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

PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY

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.

PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY-NAVY

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.

PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE

CMC PLAAF HQ 5000 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS 1000 SAM SYSTEMS THREE AIRBORNE DIVS 24 ANTI AIRCRAFT DIVS

THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE MODERNISATION PLAN

NEW ACQUISITIONS J-10 SU-30 SU-27

J-7 J-8 UPGRADATIONS

NUCLEAR STATUS

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

COMPARISON FORCES CHINA VIS-À-VIS INDIA AND USA

COMPARISON MAJOR EQUIPMENT : ARMY

COMPARISON OF NAVIES : PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS AND SUBMARINES

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

NUCLEAR THREAT NUC MSLS LOC IN TIBET ABILITY TO HIT ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE

WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN TO INDIA  NO IMMEDIATE MILITARY THREAT  BY 2015 / 2020 A MODERNISED AND ECONOMICALLY STRONGER CHINA LIKELY TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLES INDIAN FORCE DEVELOPMENT MUST CATER FOR A CREDIBLE DETERRENCE CAPABILITY VIS-À-VIS A STRONGER CHINA