CURRENT MILITARY AIMS AND STRATEGIES
• LONG RANGE BALANCE OF POWER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.
• TO GUARANTEE SEA BORNE ACCESS TO SUPPLY AND ROUTES OF TRADE
PLA ORGANISATION
• CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION PLA-ARMY PLA- NAVY PLA-AIRFORCE SECOND ARTILLERY
FORCE
• MILITARY REGION• GP ARMIES (CORPS
EQUIVALENT)
PLA DOCTRINE
• ACTIVE DEFENCE.• RAPID REACTION
FORCES.
•LIMITED WAR UNDER HIGH TECHNOLOGY CONDITIONS.
PLA-N ORGANISATION
• THREE FLEETS– NORTH SEA– EAST SEA– SOUTH SEA
• 700 SHIPS, 75 SUBMARINES AND 500 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS
PLA-N MODERNISATION
• PURCHASED RUSSIAN KILO CLASS SUBMARINES.
• ADDITION OF NEW INDIGENOUSLY BUILT DESTROYERS, FRIGATES, SUPPLY SHIPS & LANDING CRAFTS.
• MODERN ANTI SUBMARINE AND ANTI AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
NAVAL FORCE PROJECTION STRATEGY
• IMMEDIATE– TO DOMINATE SEAS ON HER
BORDERS.– TO WREST CONTROL OVER
ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA, TAIWAN & EAST CHINA SEA.
• SUBSEQUENT– TO DOMINATE SLOC IN
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN & WEST PACIFIC.
– POWER PROJECTION IN INDIAN OCEAN & WEST PACIFIC.
CHINESE NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
DOCTRINE •NO FIRST USE•NON-USE AGAINST NON NUCLEAR NATIONS•DETER OTHER NUCLEAR POWERS BY MAINTAINING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES
CAPABILITY •DELIVERY TRIAD OF ICBM, SLBM AND AIR LAUNCHED
•TYPES SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG RANGE AND INTERCONTINENTAL
980
53140
1.2
1600
250
420
10
470370 362
175
0
300
600
900
1,200
1,500
Th
ou
san
ds
INDIA 980,000 53000 140000 1200
CHINA 1600000 250000 420000 10000
USA 470000 370000 362000 175000
ARMY NAVY AIRFORCE MARINES
COMPARISON FORCES CHINA VIS-À-VIS INDIA AND USA
3,5002500
200
4500
225 35
9200
5000
1000
13000
250 60
8000
24000
30002000
4000
1500
0
3,000
6,000
9,000
12,000
15,000
INDIA 3,500 2500 200 4500 225 35
CHINA 9200 5000 1000 13000 250 60
USA 8000 24000 3000 2000 4000 1500
TANKS AIFV / APC ARTY SP ARTY TOWED HEPTRS UTILITY HEPTRS ARMED
COMPARISON MAJOR EQUIPMENT : ARMY
16
17
13
0
69
0
21
41
0
80
12
54
37
27
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
INDIA 16 1 7 13 0
CHINA 69 0 21 41 0
USA 80 12 54 37 27
SUBMARINES AC CARRIER DESTROYERS FRIGATES CRUISERS
COMPARISON OF NAVIES : PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS AND SUBMARINES
0
680
205
6
13350
950
520
12
170208
2600
830
547
220
0
250
500
750
1,000
1,250
1,500
INDIA 0 680 205 6 133
CHINA 50 950 520 12 170
USA 208 2600 830 547 220
LONG RANGE BOMBERSTAC / RECCE / COMD /
ELINTTRANSPORT TANKERS HEPTRS
COMPARISON OF AIR FORCES
THREAT : LAND
• PLA’S FORMIDABILITY INCREASING AT A RAPID PACE
• EMPHASIS ON INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT OF AIR, HELICOPTER AND AIRBORNE / SPECIAL FORCES TRAINED IN NBC IN SIMULTANEOUS DEEP BATTLE
• MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE
• RADICAL UPGRADATION OF OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY DUE IMPROVEMENT IN COMD AND CONT, SURVEILLANCE AND OFFENSIVE AIR SUPPORT CAPABILITY
MAJOR AND FORMIDABLE THREAT BY 2015 / 2020
THREAT : MARITIME
RAPID UPGRADATION OF CAPABILITY INCLUDING A CARRIER TASKFORCE WITHIN A DECADE
CHINESE NAVAL STRATEGY CONSIDERS INDIA AS PRINCIPLE ADVERSARY WHEN CHINA PROJECTS NAVAL FORCE ACROSS MALACCA STRAITS
THREAT : AIR
ACQUISITION OF MODERN AIRCRAFTS, MID AIR REFUELLING CAPABILITY AND EXTENSION OF RUNWAYS IN TIBET
CAPABILITY TO THREATEN EASTERN PART OF INDIAN HINTERLAND INCLUDING MOST OF EASTERN SEA COAST
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