Jan 6, 2021

PACAF's State of the Game

In this new era of strategic competition, State of the Game aims to increase PACAF’s collective understanding of the PRC and the Indo-Pacific region. The May issue delves into disinformation about COVID-19 and the May Fourth

Dec 23, 2020

Chinese Airborne C4ISR

     As we move further into the era of 21st century great power competition, it is important to understand the many facets of that competition. This report is the next in a series of studies by the China Aerospace Studies

Dec 17, 2020

The Improvement of the PLA’s Close Air Support Capability

In August 2020 the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) indicated that some of its units had made technological and procedural advancements in its capability to provide close air support (CAS). The PLA has been working to

Dec 2, 2020

PLA's Science of Campaigns

     The “In Their Own Words” series is dedicated to translations of Chinese documents in order to help non-Mandarin speaking audiences access and understand Chinese thinking. CASI would like to thank all of those involved in this

Nov 30, 2020

Air-to-Air Missiles: Capabilities and Developments In China

“Good enough”, this is how I often describe China’s short-term ambitions. They don’t need to have a world-class / global-leader military, not yet; what they need is something that is ‘good enough’. This has implications for how

Nov 24, 2020

Chinese Talent Program Tracker

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) has done some great work unravelling the international system that the PRC is using to acquire talent and technology.  We highly recommend reading their reports, and better