Since the early 1980s, a prominent and consistent conclusion drawn from research on China's defense-industrial complex has been that China's defense-production capabilities are rife with weaknesses and limitations. This study argues for an alternative approach: From the vantage point of 2005, it is time to shift the focus of current research to the gradual improvements in and the future potential of China's defense-industrial complex. The study found that China's defense sectors are designing and producing a wide range of increasingly advanced weapons that, in the short term, are relevant to a possible conflict over Taiwan but also to China's long-term military presence in Asia. Part of a larger RAND Project AIR FORCE study on Chinese military modernization, this study examines the current and future capabilities of China's defense industry. The goals of this study are to 1.
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Since the early 1980s, a prominent and consistent conclusion of Western research on China's defense-industrial complex has been that China's defense R&D and production capabilities are rife with weaknesses and limitations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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China Aerospace, Duncan Lennox, United States, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems, China Daily, Robert Hewson, Soviet Union, Airshow China, Jiang Zemin, Technology Corporation, Evan Feigenbaum, Information Age, Its Important Progress, The Military Transforms China, The Politics of Strategic Technology, Liu Jibin, Air Force, Jane's Land-Based Air Defence, Yang Jian, Kenneth Munson, Flying Leopard, Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Lockheed Martin New!
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Since the early 1980s, a prominent and consistent conclusion of Western research on China's defense-industrial complex has been that China's defense R&D and production capabilities are rife with weaknesses and limitations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hangkong bao, export designator, chiao thing, digital triangle, missile sector, xinwen wang, missile industry, missile producers, defense enterprises, aviation platforms, foreign shipbuilders, jiefangjun bao, shipbuilding group, advanced military powers, shipbuilding market, subordinate enterprises, junshi kexue, naval modernization, shipbuilding capabilities, ordnance industry, aviation sector, naval production, shipbuilding production, shipbuilding sector, aviation enterprises Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
China Aerospace, Duncan Lennox, United States, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems, China Daily, Robert Hewson, Soviet Union, Airshow China, Jiang Zemin, Technology Corporation, Evan Feigenbaum, Information Age, Its Important Progress, The Military Transforms China, The Politics of Strategic Technology, Liu Jibin, Air Force, Jane's Land-Based Air Defence, Yang Jian, Kenneth Munson, Flying Leopard, Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Lockheed Martin New!
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