
- 272 pages
- English
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China’s Air Power and Maritime Strategies Towards the Indian Ocean Region
About this book
This book examines China's naval and airpower strategic direction towards the Indian Ocean region. It discusses China's military modernization program along with naval and airpower capabilities including expeditionary nature. It analyses China's attempt to gain a strategic dominance in the IOR by means of investments and trade with the littoral countries, military-diplomatic relationship with friendly countries, permanent presence of naval systems in the Indian Ocean, and delivering 'public goods' throughout the region. A comparative analysis of People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) expeditionary capabilities and Indian Air Force's (IAF) deterrence mechanisms is also included.
Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Centre for Air Power Studies
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 China's Grand Military Strategy
- 2 China's Military Modernisation: Theory and Practice
- 3 China's Air and Naval Capabilities
- 4 China and the Indian Ocean
- 5 PLAN’s Basing Strategy in the IOR: The ‘String of Pearls’
- 6 China’s MSR Asset Accumulations in the IOR
- 7 PLAN’s Indian Ocean Strategy Under Xi Jinping
- 8 A Comparison of the PLAAF's and IAF's Assets in the Indian Ocean
- 9 Conclusion
- Index