China's Nuclear Forces: Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control, And Campaign Planning

by Larry M. Wortzel and Strategic Studies Institute

A decade ago, many scholars and policy analysts who followed China dismissed the People's Liberation Army (PLA) as an antiquated force that was essentially infantry, fighting with decades-old weapons, poor communications, and World War II era doctrine. China's nuclear forces were also technologically outmoded and fixed to silo or tunnel launch sites. Very little information was available about China's "Second Artillery Corps," as China calls its strategic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1312294159
• ISBN13: 9781312294158
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"