| Description |
1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The People's Liberation Army rocket force : precision strike with Chinese characteristics -- Coming of age -- Pearl Harbor 2.0? -- The realm of the possible? Operational analysis of a preemptive missile strike -- Red-team target selection methodology and results -- Assessment of required inventory -- Strike modeling and simulation -- Results of modeling and simulation -- Operational implications : the need for enhanced deterrent measures |
| Summary |
"You may have heard that China's military has developed a 'carrier-killer' ballistic missile to threaten one of America's premier power-projection tools, its unmatched fleet of aircraft carriers. Or perhaps you have read about China's deployment of its own aircraft carrier to the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. But heavily defended moving targets like aircraft carriers would be a challenge to hit in open ocean, and were China's own aircraft carrier (or even two or three like it) to venture into open water in anger, the U.S. submarine force likely would make short work of it. In reality, the greatest military threat to U.S. vital interests in Asia may be one that has received somewhat less attention: the growing capability of China's missile forces to threaten U.S. bases in the region ... But does China have the missile forces necessary to execute a preemptive missile strike, and would it work against U.S. and allied missile defenses in Asia?"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"June 2017." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-19) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CNAS, viewed July 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Preemptive attack (Military science) -- Risk assessment
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Ballistic missiles -- China
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Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
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Military bases, American -- Asia
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Military bases, American -- Risk assessment
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Ballistic missile defenses.
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Ballistic missiles.
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Military bases, American.
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Asia.
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China.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gonzalez, Javier, author
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Center for a New American Security, publisher.
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