Expanding role of PLAAF in China's national security strategy/
CHOUDHURY Diptendu
Expanding role of PLAAF in China's national security strategy/ Diptendu Choudhury - 2020
The need to sustain the economy and energy flow makes the East and South China seas vital to it. Its vulnerabilities also lie on its seaboard. To dominate the maritime spaces, it needs to own the contiguous airspace as well. The prescient Chinese leadership has transformed its Air Force into a strategic instrument of power, to protect its economic lifelines, geo-political interests and regional dominance.
CHINA -- SECURITY
CHINA -- AIR FORCE
SECURITY STRATEGY
Expanding role of PLAAF in China's national security strategy/ Diptendu Choudhury - 2020
The need to sustain the economy and energy flow makes the East and South China seas vital to it. Its vulnerabilities also lie on its seaboard. To dominate the maritime spaces, it needs to own the contiguous airspace as well. The prescient Chinese leadership has transformed its Air Force into a strategic instrument of power, to protect its economic lifelines, geo-political interests and regional dominance.
CHINA -- SECURITY
CHINA -- AIR FORCE
SECURITY STRATEGY