RAND Project AIR FORCE
RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF), a division of the RAND Corporation, is the U.S. Air
Force’s federally funded research and development center for studies and analyses. PAF
provides the Air Force with independent analyses of policy alternatives affecting the
development, employment, combat readiness, and support of current and future air, space, and
cyber forces. Research is conducted in four programs: Force Modernization and Employment;
Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and Doctrine. The
research reported here was prepared under contract FA7014-16-D-1000.
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This report documents work originally shared with the U.S. Air Force in September 2017.
The draft report, issued on September 26, 2017, was reviewed by formal peer reviewers and U.S.
Air Force subject-matter experts.
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Defeat, not merely compete 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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As China develops its armed forces, what role does competition with the United States play
in shaping the military aerospace capabilities development of the People’s Liberation Army
(PLA)? The U.S. Air Force (USAF) vision statement lays out a goal of “global vigilance, global
reach, and global power,” a set of ambitions that PLA authors appear to be mimicking with their
“bright eyes, strong fists, and long arms” (光眼,重拳,长臂) slogan for the PLA Air Force
(PLAAF). Similarly, Chinese authors treat the quest for the capacity to “simultaneously be able
to conduct offensive and defensive integrated air and space operations” in ways that appear to
mimic the thinking of the U.S. armed forces on military aerospace. This study examines how the
PLA, in seeking to accomplish the Chinese Communist Party’s missions, strives to match or
exceed the capabilities of the United States in military aerospace. It also explores how, in
benchmarking its ambitions against the U.S. military, the PLA approaches the question of
whether to copy from a leading foreign aerospace power or to develop a new and innovative
approach to accomplishing a mission or fielding a capability. The study reviews the drivers for
Chinese military aerospace development and identifies instances when China has copied or
innovated in military aerospace development over the past two decades while also noting those
areas where China has chosen not to compete.
The research reported here was commissioned by the USAF and conducted within the
Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE as part of a fiscal year 2017
project focused on the growing reach of Chinese aerospace capabilities.
Defeat, not merely compete 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书