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CHINESE ARMED FORCES

CHINESE ARMED FORCES. CURRENT MILITARY AIMS AND STRATEGIES. LONG RANGE BALANCE OF POWER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. TO GUARANTEE SEA BORNE ACCESS TO SUPPLY AND ROUTES OF TRADE. PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY. PLA ORGANISATION. CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION PLA-ARMY PLA- NAVY

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CHINESE ARMED FORCES

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  1. CHINESE ARMED FORCES

  2. CURRENT MILITARY AIMS AND STRATEGIES • LONG RANGE BALANCE OF POWER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. • TO GUARANTEE SEA BORNE ACCESS TO SUPPLY AND ROUTES OF TRADE

  3. PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY

  4. PLA ORGANISATION • CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION • PLA-ARMY • PLA- NAVY • PLA-AIRFORCE • SECOND ARTILLERY FORCE • MILITARY REGION • GP ARMIES (CORPS EQUIVALENT)

  5. PLA DOCTRINE • LIMITED WAR UNDER HIGH TECHNOLOGY CONDITIONS. • ACTIVE DEFENCE. • RAPID REACTION FORCES.

  6. PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY-NAVY

  7. PLA-N ORGANISATION • THREE FLEETS • NORTH SEA • EAST SEA • SOUTH SEA • 700 SHIPS, 75 SUBMARINES AND 500 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS

  8. PLA-N MODERNISATION • PURCHASED RUSSIAN KILO CLASS SUBMARINES. • ADDITION OF NEW INDIGENOUSLY BUILT DESTROYERS, FRIGATES, SUPPLY SHIPS & LANDING CRAFTS. • MODERN ANTI SUBMARINE AND ANTI AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

  9. NAVAL FORCE PROJECTION STRATEGY • IMMEDIATE • TO DOMINATE SEAS ON HER BORDERS. • TO WREST CONTROL OVER ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA, TAIWAN & EAST CHINA SEA. • SUBSEQUENT • TO DOMINATE SLOC IN EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN & WEST PACIFIC. • POWER PROJECTION IN INDIAN OCEAN & WEST PACIFIC.

  10. PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE

  11. CMC PLAAF HQ 5000 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS 1000 SAM SYSTEMS THREE AIRBORNE DIVS 24 ANTI AIRCRAFT DIVS

  12. THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCEMODERNISATION PLAN

  13. SU-30 SU-27 J-10 NEW ACQUISITIONS

  14. J-8 UPGRADATIONS J-7

  15. NUCLEAR STATUS

  16. CHINESE NUCLEAR CAPABILITY • DOCTRINE • NO FIRST USE • NON-USE AGAINST NON NUCLEAR NATIONS • DETER OTHER NUCLEAR POWERS BY MAINTAINING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES • CAPABILITY • DELIVERY TRIAD OF ICBM, • SLBM AND AIR LAUNCHED • TYPES SHORT, MEDIUM, • LONG RANGE AND • INTERCONTINENTAL

  17. COMPARISON FORCES CHINA VIS-À-VIS INDIA AND USA

  18. COMPARISON MAJOR EQUIPMENT : ARMY

  19. COMPARISON OF NAVIES : PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS AND SUBMARINES

  20. COMPARISON OF AIR FORCES

  21. THREAT : LAND • PLA’S FORMIDABILITY INCREASING AT A RAPID PACE • EMPHASIS ON INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT OF AIR, • HELICOPTER AND AIRBORNE / SPECIAL FORCES • TRAINED IN NBC IN SIMULTANEOUS DEEP BATTLE • MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN LOGISTICS • INFRASTRUCTURE • RADICAL UPGRADATION OF OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY • DUE IMPROVEMENT IN COMD AND CONT, • SURVEILLANCE AND OFFENSIVE AIR SUPPORT • CAPABILITY MAJOR AND FORMIDABLE THREAT BY 2015 / 2020

  22. THREAT : MARITIME • RAPID UPGRADATION OF CAPABILITY INCLUDING A • CARRIER TASKFORCE WITHIN A DECADE • CHINESE NAVAL STRATEGY CONSIDERS INDIA AS • PRINCIPLE ADVERSARY WHEN CHINA PROJECTS NAVAL • FORCE ACROSS MALACCA STRAITS

  23. THREAT : AIR • ACQUISITION OF MODERN AIRCRAFTS, MID AIR REFUELLING CAPABILITY AND EXTENSION OF RUNWAYS IN TIBET • CAPABILITY TO THREATEN EASTERN PART OF INDIAN HINTERLAND INCLUDING MOST OF EASTERN SEA COAST

  24. NUCLEAR THREAT • NUC MSLS LOC IN TIBET ABILITY TO HITALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE

  25. WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN TO INDIA • NO IMMEDIATE MILITARY THREAT • BY 2015 / 2020 A MODERNISED AND ECONOMICALLY STRONGER CHINA LIKELY TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLES INDIAN FORCE DEVELOPMENT MUST CATER FOR A CREDIBLE DETERRENCE CAPABILITY VIS-À-VIS A STRONGER CHINA

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