China's nuclear forces : operations, training, doctrine, command, control, and campaign planning / Larry M. Wortzel.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Wortzel, Larry M.

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Strategic Studies Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Government policy--China.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear arms control.

China--Military policy.

China.

Military policy.

Nuclear weapons--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 42 pages)

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2007]

Summary:

This monograph documents new thinking in China on how and when to use nuclear weapons. China's nuclear forces are mainly retaliatory in nature, but there is a debate about using preemptive force among China's strategic thinkers.

Contents:

Introduction

The United States as the greatest potential threat

Guided missiles in conventional war campaigns

Attacking deployed carrier battle groups

Nuclear counterattack campaigns

Survive a nuclear attack: then retaliate

Classes of readiness for the Second Artillery

Support for "guaranteed survivability and strike"

Nuclear command and control

Discussions about no first use

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed December 11, 2007).

"May 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-42).

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Wortzel, Larry M. China's nuclear forces

ISBN:

1584872926

9781584872924

OCLC:

133466863

Access Restriction:

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