, he is pending assignment as the Chief of the Liaison Affairs Section at the American Institute in Taiwan. Contents: China?s Nuclear Future in a Changing Environment?the Editors. Culture, Strategy, and Security?C.A. Cleary. Evolving Nuclear Doctrine?E.S. Medeiros. Strategic Force Modernization?P.C. Saunders and J. Yuan. Beijing?s Perceptions of U.S. Intentions?R.N. Montaperto. The Potential Flashpoint: Taiwan?T. Wai. Alternative Futures?B. Roberts.

Author : Anthony H. Cordesman,Ashley Hess,Nicholas S. Yarosh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442227767

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Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development by Anthony H. Cordesman,Ashley Hess,Nicholas S. Yarosh Pdf

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.

Author : Michael S. Chase,Arthur Chan
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833094179

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China’s Evolving Approach to “Integrated Strategic Deterrence” by Michael S. Chase,Arthur Chan Pdf

Drawing on Chinese military writings, this report finds that China’s strategic-deterrence concepts are evolving in response to Beijing’s changing assessment of its external security environment and a growing emphasis on protecting its emerging interests in space and cyberspace. China also is rapidly closing what was once a substantial gap between the People’s Liberation Army’s strategic weapons capabilities and its strategic-deterrence concepts.

Author : Anthony H. Cordesman,Steven Colley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442259010

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Chinese Strategy and Military Modernization in 2015 by Anthony H. Cordesman,Steven Colley Pdf

China’s emergence as a global economic superpower, and as a major regional military power in Asia and the Pacific, has had a major impact on its relations with the United States and its neighbors. China was the driving factor in the new strategy the United States announced in 2012 that called for a “rebalance” of U.S. forces to the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, China’s actions on its borders, in the East China Sea, and in the South China Sea have shown that it is steadily expanding its geopolitical role in the Pacific and having a steadily increasing impact on the strategy and military developments in other Asian powers.

Author : Larry M. Wortzel
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : China
ISBN : OSU:32435078613619

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China's Nuclear Forces by Larry M. Wortzel Pdf

Recent books and journal articles published in China provide new insights into nuclear doctrine, operations, training, and the employment of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) strategic rocket forces. The major insights come from exploiting sections of a doctrinal text published for PLA institutions of higher military education by the Chinese National Defense University, A Guide to the Study of Campaign Theory (Zhanyi Lilun Xuexi Zhinan). In the view of many in the PLA, the military power of the United States, the potential to use that power to coerce or dominate China, and the ability to threaten China's pursuit of its own its interests, presents a latent threat to China. Additionally, China's own threats against democratic Taiwan, and the fact that PLA leaders believe that the United States is likely to come to Taiwan's assistance in the event of Chinese aggression in the Taiwan Strait, magnifies the threat that PLA officers perceive from the United States. This perceived threat drives the PLA to follow U.S. military developments more carefully than those of other nations and to be prepared to counter American forces. The PLA is mixing nuclear and conventional missile forces in its military doctrine. Also, some in China are questioning whether the doctrine of "no-first-use" of nuclear weapons serves China's deterrent needs.

Author : Harry Gregor Gelber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120668715

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Nuclear Weapons and Chinese Policy by Harry Gregor Gelber Pdf