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The Regenerating Road China’s Rapid Runway Repair Capabilities and Other Recovery Methods

This report addresses China’s rapid runway repair capabilities and other methods of restoring air operationswhen faced with enemy assaults. If functionality is hindered, this will restrict the PLA’s ability to launch air operationsand respond to attacks from outside forces. Fixed and obvious

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CASI Webinar: PRC Hypersonics Research Landscape

As part of CASI's quarterly webinar series, we explored the hypersonics research landscape in China. This webinar was held in March of 2023 and is based on the recent publication by CASI and BPL. The views and opinions expressed in this webinar are the personal views of the participants, and do not

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Hypersonic Research Collaboration between the United Kingdom and People’s Republic of China

The degree of collaborative research between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United Kingdom (UK) in the field of hypersonic flight was examined using the same corpus of open-source scientific works used in CASI’s prior report, “An Exploratory Analysis of the Chinese Hypersonics

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PRC Defense S&T Key Lab Directory

The following directory is Part Two of The PRC State & Defense Laboratory System, a report released by the China Aerospace Studies Institute and BluePath Labs in April 2022. Part One of the report, entitled "The PRC State & Defense Laboratory System: An Overview", described the general structure and

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Hypersonic Research Collaboration between Sweden and People’s Republic of China

This paper is part of a larger program of study into the aerospace industrial base of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As part of the CASI report, “An exploratory Analysis of the Chinese Hypersonics Research Landscape”, done by BluePath Labs, a number of research connections were

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An Exploratory Analysis of the Chinese Hypersonics Research Landscape

According to reports, China conducted tests of hypersonic glide vehicles in July and August 2021, which Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley described as “concerning.”1 China’s hypersonic weapons program has drawn significant global attention and research interests in recent years.

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Sichuan Tengden Technology: Privately Owned, State Sponsored

Traditionally, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) acquires whole systems that are manufactured or integrated by companies partially- or wholly-owned by the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that fall under the State Administration for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND). It

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The PRC State & Defense Laboratory System

Over the past 30 years, China has developed a vast and complex laboratory system. From an analytical standpoint, at present, laboratories generally fall into one of several categories according to their administrative rankings. They include, in descending order: state-level laboratories[国家级],

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China’s Model of Science

On 20 January 2021 newly inaugurated President Biden sent a letter to his science advisor, geneticist Eric Lander, posing five essential questions about how to ensure America’s leadership in science and technology for the next 75 years. The letter deliberately invoked a similar letter sent by

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Sino-Russian Defense Cooperation’s Impact on Chinese Aerospace RD&A

We should not forget that in the “Era of Great Power Competition,” the United States has two peer “Strategic Competitors” and several others with whom we compete. When our two largest competitors, namely the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, cooperate toward their common

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