CURRENT MILITARY AIMS AND STRATEGIES • LONG RANGE BALANCE OF POWER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. • TO GUARANTEE SEA BORNE ACCESS TO SUPPLY AND ROUTES OF TRADE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY PLA ORGANISATION • CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION PLA-ARMY PLA- NAVY PLA-AIRFORCE SECOND ARTILLERY FORCE • MILITARY REGION • GP ARMIES (CORPS EQUIVALENT) PLA DOCTRINE •LIMITED WAR UNDER HIGH TECHNOLOGY CONDITIONS. • ACTIVE DEFENCE. • RAPID REACTION FORCES. PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY-NAVY PLA-N ORGANISATION • THREE FLEETS – NORTH SEA – EAST SEA – SOUTH SEA • 700 SHIPS, 75 SUBMARINES AND 500 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS PLA-N MODERNISATION • PURCHASED RUSSIAN KILO CLASS SUBMARINES • ADDITION OF NEW INDIGENOUSLY BUILT DESTROYERS, FRIGATES, SUPPLY SHIPS & LANDING CRAFTS. • MODERN ANTI SUBMARINE AND ANTI AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. NAVAL FORCE PROJECTION STRATEGY • IMMEDIATE – TO DOMINATE SEAS ON HER BORDERS. – TO WREST CONTROL OVER ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA, TAIWAN & EAST CHINA SEA. • SUBSEQUENT – TO DOMINATE SLOC IN EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN & WEST PACIFIC. – POWER PROJECTION IN INDIAN OCEAN & WEST PACIFIC. PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE CMC PLAAF HQ 5000 COMBAT AIRCRAFTS 1000 SAM SYSTEMS THREE AIRBORNE DIVS 24 ANTI AIRCRAFT DIVS THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AIR FORCE MODERNISATION PLAN NEW ACQUISITIONS SU-30 SU-27 J-10 J-8 UPGRADATIONS J-7 NUCLEAR STATUS CHINESE NUCLEAR CAPABILITY DOCTRINE •NO FIRST USE •NON-USE AGAINST NON NUCLEAR NATIONS •DETER OTHER NUCLEAR POWERS BY MAINTAINING STRATEGIC NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY •DELIVERY TRIAD OF ICBM, SLBM AND AIR LAUNCHED •TYPES SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG RANGE AND INTERCONTINENTAL Thousands COMPARISON FORCES CHINA VIS-À-VIS INDIA AND USA 1600 1,500 1,200 980 900 600 470 420 370 362 250 300 175 140 53 1.2 10 0 ARMY NAVY AIRFORCE MARINES INDIA 980,000 53000 140000 1200 CHINA 1600000 250000 420000 10000 USA 470000 370000 362000 175000 COMPARISON MAJOR EQUIPMENT : ARMY 24000 15,000 13000 12,000 9,000 9200 8000 6,000 5000 4500 3,500 3000 2500 3,000 4000 2000 200 1000 1500 225 250 35 60 0 TANKS AIFV / APC ARTY SP ARTY TOWED HEPTRS UTILITY HEPTRS ARMED INDIA 3,500 2500 200 4500 225 35 CHINA 9200 5000 1000 13000 250 60 USA 8000 24000 3000 2000 4000 1500 COMPARISON OF NAVIES : PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS AND SUBMARINES 80 80 69 70 60 54 50 41 40 27 30 20 37 21 16 13 12 7 10 1 0 0 0 0 SUBMARINES AC CARRIER DESTROYERS FRIGATES CRUISERS INDIA 16 1 7 13 0 CHINA 69 0 21 41 0 USA 80 12 54 37 27 COMPARISON OF AIR FORCES 2600 1,500 1,250 950 1,000 830 680 750 547 520 500 208 250 0 205 133 170 50 0 6 220 12 LONG RANGE BOMBERS TAC / RECCE / COMD / ELINT TRANSPORT TANKERS HEPTRS INDIA 0 680 205 6 133 CHINA 50 950 520 12 170 USA 208 2600 830 547 220 THREAT : LAND • PLA’S FORMIDABILITY INCREASING AT A RAPID PACE • EMPHASIS ON INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT OF AIR, HELICOPTER AND AIRBORNE / SPECIAL FORCES TRAINED IN NBC IN SIMULTANEOUS DEEP BATTLE • MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE • RADICAL UPGRADATION OF OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY DUE IMPROVEMENT IN COMD AND CONT, SURVEILLANCE AND OFFENSIVE AIR SUPPORT CAPABILITY MAJOR AND FORMIDABLE THREAT BY 2015 / 2020 THREAT : MARITIME RAPID UPGRADATION OF CAPABILITY INCLUDING A CARRIER TASKFORCE WITHIN A DECADE CHINESE NAVAL STRATEGY CONSIDERS INDIA AS PRINCIPLE ADVERSARY WHEN CHINA PROJECTS NAVAL FORCE ACROSS MALACCA STRAITS THREAT : AIR ACQUISITION OF MODERN AIRCRAFTS, MID AIR REFUELLING CAPABILITY AND EXTENSION OF RUNWAYS IN TIBET CAPABILITY TO THREATEN EASTERN PART OF INDIAN HINTERLAND INCLUDING MOST OF EASTERN SEA COAST NUCLEAR THREAT •NUC MSLS LOC IN TIBET ABILITY TO HIT ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN TO INDIA NO IMMEDIATE MILITARY THREAT BY 2015 / 2020 A MODERNISED AND ECONOMICALLY STRONGER CHINA LIKELY TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLES INDIAN FORCE DEVELOPMENT MUST CATER FOR A CREDIBLE DETERRENCE CAPABILITY VIS-À-VIS A STRONGER CHINA