The author examines at length whether the Chinese have mistakenly lost sight of the need to field a kinetic weapons force in tandem with commandandcontrolwarfare.
For example, commandandcontrol systems would coordinate precision strikes and electronic warfare by locating, tracking, attacking, and assessing the damage to enemy targets.
Their approaches include deployment of significant arsenals of more precise ballistic and cruise missiles to neutralize U.S. and allied airbases and related infrastructure, create sophisticated multilayered integrated air defense systems, and invest in electronic warfareand cyber capabilities to attack or neutralize U.S. ISR, commandandcontrol, and precision-strike capabilities.