People's War at Sea: Chinese Naval Power in the Twenty-First Century.
Abstract
The Commander, Seventh Fleet, asked CNA to assess the security environment of the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) to the year 2010. In addition to an examination of the major countries of the region, of security trends in Asia (e.g., demographics and weapon development), and of future economic trends in the APR, this assessment warranted an evaluation of Chinese naval capabilities over the period of interest. This research memorandum presents the results of that evaluation. The overall findings of this research effort are in the project's final report, The Dynamics of Security in the Asia-Pacific Region (CNA Research Memorandum 95-172, January 1996). Much of the debate over China's future naval capabilities focuses on whether China will soon have a 'blue water' navy. We define 'blue water' here as the capability to seriously contest control over the seas adjacent to the Chinese coasts-the South China Sea and the East China Sea-as well as the capacity to simultaneously threaten to deny access to the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea, and the Northern Pacific Ocean against any other navy, excluding the USN.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA306680
Entities
People
- Christopher D. Yung
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses