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Article: Offensive Airpower with Chinese Characteristics: Development, Capabilities, and Intentions
- Article from:
- Air & Space Power Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright U.S. Superintendent of Documents Fall 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Editorial Abstract:
Although China has traditionally employed its airpower in largely defensive air operations, this doctrine appears to be undergoing a significant shift. The author contends that China is developing limited capabilities in offensive airpower as a deterrent against its neighbors and American forces in the Pacific. Rather than implement a strategic airpower doctrine, China will develop "offensive airpower with Chinese characteristics," a doctrine that uses traditionally tactical platforms to carry out strategic operations in China's periphery.
ON THE 50th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in November 1999, Chinese president Jiang Zemin announced ...
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