Taiwan's Security and Air Power

Abstract

List of Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword ROCAF General Yang-Jou Shiah Preface: The Challenges and Imperatives in Taiwan's Defense Peter Brookes Abbreviations Introduction Martin Edmonds and Michael M. Tsai Part 1. Air Power and Taiwan's Security 1. Air Power and Taiwan's Security Martin Edmonds 2. Ten Pointers for Taiwan on Contemporary Air Power Greg Mills Part 2. The Balance of Air Power over the Taiwan Straits 3. The Shifting Balance of Air Superiority across the Taiwan Strait York Chen 4. Command of the Air over Taiwan Chih-Heng Yang and Tzu-Yun Su Part 3. The Air Threat from Mainland China 5. The PLA Air Force's Mobile Offensive Operations Kenneth Allen 6. Why a Chinese Preemptive Strike would Fail Robert Pape Part 4. The Air Defense of Taiwan 7. The Air Battle Strategy in Taiwan's Defensive Operations Chih-Kung Yu 8. Joint Air and Missile Defense for Taiwan: Implications for deterrence and defense Eric McVadon 9. Air Base Defense: Chinese Missile Attacks and Taiwan's Defensive Response Ming-Yen Tsai Part 5. Taiwan's Air Force and Future Requirements 10. The ROCAF Military Culture and Restructuring Chien Chung 11. The ROCAF after Next: A Race to embrace the Future Richard D. Fisher Index