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	Your Views: What does China's military shift mean for the balance of world power? \| csmonitor.com
		China's military is using their newfound strength to expand their influence and coerce their neighbors (and support North Korea).
		The idea of positive military uses could be applied in peacekeeping and peacemaking missions, allowing a large number of Chinese troops to assist in UN-backed missions.
		Military expansionism has been a foreign policy of communist China and we have already seen the case of Tibet and intimidation caused to Taiwan for so-called greater China policy.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/readerswrite/china_mil.html (1851 words)

	Military - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military strength is a term that describes a quantification or reference to a nation's standing military forces or the capacity for fulfillment of that military's role.
		For example, the military strength of a given country could be interpreted as the number of individuals in its armed forces, the destructive potential of its arsenal, or both.
		Military Force is a term that might refer to a particular unit, a regiment or gunboat deployed in a particular locale, or as an aggregate of such forces (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_strength (991 words)

	Peace through strength - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peace through strength is the doctrine that military strength is a primary or necessary component of peace.
		This doctrine is a major justification cited for large militaries, and also served as the primary motivation behind the Cold War doctrine of mutually assured destruction.
		The complexity of this doctrine can be seen by reactions to Chinese military modernization, which in the view of the Chinese leadership is merely the implementation of this doctrine, while to other powers such as the United States this modernization may look threatening.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peace_through_strength (639 words)

	'Under-strength' military expecting funds
		Winai did not suggest the planned build-up was an arms race, but said that 10 years ago Thailand's military strength was the strongest in the region, while presently it was the weakest.
		He attributed the drop in military strength to nearly a decade of budget cutbacks.
		He said the low military strength could ultimately lead to an unsafe level of national security - at a time of regional insecurity.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/11/01/national/national_30017701.php (319 words)

	JamesBowman.net \| Science, Technology, and Military Strength
		During the Reagan years, Soviet military power posed a clear and present danger, but the rate of change in military capabilities was modest.
		The military that it foresees in 2020 is a smaller but essentially similar version of the one that won the Persian Gulf War three decades earlier.
		A strategy for sustaining U.S. military superiority during a period of discontinuous change must hedge against high levels of uncertainty while placing the U.S. military on a path that will produce revolutionary advances in military capability before potential adversaries can develop the means to render the current American way of war obsolete.
	www.jamesbowman.net /review_print.asp?pubID=38 (1941 words)

	The Roman Army (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He is believed to have been present at the military disasters of Trebia and Cannae where he learnt the lesson that the Roman army needed a drastic change in tactics.
		The next emperors possessed neither their predecessors' strength of leadership nor did they find the means by which to raise the money necessary to maintain an effective army.
		Of both military and civilian use was the construction of roads in which the army was heavily involved.
	www.roman-empire.net /army/army.html (13499 words)

	U.S. Military: Strength Through Flexibility
		While it may be correct to term that period as one of unprecedented strength for the United States,, a more accurate description may be that it was one of unprecedented weakness for many nations who historically have been strong, and who had either been ravaged or exhausted by World War Two.
		They now have regained their strength, almost, without exception due to the generosity of this nation under the Marshall Plan and other economic recovery programs, and under the umbrella of our military protection.
		To the greatest extent possible, forces of the future should be free to deploy and to maneuver,, to concentrate at a crisis point and project military force at that point, without the necessity of negotiating base rights or the unavoidable involvement in local conflict that such base rights imply.
	www.jameswebb.com /speeches/strengththroughflex.htm (4065 words)

	de Atkine \| Why Arabs Lose Wars
		In military terms this means that very little cross-training is accomplished and that, for instance in a tank crew, the gunners, loaders and drivers might be proficient in their jobs but are not prepared to fill in should one become a casualty.
		American military instructors dealing with Middle Eastern students learn to ensure that, before directing any question to a student in a classroom situation, particularly if he is an officer, the student does possess the correct answer.
		In general, the militaries of the Fertile Crescent enforce discipline by fear; in countries where a tribal system still is in force, such as Saudi Arabia, the innate egalitarianism of the society mitigates against fear as the prime mover, so a general lack of discipline pervades.
	www.unc.edu /depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_17/articles/deatkine_arabs1.html (2371 words)

	BUDDHA: Military Strength in the Modern World
		The weapons are being stolen from Russian military depots by poorly paid soldiers who sell them to local mafia groups as well as abroad, especially in Afghanistan, she said.
		It said major military developments of the past year included deploying NATO-led peacekeeping troops to Bosnia and a renewed U.S. commitment to military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region with Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
		Spending on military equipment in East Asia and the Australia-Pacific region is still increasing, although the survey reported signs of a slowdown in 1996.
	www.timbomb.net /buddha/archive/msg00085.html (665 words)

	Native Americans in the U.S. Military
		As the military entered the 20th century, American Indians had already made a substantial contribution through military service and were on the brink of playing an even larger role.
		Although the military is still an avenue for seeing the world, it has, in the latter half of the 20th century, also provided other types of wisdom.
		Military service affords an outlet for combat that fulfills a culturally determined role for the warrior.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq61-1.htm (1899 words)

	Rebuilding America's Military Strength
		He was a brilliant tactician and a great military leader of his troops, and all of us owe him a debt of gratitude for his service to our country during that war.
		Pride in the military is what keeps people in, and they get that pride from knowing that they're capable of carrying out the combat duties that are expected of them, pure and simple.
		It is not a military task, and it's not strengthening the military.
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/HL694.cfm (5937 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Guide to military strength
		A huge array of military options is available to the US in its campaign against Osama Bin Laden and his allies in Afghanistan.
		For this reason it is normal for pilots to refuel their planes in the air by connecting to a boom lowered by a tanker aircraft.
		Iron bombs would tend to be used against military formations in the open, not targets in built-up areas.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1557140.stm (3299 words)

	Science, Technology And Military Strength
		Increased commercial and military use of space and the ambition to become a global power could lead to the emergence of space warfare.
		The military that it foresees in 2020 is a smaller but essentially similar version of the one that won the Persian Gulf War three decades earlier.
		A strategy for sustaining US military superiority during a period of discontinuous change must hedge against high levels of uncertainty while placing the US military on a path that will produce revolutionary advances in military capability before potential adversaries can develop the means to render the current American way of war obsolete.
	www.csbaonline.org /4Publications/Archive/H.19991112.Science,_Technolog/H.19991112.Science,_Technolog.htm (1972 words)

	Stronger China poses no threat to other nations
		Our military forces should be committed to staging counter-attacks in case the country's vital interests are encroached upon, instead of carrying out wars of aggression against other countries and bullying neighbours.
		This is particularly reflected in the fact that core military technology with independent Chinese patents falls far behind that of developed countries and that the Chinese army's hardware is inferior to that of its Western counterparts.
		Despite enjoying military supremacy over all other countries on the planet, the United States is constantly on the watch against any other nation that could pose a military challenge.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /opinion/2006-07/05/content_633349.htm (1204 words)

	Military Factory - American Military Strength (Site not responding. Last check: )
		US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II.
		The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.
		A major short-term problem in first half 2002 was a sharp decline in the stock market, fueled in part by the exposure of dubious accounting practices in some major corporations.
	www.militaryfactory.com /countries/popup.asp?country_id=29 (627 words)

	Military Factory - Libya Military Strength (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The system is a combination of socialism and Islam derived in part from tribal practices and is supposed to be implemented by the Libyan people themselves in a unique form of "direct democracy." QADHAFI has always seen himself as a revolutionary and visionary leader.
		He used oil funds during the 1970s and 1980s to promote his ideology outside Libya, supporting subversives and terrorists abroad to hasten the end of Marxism and capitalism.
		In addition, beginning in 1973, he engaged in military operations in northern Chad's Aozou Strip to gain access to minerals and to use as a base of influence in Chadian politics.
	www.militaryfactory.com /countries/popup.asp?country_id=20 (506 words)

	China to boost military strength, build high-tech weapons
		China increased its stated military budget by 9.6 percent in 2003, following a 17.6 percent rise in defense spending in 2002 and a 17.7 percent increase in 2001.
		Despite all the accounting pronouncements, China's real military spending remains shrouded in secrecy, with Western analysts routinely estimating a real military budget ranging from between two and three times the stated figure.
		China's military build-up has become increasingly worrisome to its neighbors, with Japan actively seeking to build a ballistic missile defense that is partially seen as a response to Beijing's increasingly capable ballistic missile force.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040305071113.qpr6og2i.html (501 words)

	NCPA - Issues Before Congress - Kyoto Treaty Threatens U.S. Military Strength
		Although the Clinton administration had promised to exempt the military from any mandated reduction in energy use, that promise was not kept.
		Moreover, a 10 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions would be only one-third of the military's share of the cuts needed to meet U.S. commitments under the treaty.
		Had the U.S. been required to obtain U.N. sanctions for the military engagements it undertook in Granada, Panama, Libya, Sudan and Afghanistan in recent years, it would not have been able to operate since those actions were not U.N.-approved.
	www.ncpa.org /pi/congress/oct98d.html (384 words)

	The Militant - September 15, 2003 -- U.S. government boosts military strength in Latin America
		The flights were suspended in 2001 after a Peruvian military jet guided by a CIA spy plane shot down an aircraft carrying five U.S. missionaries, killing Veronica Bowers and her daughter Charity.
		Last year, however, the U.S. government officially expanded the brief of its military mission in Colombia to include support to the Colombian regime’s “war on terrorism,” that is, its decades-long battle against the 18,000-member FARC and a smaller guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).
		As part of the U.S.-backed campaign against the current regime in Venezuela, Colombian military officials have charged that the government in Caracas is allowing its territory to be used as a refuge and supply route by FARC and ELN guerrillas.
	www.themilitant.com /2003/6731/673101.html (1550 words)

	CHAPTER 28: The U.S. Army in Vietnam
		In consequence, the Army's share of the defense budget decreased, the modernization of its forces was delayed, and its strength was reduced by 40 percent—from 1,404,598 in 1954 to 861,964 in 1956.
		As the strength of American units committed to the Binh Dinh Pacification Campaign decreased during late 1967 and early 1968, enemy activity in the province quickened as the Viet Cong sought to reconstitute their weakened military forces and to regain a position of influence among the local population.
		Many Communist military leaders perceived the war to be a stalemate and thought that continuing on their present course would bring diminishing returns, especially if their local forces were drastically weakened.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/AMH-28.htm (20913 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Size of the U.S. Army -- January 13, 2004
		Some military analysts are asking whether the Army is too small to support its long-term commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Many jobs, such as military police and civil affairs, now essential to the low-intensity conflict in Iraq, reside in the guard and reserve.
		DAN HICKMAN: I think the strength of this brigade, though, is that every soldier brings a second skill set.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/jan-june04/army_1-13.html (2008 words)

	The Garden Link: Military strength (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	www.thegardenlink.com /flags-flagpoles/military/military-strength.html (465 words)

	U.S. Military Reserve Strength - Table - MSN Encarta
		Reserve Strength is the sum of: Selected Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve/Inactive National Guard, and Standby Reserve.
		Selected Reserve: reservists belonging to a Selected Reserve unit which is organized, equipped, and trained to perform a wartime mission.
		Standby Reserve: individuals designated as key Department of Defense civilian employees, or otherwise affiliated with the military without being in the Selected or Individual Ready Reserve.
	encarta.msn.com /media_701500597/U_S_Military_Reserve_Strength.html (107 words)

	Iraq - US Forces Order of Battle
		The task of developing a comprehensive listing of US forces present in the area is particularly difficult as the number of units rotating in and out of Southwest Asia are substantial.
		The significant number of troops that have been mobilized or activated in the United States for unspecified duties, whether they be in support of Iraq Freedom or in support of homeland security also complicates matters as it is not entirely clear what units are going where.
		The 105th Military Police Battalion is in Iraq at Camp Bucca since October 2004, when it took over the 160th Military Police Battalion
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/iraq_orbat.htm (4205 words)

	World Affairs Board - european military strength
		I can't speak to the military side, but on the political side, it needs public will.
		A significant proportion of Europeans believe that military force is usually unnecessary.
		Thus, they are, and will continue to be, unwilling to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on creating and maintaining a standing military.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=3570 (2088 words)

	The Decline of U.S. 'Military Strength Since the Gulf War`
		The United States military buildup in the Persian Gulf even as some 20,000 American troops are occupying Haiti offers an opportunity to reassess t he Clinton Administration's defense plans.
		With the dramatic reductions in U.S. military spending and the size of the armed forces that have oc- curred since 1990 and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Americans are correct in wondering whether th e re is a danger that U.S. forces are stretched too thin.
		Note: 17 percent of all military personnel were committed to Desert Storm in 199 1, while in 1994 over 20 percent would be required.
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/FYI42.cfm?renderforprint=1 (1334 words)

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		(However, military personnel who are paid from other than active duty military personnel appropriations, for instance, Reserve components and civil works appropriations, should not be included in the active duty monthly strength report.) 3.1.2.
		The strengths currently reported in the following source documents may be used provided that appropriate adjustments are made to exclude the personnel stated above: 3.1.2.1.
		Estimated (or preliminary strength as of ____________ b.
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/text/i11206p.txt (607 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - US Report on China military power analyzed (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With an assumption of figures and subjective guess, the report alleges that the development of China's military strength has broken the balance of forces in the Taiwan Straits and even in the Asia-Pacific region, and that China has become a "potential threat" to America's interests.
		If the contrast of cross-Strait military strengths is depicted as sharply unbalanced, that would make the Taiwan authorities lose their confidence; if the contrast is described as not so unbalanced, then it would deprive the United States of any reason to sell weapons to Taiwan.
		In addition, although China's military input has increased in recent years, the increase rate, however, is not as big as its inputs in economic and cultural fields and China's advancement of military modernization is aimed mainly at Taiwan's secessionist forces.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/1595/1/110 (1607 words)

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