A New Direction for China's Defense Industry

• Yazar: Medeiros, Evan S. (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Cliff, Roger (auth), Crane, Keith (auth), Mulvenon, James C. (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: RAND Corporation 2005
• Konular: Warfare & defence; Political Science
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Özet

Since the early 1980s, a prominent and consistent conclusion drawn from research on China's defense-industrial complex has been that China's defense-production capabilities are rife with weaknesses and limitations. This study argues for an alternative approach: From the vantage point of 2005, it is time to shift the focus of current research to the gradual improvements in and the future potential of China's defense-industrial complex. The study found that China's defense sectors are designing and producing a wide range of increasingly advanced weapons that, in the short term, are relevant to a possible conflict over Taiwan but also to China's long-term military presence in Asia. Part of a larger RAND Project AIR FORCE study on Chinese military modernization, this study examines the current and future capabilities of China's defense industry. The goals of this study are to 1.

ISBN

MG334AF
9780833040794
9780833037947

Erişim

Open Access