The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles

Abstract

Few issues are as important to U.S. national security analysts as China s military modernization, a process that has benefited directly from the past two decades of dramatic economic expansion. This book addresses the Chinese navy the People s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN the service that has most dramatically benefited from increased defense funding. This collection of essays surveys and analyzes the most important aspects of China s naval modernization. The book s 10 chapters represent papers delivered at a 2007 conference, but have been updated and, most importantly, framed by expertly written introductory and concluding chapters that bring the book firmly into the century s second decade.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA561749

Entities

People

  • Andrew N. Yang
  • Christopher Yung
  • Michael Swaine
  • Phillip C. Saunders

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Boats
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • International Relations
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Applications
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrain
  • Topography

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Library and Information Science
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.