TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saunders,Phillip C.
AU  - Wiseman,Joshua K.
ED  - National Defense University.
TI  - Buy, build, or steal: China's quest for advanced military aviation technologies 
T2  - China strategic perspectives
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Defense University Press
KW  - China
KW  - military technology
KW  - aircraft
KW  - arms procurement
N1  - "December 2011."; "Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-58)
N2  - This study identifies potential aviation technology development and procurement strategies, presents a general model of the options available to developing countries, and applies that model to explain Chinese procurement and aviation technology acquisition efforts over the last 60 years. The model articulates three main technology procurement avenues: purchase (buy), indigenous development (build), and espionage (steal), and three subavenues: reverse engineering (combining buy/steal and build), coproduction (combining buy and build), and codevelopment (combining buy and build, with an emphasis on build). It examines the costs, benefits, and tradeoffs inherent in each approach. Four variables influence decisions about the  mix of strategies: (1) a country's overall level of economic development, in particular the state of  its technical/industrial base; (2) the technological capacity of a country's military aviation sector; (3) the willingness of foreign countries to sell advanced military aircraft, key components, armaments, and related production technology; and (4) the country's bargaining power vis-avis potential suppliers
ER  -