A Dollar Cost Evaluation of Mainland China's Major Weapon Systems.

Abstract

Military analysts have consistently had difficulties determining the size of defense activities of the People's Republic of China. It is believed that mainland China's official reports on its military expenditures are understated. There is, however, another defense indicator. called the military capital stock. that measures total assets in inventory. These assets include military equipment (such as tanks and planes), military facilities (such as headquarters and supply depots), and the war reserve spares, ordnance, and other stocks that are held in inventory. As most estimates for China's defense budget are so unreliable, adapting the capital stock method holds the potential for increasing one's understanding of the size of China's military activities. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA294751

Entities

People

  • Chih-hsiang Wang

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Forces (Foreign)
  • Airframes
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Artillery
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Launchers
  • Logistics
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Facilities
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Supply Depots
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.