China rising...

December 2006

China a major cyberthreat, commission warns.
China is fielding information warfare units and developing anti_satellite capabilities aimed at countering U.S. military technology, according to a U.S. congressional commission. China’s cyberwarfare strategy has switched from a defensive to an offensive posture, with the goal of attacking enemy networks and denying adversaries access to information, said the U.S._China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) in its annual report, released November 16. Chinese strategy focuses on U.S. systems that perform command and control or deliver precision weapons, the report states. China is enhancing its advanced command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in response to U.S. progress.

China now has mobile command and control centers that use wireless and satellite communications to relay battlefield information. “It’s very clear from the doctoral writings of the [People’s Liberation Army] that they take cyberwarfare as one of the main ways they must be ready to attack the United States,” said USCC Chairman Larry Wortzel in an interview. “Their overall doctrine holds that a modern war in the 21st century involves cyberwarfare, electronic attack and warfare in space.”
Report: http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2006/annual_report_full_06
Source: http://www.fcw.com/article96975_12_01_06_Web