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Appendix D
Operations to Resist the Enemy’s Air Counterattacks [(4) 抗 敌 空 中 反 击 作 战 ] (586)
Ground interdiction. One may use some of the mid- to long-range SAMs in a protrusive
(qianshen) disposition, to execute maximum-range interception of the enemy. Using the
main ground-based air defense forces—centering on the enemy’s main incoming direction
and key-point guarded targets—one should establish a long/medium/short-range,
high/medium/low-altitude integrated resistance disposition with key points; execute
layer-by-layer interception of the attacking enemy aircraft; strive to annihilate the enemy
aircraft before they can drop their bombs; and intercept the [enemy] cruise missiles
outside the area of the guarded targets. (587)
Chapter 30: Air Defense Campaigns [ 防 空 战 役 ], 602–615
Grasping the Enemy Air Raid’s Dynamic State and Issuing Air Raid Alarms [(1) 掌 握 敌 空 袭 动
态 , 发 出 空 袭 警 报 ] (608)
From various signs—the enemy’s conduct of reconnaissance activities, unusual changes in
radio and signal communications, the initiation of jamming, and air raid troop movement
conditions—they must as early as possible ascertain the enemy air raid circumstances. The
main contents [of this intelligence] are as follows: the enemy air raid’s force composition,
numbers, air raid intention, and scale; the air raid arms’ departure bases, missile launch
positions, and sea-based cruise missile launch platforms; and the air raid’s direction,
strike opportunities, targets, and penetration means, as well as the air raid’s route and
flight altitudes. (608)
Resistance against the enemy’s strike in depth on critical targets. [(2) 抗 敌 突 击 纵 深 重 要 目 标 ]
(610)
The enemy AWACS [airborne warning and control system] planes are the centers of
gravity for their air formations’ acquisition of information and command coordination,
their electronic warfare aircraft are the main strength for executing EM suppression,
and stealth aircraft and cruise missiles are the enemy’s long-range precision strike
weapons with the strongest penetration capability; hence, these “three [types of] aircraft
and one [type of] missile” should become the targets for key-point strikes in resistance
operations. (610)
Simultaneous application of multiple methods, and execution of counterattacks. [(3) 多 法 并 举 ,
实 施 反 击 ] (612)
Organizing a missile counterattack. A missile counterattack is primarily executed by the
2 nd Artillery Corps’ conventional missile and cruise missile units, as well as by the Army’s
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