"The first paper, by Lietenant Colonel William R. Mottis, USAF, examines how China's space effort fits into the PRC's overall development strategy. Colonel Morris finds the Chinese effectively using space launches to raise money, gain technical cooperation and, sometimes clandestinely, acquiring military technologies."--Welcome letter. "The second paper, by Colonel David R. Thompson, USAF, concentrates on China's military space operations. Among Colonel Thompson's findings : China will contruct a new launch site in the deep south; PRC telemetry, tracking and command is improving; China can conduct limited intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions from space; and the PRC is pursuing a counterspace capability."--Welcome letter.

"August 2001."