JUNK POWER: WHENEVER THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ASSESSES THE STRENGTH OF THE CHINESE NAVY, A FACTOR THAT MAY STRIKE MOST AMERICANS AS A BIT BIZARRE IS INCLUDED: THE NUMBER OF CHINESE JUNKS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150130-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 130
• Publication Date: February 6, 1982
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THE WASHINGTON POST
6 February 1982
Junk Power. Whenever the Dc
fence Intelligence Agency-- assesses
the strength of the Chinese Navy, a`
factor that may strike most Amer-
icans as a bit bizarre is included: the'
number of Chinese junks. .
One secret DIA study, for exam-
pie, estimates the number of junks y
available at 400,000, ."probably. a;4
quarter" of them motorized. "It is es-
timated that the individual junk will
be loaded with an average of an in,:,
fantry platoon 140 menj each". for an ,
amphibious operation; the' study.,'
says
This means that 400,000-- junks-f
could, under favorable conditions;.
transport a total of 16 million lightly
armed troops for, say,-an invasion of;
Taiwan. The secret official estimate,
however, is that an armed^-invaeiort
of Taiwan from the mainland- is un-
likely
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/29: CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150130-4