On the Developing ‘Joint Warfare Structure’ of the PLA
By Ching-lin Chiou
31 Aug 2004
With the military modernization process marching on over recent years, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has achieved a great leap forward in the use of Electronic Warfare (EW), heading toward digitalization, synthesis, generalization and more effective anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI) capabilities. Now the PLA can effectively and accurately complete some electronic missions by successfully controlling the electromagnetic spectrum. Impressed by the joint warfare and accurate attack capabilities of the US armed forces, leaders and planners in the PLA have learned much from the first Gulf War in 1991 and the second war in 2003 that an effective Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system is the key to grasping ‘electromagnetic power.’ This is worthy of much attention.
An efficient C4ISR system, in PLA planners’ minds, is the crucial factor to US armed forces’ rapid victory. Therefore, after the 2003 US-Iraq war, the PLA became determined to improve the C4ISR system, which is expected to be incorporated into the broader military strategy, with a view to the total elevation of joint warfare capabilities in the future.
31 Aug 2004
With the military modernization process marching on over recent years, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has achieved a great leap forward in the use of Electronic Warfare (EW), heading toward digitalization, synthesis, generalization and more effective anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI) capabilities. Now the PLA can effectively and accurately complete some electronic missions by successfully controlling the electromagnetic spectrum. Impressed by the joint warfare and accurate attack capabilities of the US armed forces, leaders and planners in the PLA have learned much from the first Gulf War in 1991 and the second war in 2003 that an effective Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system is the key to grasping ‘electromagnetic power.’ This is worthy of much attention.
An efficient C4ISR system, in PLA planners’ minds, is the crucial factor to US armed forces’ rapid victory. Therefore, after the 2003 US-Iraq war, the PLA became determined to improve the C4ISR system, which is expected to be incorporated into the broader military strategy, with a view to the total elevation of joint warfare capabilities in the future.
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