An Analysis of China's Information Technology Strategies and their Implication for US National Security

Abstract

In the past decades, China's military modernization and rapidly developing economy have increasingly attracted international attention, especially the United States. In addition, the PLA has begun to study asymmetric warfare capabilities under high-tech conditions. China definitely believes that asymmetric warfare operations have the advantage of creating a smarter attack style to avoid directly facing U.S. military strength. In summary, asymmetric warfare operations are considered by the PLA as a kind of warfare that combined both the thinking of China's classic military strategist Sun Tzu "using the inferior to defeat the superior" and the demand of the modern information technology such as IW. In face of China's development of asymmetric warfare capabilities, the United States must deeply think about how to deal with the threat from China's asymmetric warfare operations, which is gradually becoming the superpower in the world.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457711

Entities

People

  • Wen-hsiang Tsai

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Information Systems
  • Military Applications
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Operating Systems
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies