February 6, 2009

China's annual white paper: 'Active defense' the focus as 'revolution' continues

China issued its annual defense white paper last month that calls for continuing to develop strategic nuclear weapons and delivery systems. The goal is to build up the forces by 2020 according to the notion of the “revolution in military affairs,” or RMA, which calls for high-technology, intelligence-driven forces. Fundamental to the new Chinese strategy is “active defense” or “the principle of featuring defensive operations . . .” (FULL STORY)
HQ-9A ground-based, extended range, mobile air defense system.  

PLA publicly spurns White Paper's pledge to stop nuclear weapons R&D

In an article published earlier this week, the Commander and Political Commissar of the Second Artillery (or missile) Corps, Gens. Jing Zhiyuan and Peng Xiaofeng, indicated that their department would “speed up the construction of conventional nuclear warfare capacity, which will be commensurate with national security and interests, as well as the requirements of winning IT-based wars.”  (FULL STORY)
Chinese President Hu Jintao visitin the headquarters of the Second Artillery Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 2006. Xinhua
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