Taiwan's security and air power : Taiwan's defense against the air threat from Mainland China / / edited by Martin Edmonds and Michael M. Tsai
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| Titolo: |
Taiwan's security and air power : Taiwan's defense against the air threat from Mainland China / / edited by Martin Edmonds and Michael M. Tsai
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 358.4/03/0951249 |
| Soggetto topico: | Air power - Taiwan |
| Air power - China | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Taiwan Defenses |
| China Military policy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
EdmondsMartin <1939->
TsaiMichael M. <1941->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction Taiwan and air power; 2 Air power and Taiwan's security; 3 Ten pointers for Taiwan on contemporary air power; 4 The shifting balance of air superiority at the Taiwan Strait and its implications on Taiwan's defense planning; 5 Command of the air over Taiwan; 6 PLA Air Force mobile offensive operations; 7 Why a Chinese preemptive strike against Taiwan would fail; 8 The air battle strategy in Taiwan's defensive operations; 9 Joint air and missile defense for Taiwan implications for deterrence and defense |
| 10 Air base defense Taiwan's defensive responses to China's missile threat11 Military culture and air force restructuring; 12 The ROC Air Force after next a race to embrace the future; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Recent concern about mainland China's intentions towards Taiwan, and more general concern about the risk of instability in the region, has led to growing interest in Taiwan's military strategy. This book brings together a range of experts from the West and from Taiwan itself who examine the key issues connected with Taiwan's air power, which is a key aspect of the China-Taiwan military balance. During the 1990s, Taiwan invested considerable resources in thoroughly re-equipping its air force with modern air defence and strike aircraft equipped with modern missiles, thereby denying China comman |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Taiwan's security and air power |
| ISBN: | 0-429-23022-2 |
| 1-134-35053-8 | |
| 1-280-07931-2 | |
| 9786610079315 | |
| 0-203-31643-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457587203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
RoutledgeCurzon security in Asia series.