China's Program of Weapons Modernization and Proliferation: Effects on Its Neighbors

Abstract

China is changing its armed forces from a large, manpower-intensive force using low-to-medium technology weapons to a smaller, but more modern force. The Chinese are financing the conversion by shifting from a weapons export program based on ideology to one based on profit, with relatively few exceptions. They are using the profits to acquire high technology weapons from the former Soviet Union. This new approach has been successful, and their influence in Asia is growing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280638

Entities

People

  • Randall W. Strauss

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Forces (Foreign)
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Defense Industry
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Science
  • Munitions
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies