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To: ahhaha who wrote (1994)	4/13/2001 9:28:51 AM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 24758

"Soft." Hey? I said we have to keep snooping. Frankw afpc.org PLA modernization gains During ongoing large-scale military exercises, China has demonstrated significant new joint-service war-fighting skills "under high-tech conditions" that are steadily altering the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait. The PLA is applying U.S. military doctrine to integrate its relentlessly expanding: strategic missile forces; high-performance Su-27 and Su-30 jet fighters purchased from Russia; blue-water navy ships -- including a Sovremenny-class destroyer with deadly SS-N-22 anti-ship missiles; state-of-the-art secure communications systems purchased from U.S. and other Western companies; development of advanced information and electronic warfare capabilities. Taiwan's senior military intelligence analysts observe that in current large-scale exercises, PLA is showing surprisingly rapid advances in joint maneuvers between naval, air force, marine infantry, paratroop, armored, and missile units. The PLA is developing a radar information network that includes some 68 interconnected radars for the Chinese Air Force. With new generations of jet fighters, the PLA Air Force has been notably more aggressive in flying missions over the Taiwan Strait. On the other hand, with a 2 to 10 minute response time to a PLA air or missile strike across the Strait, Taiwan has repeatedly requested that the United States help upgrade its early-warning radar systems and transfer software that integrates these disparate systems. Taiwan is particularly impressed with the PLA's rapid advances in utilizing a national "plug-and-play" fiber-optic civilian telecommunications network to thoroughly secure its military communications. At the same time, Taiwan believes its current military information system is relatively easy for the PLA to monitor. It believes its forces have fallen behind the PLA in that important command-and-control area, which could lead to their defeat. The PLA's doctrine of "assymetrical" warfare emphasizes paralyzing the high-tech strength of the U.S. and our allies through attacks on military, economic and governmental computerized information systems. Since mid-1999, some of the first incidents of 21st Century internet warfare have been conducted across the Strait, with the PLA now openly recruiting an "army of hackers" in civilian newspapers. The PLA has an aggressive new program to develop exotic high-tech weapons, titled Project 1-26, which was initiated in January 2000. This program involves dual-use space and information technology, and exotic weapons, such as miniaturized nanno weapons. Unfortunately, China is using technology from the U.S., Europe and Israel in aspects of this project. In addition, the PLA is developing deception tactics to protect its missiles and other forces from detection by U.S. satellites. Taiwan's military planners believe it is significant that Beijing is psychologically preparing the civilian population for a potential war. This includes activities such as a highly publicized mid-August air raid drill in the Shanghai area -- the first such drill in 50 years. These activities may not mean that Beijing is ready to immediately launch a war to conquer Taiwan. However, the PLA's rapid advances do show that China is serious in its professed claims to dominate the Asia-Pacific region during the 21st Century. This is underscored by Beijing's steadily increasing military budget and relentless pursuit of: a blue water navy; state-of the-art anti-satellite, information and electronic warfare capabilities; and, medium- and long-range ballistic missile forces capable of hitting American bases anywhere in the Pacific and all regions of the continental United States. Low tech warfare The "low tech" aspects of China's "assymetrical warfare" are conducted by the PLA and its allies in the Burmese SLORC junta and fierce narcotics-trafficking tribes in the Golden Triangle. Trans-national crime and support for brutal dictatorship in this area furthers Beijing's strategic aims. Two important Asian democracies, India and Thailand, are surrounded by a sea of military dictatorships and in direct peril.

To: ahhaha who wrote (1994)	4/13/2001 10:54:54 AM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

See also: brook.edu Pages 37 - 40. I said the Chinese military was corrupt, and they are, but I think I was too sanguine about their military progress. Are they building landing craft? If they they are in a big way, then every one is headed for trouble. Frankw