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CHINESE AIR FORCE PUT FORWARD "OFFENSIVE AIR
DEFENSE" THEORY
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<Kanwa News Jan 30, 2002> Having obtained S300 SAM, Chinese Air
Force's defense strategies are undergoing some modifications. Senior
Colonel Lu Dexi, the commander of the S300 SAM brigade, put forward the
concept of "offensive air defense" (Gong Shi Fan Kong) in a recently
published treatise. He believes that in order to implement the principle
of balanced offense and defense (Gong Fan Jian Bei), an "offensive air
defense" strategy must be established. The fundamental principle of the
"offensive air defense" is to launch mobilized surface to air offensive
attacks and aim the enemy's combat aircrafts at the flight routes. The
theory stresses the importance of launching active assaults and making
ambushes. The treatise emphasizes that with the long effective range of
S300 SAM, when conducting air defense operations at the Taiwan Strait
region, Chinese Air Force can launch active assaults against the enemy's
aircrafts shortly after they have taken off. In this way, offensive air
defense can be achieved. The article also points out the importance of
"offensive air defense" in intercepting cruise missiles as well as the
value of making a flexible ambush. The author puts forward the idea of
targeting the enemy's cruise missiles and making an ambush at its flying
route by mobilized SAM. <Kanwa>
The article stresses the possibility of using S300 SAM to attack
cruise missiles, believing that its low-altitude radar has the function
of detecting cruise missiles. Recently, it is discovered that the Air
Force's S300 SAM was frequently involved in the series mobile exercises.
Chinese Air Force has also readjusted its "missile/gun combination" (Dan
Pao Jie he) air defense strategy. It is believed that in the air defense
age of systematic confrontations, the "missile/gun combination" strategy
must be extended to the "missile/gun/plane combination" (Dan Pao Ji Jie
He) stage, and fighter-bombers should take aggressive actions to attack
the enemy's air strike power and destroy its in-depth air targets. By
crippling the enemy's overall air strike capability, the "offensive air
defense" can be partially achieved. It can be concluded that the
"offensive air defense" carried out by combat aircrafts now includes
both fighters and fighter-bombers. The "offensive air defense" and
"missile/gun/plane combination" theories naturally lead to the trend
that China's air defense operations will be composed of the following
sections: SU30MKK/ JH7 will be responsible for bombing or launching
attacks upon the accumulation camps of the enemy's air strike power, SU
27 for destroying and intercepting enemy's air targets, and S300 SAM for
conducting long distance ground to air assaults. <Kanwa
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