Anti-access Measures in Chinese Defense Strategy

Cliff, Roger (2011-01-27). [www.rand.org Anti-access Measures in Chinese Defense Strategy] (Report). Washington, DC: RAND Corporation, The. p. 3.

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Abstract: As I have testified before this Commission in the past, China’s military is modernizing rapidly, but still has a long ways to go before it reaches the level of the U.S. military. According to its 2006 defense white paper, the Chinese military’s goal is to have made “major progress” in its modernization by 2020 and be capable of winning a high-technology conflict by the middle of the century.3 They are probably being modest about the rapidity with which they hope to catch up to the United States, but nonetheless they probably do not expect to be our equals any time before 2020. The challenge for them, therefore, is how to prevail in a conflict with the United States if one were to occur before then...

"...Chinese strategic writings refer to the “first island chain” and “second island chain.” The first island chain extends from the Kurile Islands, through the main islands of Japan, the Ryukus, the Philippines, and Borneo. The second island chain extends through the Marianas and Micronesia..."

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