A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier

A Low-Visibility

Force Multiplier

Assessing China¡¯s Cruise Missile Ambitions

Dennis M. Gormley, Andrew S. Erickson, and Jingdong Yuan

Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs

The Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs (China Center) was

established as an integral part of the National Defense University¡¯s Institute

for National Strategic Studies on March 1, 2000, pursuant to Section 914 of

the 2000 National Defense Authorization Act. The China Center¡¯s mission

is to serve as a national focal point and resource center for multidisciplinary

research and analytic exchanges on the national goals and strategic posture

of the People¡¯s Republic of China and to focus on China¡¯s ability to develop,

field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its national

strategic objectives.

Cover photo: Missile launch from Chinese submarine during China-Russia joint

military exercise in eastern China¡¯s Shandong Peninsula.

Photo ? CHINA NEWSPHOTO/Reuters/Corbis

A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier

A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier

Assessing China¡¯s Cruise Missile Ambitions

Dennis M. Gormley,

Andrew S. Erickson, and

Jingdong Yuan

Published by National Defense University Press for the

Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs

Institute for National Strategic Studies

Washington, D.C.

2014

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