In order to achieve its new goals, the PRC has been buying or developing (with the help of hired Russian experts) SU-27 fighters, inter-continental ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles, and is forming a naval task force capable of independent operational capability.
為達到這個戰略目標，中共除了大肆採購蘇愷二十七型戰機、洲際飛彈及巡弋飛彈外，也積極自俄羅斯延聘人才自行研發這類高性能戰機、飛彈，並且積極發展一支能獨立作戰的艦隊。