- China's military is changing its strategy from deterrence
to pre-emption, planning to use "paralysis warfare" against Taiwan
in the future, the Ministry of National Defense said in a report delivered
to the legislature's defense committee yesterday.
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- "Paralysis warfare features Web-based information
warfare, saturation ballistic missile attacks, joint precision strikes
and seizure of the enemy's capital city by special operations units,"
the report says.
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- "Such tactics will become a major option for the
Chinese military in its choice of modes of attack against Taiwan in the
future," it says. "They emphasize shock and awe effects against
the enemy."
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- The report, which was delivered to lawmakers on the defense
committee yesterday, singles out paralysis warfare as the most likely mode
of attack that China would use against Taiwan.
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- Minister of National Defense Tang Yao-ming will make
the same points in an address to the defense committee today.
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- The report says the number of short-range ballistic missiles
that China has in its inventory has reached 500. It does not state that
these missiles are aimed at Taiwan, but it is believed that Taiwan would
be the target.
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- The report also confirms that China has established a
second airborne corps to increase its troops ready for use against Taiwan.
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- The new airborne corps has been the subject of media
speculation in recent months, but had not been confirmed by the ministry
until now.
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- The ministry believes China's military is seeking to
acquire the ability of rapid and long-distance deployment of forces.
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- To counter the new threats, the ministry says it is speeding
up the development of high-tech weapons.
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- The new weapons are focused on electronic warfare. They
also include the development of miniaturized weapons on the basis of nanotechnology
and superconductors.
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- It is the first time that the ministry has made public
its development of miniaturized weapons.
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- http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/10/08/2003070830
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