The Chinese Air Force -- Roadblocks to Modernization

Abstract

U.S. and other Western efforts to help China modernize its Air Force may be misguided because they focus on the sale of high-tech weapons and components. Beijing's greatest difficulty in modernizing its Air Force probably is not acquiring advanced weapons, rather it is choosing weapons that China's military can use effectively, maintain, and sustain in combat and that China's industry can produce. Beijing has failed to develop an overall force development model that integrates military needs with industrial capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA240993

Entities

People

  • Jim Wilson

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Doctrine
  • Flight Training
  • Industrial Plants
  • Logistics
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Transport Aircraft
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design