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The 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America identifies China as the “pacing challenge” for the US military. This monograph examines the process by which China’s military capabilities are developed, the capabilities China’s military is seeking to acquire in the future, and the resulting implications for the US military. To date, all the extant studies have merely described the capabilities the People’s Liberation Army is currently acquiring. This monograph goes further by drawing on the Chinese military’s publications to identify and discuss the capabilities the People’s Liberation Army seeks to acquire in the future. The monograph finds China’s military is engaged in a comprehensive program to field a dominant array of military capabilities for ground, sea, air, space, and cyberspace warfare. Countering these capabilities will require the United States and its allies to engage in an equally comprehensive effort. The monograph’s findings will enable US military planners and policy practitioners to understand the long-term goals of China’s development of military capabilities and to anticipate and counter China’s realization of new capabilities so the United States can maintain its military advantage over the long term.
ISBN
1-58487-848-7
Publication Date
4-26-2023
Publisher
USAWC Press
City
Carlisle Barracks, PA
Keywords
China, military, capabilities, future, People’s Liberation Army, United States
Disciplines
Defense and Security Studies | Military and Veterans Studies
Recommended Citation
Roger Cliff,
China’s Future Military Capabilities (Carlisle Barracks, PA: US Army War College Press, 2023),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/960
