CHINA: EMP THREAT: The People's Republic of China Military Doctrine, Plans, and Capabilities for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
Abstract
China has long known about nuclear high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) and invested in protecting military forces and critical infrastructures from HEMP and other nuclear weapon effects during the Cold War, and continuing today. China has HEMP simulators and defensive and offensive programs that are almost certainly more robust than any in the United States. China's military doctrine regards nuclear HEMP attack as an extension of information or cyber warfare, and deserving highest priority as the most likely kind of future warfare. Chinese military writings are replete with references to making HEMP attacks against the United States as a means of prevailing in war. The foremost People's Liberation Army textbook on information warfare, Shen Weiguang's World War, the Third World War Total Information Warfare, explicitly calls upon China to be prepared to exploit HEMP offensively and to defend against it.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1102202
Entities
People
- Peter V. Pry