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Title Shaking the heavens and splitting the earth : Chinese air force employment concepts in the 21st century / Roger Cliff [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 274 pages) : color illustrations, color maps (digital, PDF file)
Series Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-915-AF
Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-915-AF.
Contents Introduction -- The organization of China's air and missile forces -- The evolution of Chinese air force doctrine -- Chinese concepts for the employment of air forces -- Air offensive campaigns -- Air defense campaigns -- Air blockade campaigns -- Airborne campaigns -- The role of other services in air force campaigns -- Possible PLAAF operational concepts, capabilities, and tactics in a Taiwan Strait conflict -- Conclusions and implications
Summary Less than a decade ago, China's air force was an antiquated service equipped almost exclusively with weapons based on 1950s-era Soviet designs and operated by personnel with questionable training according to outdated employment concepts. Today, the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) appears to be on its way to becoming a modern, highly capable air force for the 21st century. This monograph analyzes publications of the Chinese military, previously published Western analyses of China's air force, and information available in published sources about current and future capabilities of the PLAAF. It describes the concepts for employing forces that the PLAAF is likely to implement in the future, analyzes how those concepts might be realized in a conflict over Taiwan, assesses the implications of China implementing these concepts, and provides recommendations about actions that should be taken in response
Notes "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Kong jun.
SUBJECT China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. Kong jun fast
Subject Air forces -- China
Air power -- China
Military doctrine -- China
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation.
Air forces
Air power
Military doctrine
China
Form Electronic book
Author Cliff, Roger.
Rand Corporation.
Project Air Force (U.S.)
ISBN 9780833051912
0833051911
9780833051134
083305113X
Other Titles Chinese air force employment concepts in the twenty-first century