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Pu#ng Together the Chinese Military Puzzle Shaping a Global Capability

The Chinese Military Puzzle

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In this brief, the Second Line of Defense team looks at ways to understand the evolution of Chinese military power.

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Pu#ng  Together  the  Chinese  Military  Puzzle  Shaping  a  Global  Capability  

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Three  Ways  Forward  The  PRC  Build  Out  Its  Capabili:es  

Building  Out  Capabili=es  

§  Extended  Reach  for  Na:onal  Defense  By  Building  Sanctuaries  Against  ACack.    

§  Nuclear  Buildup  and  An:-­‐Access  and  An:-­‐Denial  as  Key  Elements.  

§  Next  Level  is  Build  Up  of  “Tradi:onal”  Power  Projec:on  Tools,  Carriers,  AirliQ,  Tanking,  Bombers,  Long  Range  Missiles.  

§  The  Third  Level  is  Experimen:ng  with  Game  Changing  Technologies,  Such  as  Hypersonics  or  Innova:ve  Uses  of  Space-­‐Based  Assets  to  Play  the  Game  Drama:cally  Differently  

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Building  Out  Chinese  Military  Power  Shaping  a  Building  Block  Approach  

Extend  Reach  from  Mainland  China  Deeper  Into  the  Pacific  with  Mari:me,  Air  and  Missiles  Systems.  

Build  Out  An:-­‐Access,  An:-­‐Denial  Na:onal  Protec:on  Tools.  

By  2030  have  legi:mate  power  projec:on  force  for  global  opera:ons  leveraging  strike  and  global  ISR  reach.  

Build  Out  Global  Exports  and  Alliances  in  Global  Hot  Spots  (Double  Bounce:  Technology  Into  China  and  Then  Exported  in  Advancing  Products  from  China.  

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Building  Out  Regional  Reach  A  Key  Building  Block  is  Extending  Reach  into  the  Pacific  

An=-­‐Access,  An=-­‐Denial  

§  Goal  is  to  Strengthen  China  Power  Base.    

§  And  to  Provide  Founda:on  for  Reaching  Deeper  Into  the  Pacific.  

Regional  Reach  §  Requires  PLA  to  Come  Out  into  the  Mari:me  and  Air  Domain.  

§  Into  a  Crowded  and  Dangerous  Three  Dimensional  Opera:onal  Space.  

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Building  Out  Global  Presence  Tools  for  Chinese  Global  Power  Projec:on  

Par:cipate  in  Global  Missions,  Such  as  An:-­‐Piracy  Efforts.  

Protect  Engagement  to  Provide  for  Raw  Materials  in  Africa  and  Elsewhere.  

Global  Exports  of  Missiles,  AircraQ  and  Capabili:es  to  Build  Global  Power  Rela:onships.  

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What  are  the  Cri=cal  Pieces?  Which  Pieces  Are  the  Gamechangers?  

The  Threat  

§  Which  Ac:ons  Taken  by  the  US  or  its  Allies  are  the  biggest  threats  to  Chinese  ascendency?  

§  Which  ac:ons  will  the  Chinese  target  to  try  to  block?  

§  Which  Asian  Partners  of  the  United  States  are  most  crucial  to  isolate  or  undercut  their  military  moderniza:on?  

Dynamic  Environment  

§  A  Chinese  Build  Out  is  Occuring  in  a  Very  Fluid  and  Dynamic  Strategic  Environment.    

§  From  this  standpoint,  what  are  the  most  crucial  technologies  or  capabili:es  which  are  game  changing  for  the  Chinese?  

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Manage  the  Threat  An  American  Led  Asian  Alliance  is  a  Key  Barrier  

Breaking  Coali=on  Power  

§  Undercut  US  Military  Moderniza:on.    

§  Informa:on  Warfare  as  Integral  Tool  to  Undercut  Compe:tors    

§  Pressure  the  US  Lynchpin  Role  in  the  Pacific.  

§  Undercut  Military  Moderniza:on  Efforts  by  Asian  Allies  of  the  United  States.  

§  Use  SoQ  Power  to  Undercut  the  “Need”  for  a  Military  Response  to  the  PRC