China’s Military Plans

The AirForceTimes posted an interesting article on possible plans of military engagement that China may use in a conflict with the US. The article details a scenario in which the US and China find themselves in a military conflict. The scenario likely involves a dispute over democratic Taiwan who is backed by the US.

The strategy posed by China, which has become public knowledge, outlines a sudden yet crippling attack on the American military, targetting in particular the Air force. By disabling US satellites, scrambling radar, and destroying American air bases in the Pacific the strategy hopes to back the US in a corner which they would have no other choice but avoid a full-scale war. The focal point of the strategy is a premptive strike that leaves the enemy dazed. Chinese military officials realize that a head-on assault against the US is a futile effort, hence the need for an early strike.

The article covers the strategy more in-depth, which seems to have a strong focus on crippling the enemy electronically. This outlines what seems to be a rising concern, one that I hope to write more about on Astral Mindscapes. WIth the rising advent of militaristic hacking and the higher focus on eletronic warfare it seems that the battlefield is changing shape once again. We already find ourselves in a situation where the conventional rules of war don’t work like they used to. The War on Terror has taught us (or at least some of us) a valuable lesson, that we must learn to recognize and adapt to new threats and modify our tactics accordingly or risk defeat.

Source: AirForce Times