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China's space and counterspace capabilities and activities / prepared by Mark Stokes, [and three others].
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Stokes, Mark A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space control (Military science).
- China--Military policy.
- China.
- Astronautics and state--China.
- Astronautics and state.
- Space industrialization--China.
- Space industrialization.
- Space race--China.
- Space race.
- Astronautics, Military--China.
- Astronautics, Military.
- Outer space--Government policy--China.
- Outer space.
- Government policy.
- Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (115 pages) : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This report examines China's military and civil space programs, including the role of military-civil fusion (MCF) and international cooperation in the development of its space program. It also addresses Beijing's development and fielding of counterspace capabilities.
- Contents:
- Key findings.
- Recommendations.
- Introduction.
- Secton one: Drivers for current and future PLA space/counterspace capabilities.
- Space-related policy statements.
- Strategic drivers and doctrine.
- General trends since the late 1990s.
- Space support for warfighting campaigns.
- Space, distant operations, and outlook for the future.
- Section two: PLA space/counterspace infrastructure: the role of the PLA strategic support force.
- Space systems department and subordinate base commands.
- Space launch operations.
- Space situational awareness and control.
- ISR, navigation, communications, and meteorological/hydrological capabilities.
- Deep space operations.
- Current and future kinetic and non-kinetic counterspace operations.
- Training.
- Section three: Space/counterspace force modernization.
- Research, development, and acquisition system.
- Space requirements development and program management.
- Defense industry and space systems engineering.
- Section four: Military-civil fusion (MCF) policies and international cooperation.
- Military-civil fusion and the PRC's space program.
- Academia and universities' role in space-related basic research and RD & A.
- International recruitment programs.
- PRC non-state-owned space business.
- PRC provision of satellite infrastructure, launch services overseas.
- Leveraging foreign technology and knowhow.
- Role of Hong Kong-domiciled companies.
- Conclusions/recommendations.
- Appendix.
- Acronyms.
- Notes:
- "March 30, 2020."
- "Prepared By: Mark Stokes, Gabriel Alvarado, Emily Weinstein, and Ian Easton."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF cover page (USCC.gov, viewed June 1, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1155921807
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