Tag Archive for: "PLA"
Cyber wrap

2016 has kicked off in big way with what’s been billed as the first cyber attack to actually disable a power grid. SANS ICS analysis indicates that the six-hour outage in western Ukraine was caused …

Why the PLA is no paper tiger (part 2)

In considering Paul Dibb’s analysis on the Chinese PLA, I’d recommend anyone interested in the state of China’s military start by reading Roger Cliff’s China’s Military Power: Assessing Current and Future Capabilities. Cliff argues that …

Why the PLA is no paper tiger (part 1)

Paul Dibb recently wrote on The Strategist that China has long-term systemic problems which will prevent its continued rise to Asian great power status, and that as a ‘brittle state’, China can’t afford to go …

Why the PLA is a paper tiger

It’s becoming commonplace to drum up the military threat from China and belittle America’s military capabilities. Much of this commentary reminds me of statements in the mid-1980s that the former Soviet Union was poised to …

ASPI suggests

Stuck without a good read for over the weekend? Look no further than this week’s ASPI suggests, brought to you all the way from balmy Canberra. The Iran Deal is certainly the flavour of the month. Bound …