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With growing economic resources and newly developed military doctrines, India and China are both acquiring advanced weapons systems and new power projection capabilities. In this chapter, we compare overall trends in force modernization in both countries, including the development of military forces that can be used to project power. China’s developing military capabilities have become a key focus for U.S. defense planners, and American officials have questioned the motivation for China’s acquisition of power projection forces. These developments are seen as a potentially destabilizing factor in Asian military balances and as a possible indicator of an anti–status quo strategic posture. According to the U.S. National Defense Strategy 2008, “China is one ascendant state with the potential for competing with the United States. For the foreseeable future, we will need to hedge against China’s growing military modernization and the impact of its strategic choices upon international securit
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With growing economic resources and newly developed military doctrines, India and China are both acquiring advanced weapons systems and new power projection capabilities. In this chapter, we compare overall trends in force modernization in both countries, including the development of military forces that can be used to project power. China’s developing military capabilities have become a key focus for U.S. defense planners, and American officials have questioned the motivation for China’s acquisition of power projection forces. These developments are seen as a potentially destabilizing factor in Asian military balances and as a possible indicator of an anti–status quo strategic posture. According to the U.S. National Defense Strategy 2008, “China is one ascendant state with the potential for competing with the United States. For the foreseeable future, we will need to hedge against China’s growing military modernization and the impact of its strategic choices upon international securit
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