14.04.2005, 19:48
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Zitat:China's Military Transformation
China’s armed forces are undergoing a massive transformation. All of it seems directed at giving China the ability to take Taiwan by forces. In the last five years, China has reduced the size of its armed forces by over half a million troops, and retired thousands of older aircraft, tanks and ships. At the same time, a force of over 300 modern fighters has been purchased from Russia, or built under license in China (with a lot of parts from Russia.) A similar program is underway with the navy, but with more new warships incorporating Russian technology. This includes the construction of many more amphibious ships. China’s shipbuilding industry has been thriving for over a decade, and those resources were available for the recent spurt of amphibious shipbuilding.[...]
Billions of dollars has been spent on training exercises, including amphibious training for over a dozen combat divisions. [...]
The communications improvements are tied into the civilian economy, giving China more ability to mobilize the civilian economy for wartime support. This improves China’s ability to invade Taiwan, because there has been enormous growth in China’s coastal and high seas shipping industries. [...]
In the next decade, more and more of the new weapons will be original Chinese designs. China plans to be a military superpower, and is on its way to achieving that goal in one or two decades.