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emote sensing, electronic intelligence, communic<strong>at</strong>ions, <strong>and</strong> b<strong>at</strong>tlefield<br />

awareness.<br />

141. For instance, the various communic<strong>at</strong>ion link upgrades,<br />

from Link-11 to the NATO Improved Link Eleven, Link-16, the<br />

Multifunction Advanced D<strong>at</strong>a Link, the B<strong>at</strong>tlefield Airborne<br />

Communic<strong>at</strong>ions Node which would transl<strong>at</strong>e between different<br />

protocols, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency s<strong>at</strong>ellites,<br />

beyond-line-of-sight Terminals, etc.<br />

142. Detailed costs of China’s individual weapons programs<br />

are notoriously hard to come by but the magnitude of the cost<br />

of new <strong>and</strong> high-tech space systems over legacy weapons is apparent.<br />

For example, the cost to build two earth resources CBERS<br />

s<strong>at</strong>ellites ran over a billion RMB, while the cost to build a DF-31<br />

missile was reportedly 3 million USD. Even the cost of building a<br />

destroyer is only in the hundreds of millions. For CBERS, “中巴两<br />

颗资源卫星及其运载火箭研制投入15亿” (“China <strong>and</strong> Brazil invest<br />

1.5 billion in developing 2 Resource S<strong>at</strong>ellites <strong>and</strong> their launch vehicle”),<br />

October 21, 2003, available from CCTV.com, www.cctv.com/<br />

news/china/20031021/100932.shtml. Even for cheaper small s<strong>at</strong>ellites,<br />

China Spaces<strong>at</strong> has invested over 2.3 billion RMB for early<br />

phase R&D, available from st<strong>at</strong>ic.sse.com.cn/sseportal/cs/zhs/scfw/<br />

gg/ssgs/2009-08-12/600118_2009_z.pdf. Even the cost of a destroyer<br />

is listed as in the mid hundreds of millions RMB, See Chen Tao (陈<br />

涛), Bai Haiwei (白海威), <strong>and</strong> Bai Chenggang (白成刚), “开展招标<br />

工作促进舰船采购模式的转变” (“Developing Open Bidding <strong>and</strong><br />

Promoting Naval Ship Procurement Model”), 装备指挥技术学院<br />

学报 (Journal of <strong>Institute</strong> of Equipment Comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Technology),<br />

Vol. 12, No. 1, February 2002.<br />

143. Tang Bailu (汤白露), “军转民”推动西安航天产业基地<br />

升级” (“CMI Promotes Upgrade of Xi’An Aero-space Industry<br />

Base”), 21世纪经济报道 (21st Century Herald ), April 9, 2008.<br />

144. 2008-11-25 13:19:08, available from www.fyjs.cn/bbs/htm_<br />

d<strong>at</strong>a/125/0811/166151.html.<br />

145. “航天科技集团公司打造航天卫星应用产业集群” (“CASC<br />

develops Aero-space S<strong>at</strong>ellite Applic<strong>at</strong>ion Industry Group”),<br />

July 14, 2009, available from www.china-spacenews.com/n435777/<br />

n502211/59099.html.<br />

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