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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
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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