The U.S. Air Force’s air power superiority over China is rapidly diminishing in light of rapid Chinese modernization of fighter jets, cargo planes and stealth aircraft, according to a recently released Congressional review.
The 2014 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommends that Congress appoint an outside panel of experts to assess the U.S.-Chinese military balance and make recommendations regarding U.S. military plans and budgets, among other things.
The Commission compiled its report based upon testimony, various reports and analytical assessments along with available open-source information. The review states that the Chines People’s Liberation Army currently has approximately 2,200 operational aircraft, nearly 600 of which are considered modern.
Establishment: The
Commission was created on October 30, 2000 by the Floyd D. Spence NationalDefense Authorization Act for 2001§ 1238, P.L. 106-398, 114 STAT. 1654A-334
(2000) (codified at 22 U.S.C.§ 7002 (2001).
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http://www.uscc.gov/about/fact_sheet#sthash.3Q3PjMka.dpuf
CONCLUSIONS:
- As a result of China’s comprehensive and rapid military modernization, the regional balance of power between China, on the one hand, and the United States and its allies and associates on the other, is shifting in China’s direction.
- China’s accelerated military modernization program has been enabled by China’s rapid economic growth; reliable and generous increases to the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) budget; gradual improvements to China’s defense industrial base; and China’s acquisition and assimilation of foreign technologies—especially from Russia, Europe, and the United States—through both purchase and theft.
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Date:
Thursday, December 4, 2014
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Summary:
Highlights
of this edition: Former People’s Liberation Army Air Force Pilot Cites
Improved Radar Capabilities in Dismissing F-22 Superiority over J-11;
PLA Daily Lauds Disaster Relief Cooperation between People’s Liberation
Army and People’s Armed Police; Phoenix Weekly Reveals Scale of Xu
Caihou’s Corruption Only to Be Censored; Female University Student
Compensated in Landmark Gender Discrimination Case; Progress Report
from Ministry of Finance Proposes No Bailouts for Local Governments;
China’s Response to the “Low Oil Price” Era; Difficulties Persist in
Resuming Six-Party Talks despite North Korea’s Signal
Highlights
of this edition: Former People’s Liberation Army Air Force Pilot Cites
Improved Radar Capabilities in Dismissing F-22 Superiority over J-11;
PLA Daily Lauds Disaster Relief Cooperation between People’s Liberation
Army and People’s Armed Police; Phoenix Weekly Reveals Scale of Xu
Caihou’s Corruption Only to Be Censored; Female University Student
Compensated in Landmark Gender Discrimination Case; Progress Report
from Ministry of Finance Proposes No Bailouts for Local Governments;
China’s Response to the “Low Oil Price” Era; Difficulties Persist in
Resuming Six-Party Talks despite North Korea’s Signal
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