China's Nuclear Forces: Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control and Campaign Planning (PDF)
Larry Wortzel, commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, published a paper in the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute. The paper gives an insight on how China plans to cripple the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle groups using its ballistic missiles.
Using publications from the PLA for information about China's Second
Artillery Corps, Wortzel was able to piece together the different approaches taken by the Chinese military.
Two PLA Air Force (PLAAF) authors went through dozens of corporate web sites and military tactical data link operator guides, as well as North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and U.S. military tactical and technical manuals, to produce
a virtual guidebook on how to disrupt joint U.S. data control systems and military communications.
What is not clear is whether China will employ conventional or nuclear warheads against U.S. aircraft carrier battle group. It is also unknown if in the event of a nuclear attack, the carrier battle group would be targeted directly or if a high altitude burst is used to destroy communications and sensors.
A study by two officers from the Second Artillery Engineering College found that providing terminal guidance to a warhead could allow up to 100 kilometers of
maneuverability during a terminal attack.
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