Catching Up: China’s Developing Military Power
- Content Type
- Special Report
- Institution
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract
- For decades, China has engaged in a fervent game of “catch-up” with U.S. military capabilities. This effort, which has ballooned China’s defense spending to 620 percent of its 1990 level, is beginning to bear real fruit. While still far from achieving military parity, China’s military technology and doctrine are quickly coalescing into a coherent form of warfare, tailored to overpowering the U.S. military in a short, sharp conflict in the Eastern Pacific. This strategy of “informationized” warfare focuses first on eroding U.S. situational awareness, communications, and precision targeting capabilities.
- Topic
- Security, Science and Technology, Military Affairs, Weapons , Military Spending, Conflict, Surveillance
- Political Geography
- China, Asia, North America, United States of America