ONI 2007 Report on the People’s Liberation Army Navy
The report is available for reading/download (PDF) here.
– SJS
The report is available for reading/download (PDF) here.
A quick history lesson. A quarter of a century ago, the US (and NATO) were engaged in an unprecedented nuclear arms build-up in Europe that was initiated with the deployment of the SS-20 Sabre (NATO)/RT-21M Pioneer (Russia) IRBM in 1976. Unlike the much older SS-4 and SS-5 IRBMs, employed in 1959 and 1961,…
Announced and made available this afternoon. You can read/download it from the Virtual Library here. Some highlights: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning shortduration, high intensity conflicts along its periphery against high-tech…
According to some reports from various locations (I’ll begin with Hudson Institute’s as that is where I first read it with a h/t to Xformed for his heads-up) it would appear that back in October, Iran and Venezuela signed an agreement that, among other things, would establish a joint base in Venezuela as well as…
We have commented previously in these spaces about the emerging threat of the PRC, concentrating primarily on the missile and naval forces thereof. Additionally, we have also followed with interest Russian developments with their strategic forces. If that isn’t enough to grab your attention, let’s add this as well – the Commander in…
News and notes from the other side of the Iron Red Velvet Curtain this week. Navy Plans To Move To St. Petersburg (MOSCOW TIMES 01 NOV 07) Alexander Belenky The Defense Ministry is planning to move the Navy headquarters to St. Petersburg in the latest instance of a federal institution being shifted to the former…
A Reminder – Pandas May Be Cute, But They Have Sharp Teeth and Claws… The DF-21D Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) is in play again in the press and implicitly linked in comments by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Staff that cancellation of at least one of the Ford-class carriers and retirement of some number…