Strategic Considerations – China PLA War Plans For The Pacific

PLA will fight aggressively in the Pacific like the U.S. did in the first Pacific War. It will aim to bring the fight out to the seas, where detection advantage will allow it to gain informational dominance and prosecute a winning war. The PLA, while strategically defensive, is operationally and tactically offensive. Moreover, the PLA has already identified that the IJN’s greatest weakness was in its operationally defensive posture. A posture that it was forced to adopt because of its lack of industrial capacity to replace losses. In contrast, the PLA identified the U.S.’ impressive logistical capabilities, industrial depth, and…