How China’s Air Force Can Benefit from the Russia-Ukraine War
The DiplomatThe Russia-Ukraine War has generated an unprecedented disaster for Russia’s aircraft industry, which might provide China the opportunity to access advanced aero technologies that Moscow refused to previously provide. It might increase China’s bargaining power to acquire advanced aero technologies from Russia, given that Beijing may be the only possible savior to Moscow’s waning aerospace industry after the invasion. China’s Dream of Building a Strategic Air Force Since the end of the Cold War, China has enhanced its strategic air power through arms acquisition from former Soviet states. Building a strategic air force is also part of China’s “Strong Military Dream.” Beijing believes that the “China Dream” needs to be supported by the “Strong Military Dream,” meaning in the aerospace context that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force would become a modernized strategic air force by 2035 and a world-class strategic air force by 2050.
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