China's expanding ability to conduct conventional missile strikes on Guam / Jordan Wilson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jordan (Jordan C.), author.

Contributor:

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, issuing body.

Series:

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission staff research report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military bases, American--Guam.

Military bases, American.

National security--United States.

National security.

National security--China.

China--Military policy.

China.

Ballistic missiles.

Military policy.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

Guam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages) : color illustrations, color map.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) perceives that its legitimacy in the eyes of China's citizens is based, in part, on its ability to demonstrate that it is capable of strengthening the nation and safeguarding China's territorial interests and claims. Yet the CCP leadership believes the United States' presence in the Asia Pacific could interfere with its ability to defend these interests and claims if a regional crisis were to arise. This concern has prompted Beijing to develop conventional missile capabilities to target U.S. military facilities in the Asia Pacific in general, and Guam in particular, in order to expand China's options and improve its capacity to deter or deny U.S. intervention during such a crisis.

Contents:

Executive summary.

Introduction.

Freedom of action, U.S. presence, and Guam as a focal point.

Multiplying forces capable of striking Guam.

Implications for the United States.

Endnotes.

Notes:

"May 10, 2016."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (USCC, viewed Jan. 26, 2022).

OCLC:

1294405114