Buy, build, or steal : China's quest for advanced military aviation technologies / by Phillip C. Saunders and Joshua K. Wiseman.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- author.

Wiseman, Joshua K., author.

Contributor:

National Defense University. Center for Strategic Research

Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (National Defense University), issuing body.

Series:

China strategic perspectives (National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies) ; no. 4.

Institute for National Strategic Studies China strategic perspectives ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics, Military--Technological innovations--China.

Aeronautics, Military.

China--Armed Forces--Procurement.

China.

Aerospace industries--China.

Aerospace industries.

Aeronautics, Military--Technological innovations.

Armed Forces--Procurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 pages .).

Contained In:

CIAO.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This study identifies potential aviation technology development and procurement strategies, presents a general model of the options available to developing countries, and applies that model to explain Chinese procurement and aviation technology acquisition efforts over the last 60 years. The model articulates three main technology procurement avenues: purchase (buy), indigenous development (build), and espionage (steal), and three subavenues: reverse engineering (combining buy/steal and build), coproduction (combining buy and build), and codevelopment (combining buy and build, with an emphasis on build). It examines the costs, benefits, and tradeoffs inherent in each approach. Four variables influence decisions about the mix of strategies: (1) a country's overall level of economic development, in particular the state of its technical/industrial base; (2) the technological capacity of a country's military aviation sector; (3) the willingness of foreign countries to sell advanced military aircraft, key components, armaments, and related production technology; and (4) the country's bargaining power vis-avis potential suppliers.

Contents:

Executive summary

Introduction

Approaches to technology development and procurement

Build, buy, or steal

Hybrid approaches: reverse engineering, coproduction, and codevelopment

PLAAF technology procurement strategies: past, present, and future

The era of Sino-Soviet defense cooperation (1950-1960)

Sino-Soviet split to the Reform Era (1960-1977)

New windows of opportunity (1977-1989)

New partners, new strategies (1989-2004)

Looking forward: Chinese military aviation technology procurement (2004-present)

Conclusion.

Notes:

"December 2011."

"Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University."

Title from title screen (viewed July 31, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-58).

Other Format:

Print version: Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- Buy, build, or steal

OCLC:

785984742