중국의 제2포병 현대화 전략

Abstract

Since the post cold war, China, geared by its recent economic development, has been ushered into the center of international politics for its influence in the regional security. Recently, how to understand China's military strength, its influence and future role in the region became hottest issue. To understand those issues and prepare for the counter measure as well as to recognize the substantial facts about China's increased armament is essential for its neighbors, especially for Korea, China's closest neighbor.This paper is to help understand the essence of China's military armament by the showing the history of its nuclear development and the brief evaluation of the 2nd Artillery Corps, China's core nuclear force. Based on the analysis, China seems to step into 'Limited deterrence strategy' phase from the 'Min deterrence strategy', while claiming that it is just to protect its national security against US and Russia. However, apart from this argument, China has increased its nuclear capability by extending influential range to target other Asian regions, including Korean Peninsula, while the direct threat from the former Soviet Union was reduced to the significant level recent years.Reasoning that China has prepared for regional conflict rather than counter measure against US Army, China's increased armament might be more significant to Korea in terms of national security, than any other nation since it still totally depends upon US Army in nuclear deterrence and international supportis not so easy to obtain after the cold war. In conclusion, it is the requisite for Korea to coordinate China's involvement in the process of reunification. However, in order to obtain China's cooperation, it is prerequisite to evaluate China' strength in objective manner and prepare for counter measure, adopting substantial method.