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Kania, E. B. (2017). Testimony before the us-china economic and security review commission: Chinese advances in unmanned systems and the military applications of artificial intelligence—the pla’s trajectory towards unmanned,“intelligentized” warfare. Intelligentized” Warfare,” US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. |
| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Kania2017b View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, General, Geopolitical, Military Science Subcategories: Autonomous systems, China, Drones, JADC2, Military research, Networked forces Creators: Kania Publisher: Collection: Intelligentized” Warfare,” US-China Economic and Security Review Commission |
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is actively advancing its unmanned weapons systems, while capitalizing upon the military applications of artificial intelligence, in order to enhance its war-fighting capabilities. To date, the PLA has incorporated a range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into its force structure,1 while also starting to experiment with and, to a limited extent field, unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs). The Chinese defense industry has likewise made significant progress in its research and development of a range of cutting-edge unmanned systems, including those with supersonic, stealth, and swarming capabilities, but appears to face continued challenges in UAV engines, data links, and sensors. Concurrently, rapid Chinese advances in artificial intelligence will contribute to the PLA’s ambitions to progress beyond informatization (信息化) towards “intelligentization” (智能化) in its force development. The PLA’s sophisticated unmanned weapons systems will increase its anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, while its progress in multiple military applications of artificial intelligence could enable a disruptive operational advantage. In the immediate future, the probable missions for the PLA’s unmanned weapons systems will include intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); integrated reconnaissance and strike; information operations, especially electronic warfare; data relay, including communications relay and guidance for missiles engaged in over-the-horizon (OTH) targeting; and military operations other than war, such as counterterrorism and border defense. In addition, recent breakthroughs in swarm intelligence (集 群智能) could enable “swarm warfare” (集群战) for asymmetric assaults against major U.S. weapons platforms, such as aircraft carriers. The PLA has also intensified its efforts to capitalize upon the military applications of artificial intelligence. Looking forward, PLA strategists recognize and intend to capitalize upon a trend towards “unmanned, intangible, silent warfare” (“ 无人, 无形, 无声”战争) that is increasingly “intelligencized” (智能化).
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