Sea Power, September 1st, 2005
The defense press in Washington has been abuzz in recent weeks about the Pentagon's latest report on China's continued arms buildup. It began in the 1980s and gathered speed a decade later after the People's Liberation Army (PLA) saw how quickly the Western military destroyed Iraqi forces in Operation Desert Storm. For China, the lesson of that conflict was painful and clear: In a modern war, the PLA would be vulnerable. China revved up its arms buying, much of it detailed in page after page of the Pentagon report. Many of China's new arms are arrayed near the shores of the Taiwan Strait, wit...
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