The Sleeping Giant Awakens
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Perhaps the defining issue of our time in history is the emergence of India and the People’s Republic of China as regional military superpowers. This is a direct by-product of large scale industrialisation, as the economies of these billion plus population base nations are able to support increasingly large and modern military force structures. Spare cash and national pride are often a volatile mix, and the now decade long history of ‘tit-for-tat’ buys of advanced Russian weaponry by both nations clearly indicates a trend of competition for the dominant position in Asia. While India has been the technological trendsetter in Asia, China has compensated for this in sheer numbers and diversity in indigenous and imported weapons. What is evident is that the relatively benign strategic environment Australia has enjoyed since the 1960s is rapidly dissolving as Asia becomes immersed in a 21st century airpower centric replay of the 1900s ‘dreadnought arms race’ by the then European powers. This month’s analysis will explore the developing capabilities of the PLA Air Force and PLA Navy air arms.
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