01655nam a22002417a 4500 20220614113506.0 220614b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780833029393 AL English 23 355.07 CLIM Roger Cliff 42177 Military Potential of Chinas Commercial Technology Arlington Rand 2001 xvii,77 p. PB 22x15 cm. China's economy is expected to grow over the next 20 years at a rate that will make it larger than the U.S. economy. This suggests that China has the economic potential to be an U.S. military rival by the year 2020. But can it become such a rival? At present, China's military hardware is based on 1950s Soviet technology. To produce weaponry technologically comparable to U.S. weaponry by 2020, China would have to improve its technological capabilities through internal, defense-industry efforts and/or other avenues. This report explores examining and rating China's current commercial technology in nine industries that have the most potential for supporting military technology development and assessing the prospects for technological progress. The findings suggest that even though China's military will not be the U.S. military's technological equal by 2020, the U.S. must still prepare for a Chinese military whose capabilities will steadily advance in the next 10 to 20 years. China defences 42178 Armed Forces 42179 Industrial Mobilization 42180 economic conditions 42181 CLIFF (Roger) 42182 ddc GF 223351 223351 0 0 ddc 0 0 PS AL AL 2013-03-23 0 355.07 CLIM GF03142 2022-06-14 00:00:00 2022-06-14 GF