How does the PLA plan missile strikes?
A look at the Operations Research (OR) methods used by Chinese military planners to calculate long-range missile strikes.
This is a math-heavy post, but I’ve tried to only include and explain the key general equations. Formatting math in Substack is also hard. Please reach out if you’d like more info or resources. It’s also a two-part post. Part 1 breaks down the OR math, and in Part 2 I’ll expand on ideas for exploiting the PLA’s reliance on quantitative methods for plann…
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