The Chinese Air Force Threat

Author : Ravinder Chhatwal
Publisher : K W Publishers Pvt Limited
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9383649844

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The Chinese Air Force (also known as the People's Liberation Army Air Force - PLAAF) is the third largest air force in the world, with an inventory of almost 2,200 combat aircraft. Against this, the Indian Air Force has a strength of about 860 combat aircraft. Does this make the PLAAF a giant in front of the IAF? The PLAAF may be having an advantage in terms of numbers but mere numbers do not tell the full story. The Chinese Air Force cannot deploy all these aircraft against India. In a meticulously researched analysis, the author argues that PLAAF will have serious limitations in achieving air superiority against the IAF. The limitations of airfield infrastructure and terrain in Tibet severely restrict PLAAF's capabilities to carry out a sustained air campaign against India. Since the 1990s, the Chinese Air Force has been modernising at a rapid pace. The large numbers of obsolete Soviet era fighter aircraft is being replaced by increasing numbers of fourth generation fighters of the SU-27/SU-30/J-10/J-11 class, but the IAF continues to maintain its technological lead, with the SU-30MKI of the IAF being more advanced than the SU-30MKK of PLAAF. India must continue to maintain its technological lead in the coming years. Another advantage the IAF has is in its superior training, but the Chinese are catching up in this field, with greater exposure to international exercises. The main advantage that the PLA has is in its second artillery's conventional capability. The author discusses the second artillery's capabilities and says that China's ballistic and cruise missiles will be a major threat to India, but they cannot incapacitate us. To counter the Chinese missile threat, India must develop similar capabilities with its Agni, Brahmos and Nirbhay missiles. The IAF needs to develop its capabilities in critical areas and exploit PLAAF's limitations, because unlike in 1962, this time, the contest is going to be in the air.

Author : Ran Vir Kumar
Publisher : Manas
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015052761478

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Because Of Proximity There Will Always Be An Undercurrent Of Competition, Even Veiled Hostility In All Relations Between India And China. While China With Its Increasing Economic Clout Is On The Road To Becoming The Major Player In Asia, Indians Are In Danger Of Being Marginalised, The Present Indo-Us Euphoria Notwithstanding. What Are Indians To Do? What Strategies Do They Adopt? The Book Examines The Present Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Plaaf; Airfield Capacities And Probable Deployment Of Aircraft In Tibet; The Capability Of Such Aircraft In Tibet And Future Plans Of The Plaaf. The Author Also Listed Possible Strategies For India To Counter China.

Author : Eric Heginbotham,Michael Nixon,Forrest E. Morgan,Jacob L. Heim,Jeff Hagen,Sheng Li,Jeffrey Engstrom,Martin C. Libicki,Paul DeLuca,David A. Shlapak,David R. Frelinger,Burgess Laird,Kyle Brady,Lyle J. Morris
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833082275

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The U.S.-China Military Scorecard by Eric Heginbotham,Michael Nixon,Forrest E. Morgan,Jacob L. Heim,Jeff Hagen,Sheng Li,Jeffrey Engstrom,Martin C. Libicki,Paul DeLuca,David A. Shlapak,David R. Frelinger,Burgess Laird,Kyle Brady,Lyle J. Morris Pdf

A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography affect outcomes. China is capable of challenging U.S. military dominance on its immediate periphery—and its reach is likely to grow in the years ahead.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 087003281X

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Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security by Anonim Pdf

Since at least the early 1950s, the entire Asia-Pacific region has struggled with the complicated and complex relationship between China and Taiwan--today the Taiwan question is considered a potential flashpoint for a much larger international conflict. Bringing together experts from the United States and Taiwan, Assessing the Threat provides a comprehensive look at the dangers of military escalation in the Taiwan Strait, the latest advances in capabilities of the People's Liberation Army, and China's security relationship with the United States and the Asia-Pacific. There is increasing concern that Beijing is steadily shifting the balance of power across the Taiwan Strait in its favor. Recent advances in Chinese air and naval power, along with changes in PLA doctrine, have the potential to weaken deterrence and destabilize the cross-strait military balance. At this critical juncture, there is not question that this issue requires sustained, detailed analysis and that many measures can and should be taken to reduce the threat of conflict between China, Taiwan, and the United States. Assessing the threat offers such analysis as well as concrete suggestions and crisis management practices for government and military leaders in Washington, D.C., Beijing, and Taipei.

Author : Mahesh Kumar (Writer on international politics)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Air power
ISBN : 9355161417

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The Chinese Air Threat by Mahesh Kumar (Writer on international politics) Pdf

The Chinese Air Force (also known as the People’s Liberation Army Air Force – PLAAF) is the third major air force in the world, with a record of almost 2,200 combat aircraft. Against this, the Indian Air Force has a strength of about 860 combat aircraft. The Chinese Air Force cannot organize all these aircraft against India. In a exactly researched study, the author claims that PLAAF will have serious limitations in achieving air advantage against the IAF. The confines of airfield substructure and land in Tibet severely restrict PLAAF’s competences to transmit out a continued air campaign against India. The author deliberates the second artillery’s competences and says that China’s airborne and cruise missiles will be a main threat to India, but they cannot debilitate us.

Author : Martin Edmonds,Michael Tsai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134350537

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Taiwan's Security and Air Power by Martin Edmonds,Michael Tsai Pdf

This volume brings together a range of experts from the West and from Taiwan itself who examine the key issues connected with Taiwan's air power, which is a key aspect of the China-Taiwan military balance.

Author : Richard P. Hallion,Roger Cliff,Phillip C. Saunders,Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (National Defense University)
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0160913861

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The Chinese Air Force by Richard P. Hallion,Roger Cliff,Phillip C. Saunders,Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (National Defense University) Pdf

Presents revised and edited papers from a October 2010 conference held in Taipei on the Chinese Air Force. The conference was jointly organized by Taiwan?s Council for Advanced Policy Studies, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the U.S. National Defense University, and the RAND Corporation. This books offers a complete picture of where the Chinese air force is today, where it has come from, and most importantly, where it is headed.

Author : Kenneth W. Allen,Glenn Krumel,Jonathan D. Pollack
Publisher : RAND Corporation
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822018965236

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China's Air Force Enters the 21st Century by Kenneth W. Allen,Glenn Krumel,Jonathan D. Pollack Pdf

The authors maintain that the constrained strategic thinking in China about the role of airpower and force modernization will affect the ability of The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force to become a credible offensive threat against the U.S. or its Asian allies.

Author : Lt Gen JS Bajwa
Publisher : Lancer Publishers LLC
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781940988290

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CHINA: Threat or Challenge? by Lt Gen JS Bajwa Pdf

ndian Defence Review (IDR) had earlier, in 2011, published a Book titled “Threat from China” edited by Late Bharat Verma. Team IDR felt that since May 2014 when the National Democratic Alliance government took over the reins of governance in India bringing in a more focussed, dynamic and assertive approach in conduct of its foreign relations, it was necessary to review the security paradigm between India and China. Moreover, around the same time there had been a tactile parallel change in leadership at the helm in China too. During the preliminary discussions there were strong views from a certain section of the community of academic scholars and diplomats that China was not an existential THREAT. However, the military community felt that the People’s Liberation Army’s substantive military modernisation manifested such a THREAT. The academic and diplomatic community did feel that there was surely a CHALLENGE in dealing with an assertive rising China – more relevant with a decline of US interest in Asia. To accommodate both views the Title was thus revised to “China – Threat or Challenge?” The Book is a compilation of articles written and published in the IDR since May 2014. Some articles are by Authors who were requested to express their contrary views on the subject so as to present to the Readers broad based views of various Authors across the spectrum on issues impacting India-China bilateral relations. The final verdict, of course, lies entirely with the discerning Readers.

Author : Michael D. Swaine,Andrew N. D. Yang,Evan S. Medeiros
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment for Interna
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0870032380

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Assessing the Threat by Michael D. Swaine,Andrew N. D. Yang,Evan S. Medeiros Pdf

Since at least the early 1950s, the entire Asia-Pacific region has struggled with the complicated and complex relationship between China and Taiwan--today the Taiwan question is considered a potential flashpoint for a much larger international conflict. Bringing together experts from the United States and Taiwan, Assessing the Threat provides a comprehensive look at the dangers of military escalation in the Taiwan Strait, the latest advances in capabilities of the People's Liberation Army, and China's security relationship with the United States and the Asia-Pacific. There is increasing concern that Beijing is steadily shifting the balance of power across the Taiwan Strait in its favor. Recent advances in Chinese air and naval power, along with changes in PLA doctrine, have the potential to weaken deterrence and destabilize the cross-strait military balance. At this critical juncture, there is not question that this issue requires sustained, detailed analysis and that many measures can and should be taken to reduce the threat of conflict between China, Taiwan, and the United States. Assessing the threat offers such analysis as well as concrete suggestions and crisis management practices for government and military leaders in Washington, D.C., Beijing, and Taipei.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : China
ISBN : 0160939720

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China Military Power by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul H. B. Godwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112000878501

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The Chinese Communist Armed Forces by Paul H. B. Godwin Pdf

Author : U. S. Army,Strategic Studies Institute (SSI),Director of National Intelligence,Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),U. S. Government
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1521265038

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People's Liberation Army After Next - China's PLA, Air Force Aircraft, Ballistic and Cruise Missiles, EMP, DF-11, DF-15, Silkworm, Fighter Aircraft, Taiwan, Advanced Technology, Military Space by U. S. Army,Strategic Studies Institute (SSI),Director of National Intelligence,Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),U. S. Government Pdf

An analytical schism has developed over differing assessments of China's military modernization. Underlying this debate are at least two key questions. First, will the ongoing China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) modernization provide China with significant offensive power projection and/or preemptive capability? If so, by when? Second, does the pace and success of China's military modernization constitute a threat to the United States and/or its friends and allies in the Asia-Pacific region? At the source of these differing views on the pace and likely success of the PLA modernization is a lack of hard evidence, aggravated by a Chinese tendency to conceal both strengths and weaknesses. There are also analysts who are locked into positions on the PLA that the evidence seems unable to alter. Lack of information is often muddied by anecdotal knowledge, sometimes provided by Chinese interlocutors, that may be impossible to confirm or refute. In addition, a large body of conventional wisdom about the PLA has built up over time, which may inhibit fresh reassessment. Finally, peer comparisons of the PLA to the U.S. military, which is without equal in the post-Cold War period, may shape analysis of the PLA's capabilities and shortfalls. As a result, conclusions about China's military modernization often leave considerable room for interpretation on any side of an argument. People's Liberation Army After Next - Introduction * Going Places or Running in Place? China's Efforts to Leverage Advanced Technologies for Military Use * PLA Logistics And Doctrine Reform, 1999-2009 * Potential Applications of PLA Information Warfare Capabilities to Critical Infrastructures * China's Military Space and Conventional Theater Missile Development: Implications for Security in the Taiwan Strait * PLA Air Force Operations and Modernization * The Kosovo War: Implications for Taiwan * China's Maritime Strategy In addition, this unique collection of American military documents provides a special view of recent Chinese military and policy developments. Contents: China Shaping the Operational Environment - A Disciple on the Path of Deception and Influence * The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's 80-Year-Old Military * China's Maritime Quest * The PLA At Home and Abroad: Assessing The Operational Capabilities of China's Military * Arms Sales To Taiwan: Enjoy The Business While It Lasts * China's Role In The Stabilization Of Afghanistan * The Coming of Chinese Hawks * Turkey and China: Unlikely Strategic Partners. This ebook also includes the annual U.S. intelligence community worldwide threat assessment in Congressional testimony by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr.

Author : Ian Easton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788691776

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The Chinese Invasion Threat by Ian Easton Pdf

Exposing internal Chinese military documents and restricted-access studies, The Chinese Invasion Threat explores the secret world of war planning and strategy, espionage and national security. The untold story of the most dangerous flashpoint of our times.

Author : Air Commodore Ramesh Phadke,R. V. Phadke
Publisher : Manas Publications
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 8170492203

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China's Power Projection by Air Commodore Ramesh Phadke,R. V. Phadke Pdf

China's attempts to comprehensively overhaul and modernise its armed forces, and its emphasis on access to modern technology indicate the Chinese leadership determination to build an all-round military capability to fight well beyond its immediate periphery. Coercion, and if that fails, resorting to use of military force have been the logical and natural steps in China's strategy. This marked propensity to use force makes one take note of China's fast burgeoning military capabilities. The rapid modernisation process of China's military would permit it to extend its influence and power well beyond its immediate proximity. This development has serious implications for India's security. But to exaggerate the "Chinese threat" is counter-productive, lest it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. While the PRC would like the world to respect it even if out of fear or awe, it is axiomatic that India guard itself against an overestimation of the threat while assessing its potential. The book attempts to search for ways to improve an understanding of China's rapidly rising power status in international politics and its possible implications for India's security.