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Red China's "capitalist bomb" : inside the Chinese neutron bomb program

Title
Red China's "capitalist bomb" : inside the Chinese neutron bomb program / by Jonathan Ray.
Author
Ray, Jonathan
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (National Defense University), issuing body
  • National Defense University Press, publisher
Description
51 pages : illustrations, map; 28 cm.
Summary
The author examines why China developed and tested an enhanced radiation weapon (ERW) but did not deploy it. He uses primary source documents to reconstruct the ERW program's history, assesses drivers behind decisions throughout the program, and considers broader implications for PRC decision making on weapons development. He concludes that the ERW coalition's rise and fall, the "principles" approach employed by the weaponeers, and the final decision to added the ERW to China's 'technology reserve' present plausible explanations to key questions. He also considers how the 'technology reserve' model might apply to China's decision-making on current ballistic missile defense (BMD), antisatellite (ASAT), and hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) programs.
Series Statement
China strategic perspectives ; 8
Uniform Title
China strategic perspectives (National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies) ; 8.
Alternative Title
Inside the Chinese neutron bomb program
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies."
  • "January 2015"--title page.
  • Format not distributed to depository libraries.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-48).
Contents
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Analytic framework and variables -- Case study: Red China's capitalist bomb -- Analysis and implications for today -- Toward a "technology reserve" model: match capabilities but defer deployment -- Conclusions and areas for future analysis -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.
LCCN
2014489526
OCLC
  • ocn904963807
  • 904963807
  • SCSB-1821807
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library