China's Naval Modernization : Background, Implications and Issues.
Lynch, Jeremy F.
China's Naval Modernization : Background, Implications and Issues. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (203 pages) - China in the 21st Century . - China in the 21st Century .
Intro -- CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION: BACKGROUND, IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES -- CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION: BACKGROUND, IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CHINA NAVAL MODERNIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. NAVY CAPABILITIES-BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Issue for Congress -- Scope, Sources, and Terminology -- BACKGROUND -- Overview of China's Naval Modernization3 -- Date of Inception -- Elements of Modernization Effort -- Limitations and Weaknesses -- Goals of Modernization Effort -- Potential Significance of Goals Not Related to Taiwan -- Selected Elements of China's Naval Modernization -- Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) -- Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCMs) -- Submarines -- Types Acquired in Recent Years -- Submarine Acquisition Rate and Potential Submarine Force Size -- JL-2 SLBM on Jin-Class SSBN -- Aircraft Carriers -- Surface Combatants -- Sovremenny-Class Destroyers -- Five New Indigenously Built Destroyer Classes -- Four New Indigenously Built Frigate Classes -- Houbei (Type 022) Fast Attack Craft -- Amphibious Ships -- Yuzhao (Type 071) Amphibious Ship -- Reported Potential Type 081 Amphibious Ship -- Potential Roles for Type 071 and Type 081 Ships -- Other New Amphibious Ships and Landing Craft -- Change in Amphibious Lift Capability Since 2000 -- Maritime Surveillance and Targeting Systems -- Operations Away From Home Waters -- March 2010 Testimony of Commander, U.S. Pacific Command -- Comparing U.S. and Chinese Naval Capabilities -- POTENTIAL OVERSIGHT ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- China as a Defense-Planning Priority -- Summary of Arguments -- 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) -- Potential Navy-Related Program Implications -- Potential Implications in General -- Actions Already Taken -- Highly Capable Ships and Aircraft. Pacific Fleet's Share of the Navy -- Homeporting Pacific Fleet Ships in Forward Locations -- Fleet Architecture-Larger vs. Smaller Ships -- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY FOR FY2011 -- January 13, 2010, House Armed Services Committee Hearing -- APPENDIX A. PRIOR-YEAR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY -- FY2010 -- FY2010 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2647/P.L. 111-84) -- House -- Senate -- Conference -- FY2009 -- FY2009 Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 5658/S. 3001) -- House -- FY2008 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1585/S. 1547/H.R. 4986/P.L. 110-181) -- House -- Senate -- Conference -- APPENDIX B. EXCERPT FROM MARCH 2010 TESTIMONY OF COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 OPENING STATEMENT OF DR. LARRY WORTZEL, VICE CHAIRMAN BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- Chapter 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER PETER VIDENICKS, BEFORE THE "U.S.-ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- Chapter 4 STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO OF GUAM, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- Chapter 5 STATEMENT OF REAR ADMIRAL MICHAEL MCDEVITT, USN (RETIRED), VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR CNA STRATEGIC STUDIES, CNA, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" - THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES -- STATEMENT -- Introductory Context -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 STATEMENT OF MR. PETER DUTTON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) AND THE EEZ -- THE U.S. EEZ AND THE PRACTICE OF COASTAL STATES -- CHINA'S VIEWS AND LAWS RELATED TO THE EEZ AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN EAST ASIA -- PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF CHINA'S PERSPECTIVE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA. Opportunities to Enhance Cooperation and Reduce Confrontation -- End Notes -- Chapter 7 A CHINESE ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USN -- WHY CHINESE ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILES MATTER -- FAIR WARNING -- CHINESE COMMENTARY AND AMERICAN CAVEATS -- What the Chinese Are Saying about Land Mobile ASBMs: A Lot! -- Caveats Regarding Chinese Writings -- Strategic Signaling -- Parsing the Article -- Initial Analytical Conclusions -- China is Pushing the Envelope in Other "Challenge Areas" As Well -- Sino-American Competition: Anti-Access vs. Strategic Mobility -- Implications for Competitive Strategies -- Inter-Service Dependence: The U.S. Air Force Stake in Chinese ASBMs -- Range and Risk in Naval Warfare: The Potential Operational Effect of Chinese ASBMs -- Numbers Count -- Caution Will Dictate the Quest for Understanding -- Can the Chinese Succeed Where the Soviets Failed? -- IMPLICATIONS -- Implications for the U.S. Navy -- Would the U.S. Navy Change its Force Structure in Response to Chinese Mobile MARVed ASBMs? -- National Strategic Considerations -- Are Clean Sheet Deterrence Theories and Strategies Necessary? -- Unintended Consequences, Multi-player Scenarios, and Cascading Drivers -- WHAT NEXT? -- Why Now? -- End Notes -- Chapter 8 TESTIMONY OF CORTEZ A. COOPER, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" - THE PLA NAVY'S "NEW HISTORIC MISSIONS"* -- COMMUNIST PARTY GUIDELINES FOR PRC NAVAL MODERNIZATION AND OPERATIONS -- EXPANDING MISSIONS AND DEPLOYMENTS FOR CHINA'S NAVY -- STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- End Notes -- Chapter 9 TESTIMONY OF FREDERIC VELLUCCI, ANALYST, CNA CHINA STUDIES, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES"* -- DRIVERS OF PLA NAVY TRAINING REFORMS. STANDARDIZED TRAINING: THE PLA NAVY PLACES A PREMIUM ON STANDARDIZED TRAINING TO ACCOMPLISH A RANGE OF INCREASINGLY DIVERSE AND COMPLICATED MISSIONS -- PERSONNEL REFORMS: NEW METHODS OF OFFICER COMMISSIONING REFLECT A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE PLA'S CONCEPTION OF MODERN WARFARE -- TRAINING FOR NONTRADITIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS: NAVY TRAINING FOR THESE NEW TYPES OF MISSIONS IS A RESPONSE A NEWLY PERCEIVED "CRITICAL MASS" OF MARITIME INTERESTS -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 10 TESTIMONY OF RONALD O'ROURKE, SPECIALIST IN NAVAL AFFAIRS, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES" -- ELEMENTS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION EFFORT -- CHINA'S NAVAL LIMITATIONS AND WEAKNESSES -- REASONS FOR MODERNIZATION EFFORT -- SELECTED ELEMENTS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION -- COMPARING U.S. AND CHINESE NAVAL CAPABILITIES -- CHINA AS A DEFENSE-PLANNING PRIORITY IN THE QDR -- POTENTIAL NAVY-RELATED PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS -- Chapter 11 TESTIMONY OF RICHARD D. FISHER, JR., SENIOR FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY CENTER, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES" -- INTRODUCTION -- BASIS FOR RECENT NAVAL MODERNIZATION -- INFORMATION-SPACE-MISSILES -- SUBMARINES -- AIRCRAFT CARRIERS -- GROWING AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITIES -- DESTROYERS AND FRIGATES -- Small Combatants -- AUXILIARIES -- LAND BASED NAVAL AIR FORCES -- MEETING THE CHALLENGE -- End Notes -- Chapter 12 TATEMENT OF SENATOR JIM WEBB, D-VA, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES" -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.
9781617615313
China. -- Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. -- Hai jun -- Reorganization.
Sea-power -- China.
China -- Military policy.
China -- Strategic aspects.
National security -- United States.
Electronic books.
VA633 -- .C56 2011eb
359/.030951
China's Naval Modernization : Background, Implications and Issues. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (203 pages) - China in the 21st Century . - China in the 21st Century .
Intro -- CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION: BACKGROUND, IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES -- CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION: BACKGROUND, IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CHINA NAVAL MODERNIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. NAVY CAPABILITIES-BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Issue for Congress -- Scope, Sources, and Terminology -- BACKGROUND -- Overview of China's Naval Modernization3 -- Date of Inception -- Elements of Modernization Effort -- Limitations and Weaknesses -- Goals of Modernization Effort -- Potential Significance of Goals Not Related to Taiwan -- Selected Elements of China's Naval Modernization -- Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles (ASBMs) -- Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCMs) -- Submarines -- Types Acquired in Recent Years -- Submarine Acquisition Rate and Potential Submarine Force Size -- JL-2 SLBM on Jin-Class SSBN -- Aircraft Carriers -- Surface Combatants -- Sovremenny-Class Destroyers -- Five New Indigenously Built Destroyer Classes -- Four New Indigenously Built Frigate Classes -- Houbei (Type 022) Fast Attack Craft -- Amphibious Ships -- Yuzhao (Type 071) Amphibious Ship -- Reported Potential Type 081 Amphibious Ship -- Potential Roles for Type 071 and Type 081 Ships -- Other New Amphibious Ships and Landing Craft -- Change in Amphibious Lift Capability Since 2000 -- Maritime Surveillance and Targeting Systems -- Operations Away From Home Waters -- March 2010 Testimony of Commander, U.S. Pacific Command -- Comparing U.S. and Chinese Naval Capabilities -- POTENTIAL OVERSIGHT ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- China as a Defense-Planning Priority -- Summary of Arguments -- 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) -- Potential Navy-Related Program Implications -- Potential Implications in General -- Actions Already Taken -- Highly Capable Ships and Aircraft. Pacific Fleet's Share of the Navy -- Homeporting Pacific Fleet Ships in Forward Locations -- Fleet Architecture-Larger vs. Smaller Ships -- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY FOR FY2011 -- January 13, 2010, House Armed Services Committee Hearing -- APPENDIX A. PRIOR-YEAR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY -- FY2010 -- FY2010 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2647/P.L. 111-84) -- House -- Senate -- Conference -- FY2009 -- FY2009 Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 5658/S. 3001) -- House -- FY2008 Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1585/S. 1547/H.R. 4986/P.L. 110-181) -- House -- Senate -- Conference -- APPENDIX B. EXCERPT FROM MARCH 2010 TESTIMONY OF COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 OPENING STATEMENT OF DR. LARRY WORTZEL, VICE CHAIRMAN BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- Chapter 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER PETER VIDENICKS, BEFORE THE "U.S.-ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- Chapter 4 STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO OF GUAM, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- Chapter 5 STATEMENT OF REAR ADMIRAL MICHAEL MCDEVITT, USN (RETIRED), VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR CNA STRATEGIC STUDIES, CNA, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" - THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES -- STATEMENT -- Introductory Context -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 STATEMENT OF MR. PETER DUTTON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" -- THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) AND THE EEZ -- THE U.S. EEZ AND THE PRACTICE OF COASTAL STATES -- CHINA'S VIEWS AND LAWS RELATED TO THE EEZ AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN EAST ASIA -- PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF CHINA'S PERSPECTIVE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA. Opportunities to Enhance Cooperation and Reduce Confrontation -- End Notes -- Chapter 7 A CHINESE ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USN -- WHY CHINESE ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILES MATTER -- FAIR WARNING -- CHINESE COMMENTARY AND AMERICAN CAVEATS -- What the Chinese Are Saying about Land Mobile ASBMs: A Lot! -- Caveats Regarding Chinese Writings -- Strategic Signaling -- Parsing the Article -- Initial Analytical Conclusions -- China is Pushing the Envelope in Other "Challenge Areas" As Well -- Sino-American Competition: Anti-Access vs. Strategic Mobility -- Implications for Competitive Strategies -- Inter-Service Dependence: The U.S. Air Force Stake in Chinese ASBMs -- Range and Risk in Naval Warfare: The Potential Operational Effect of Chinese ASBMs -- Numbers Count -- Caution Will Dictate the Quest for Understanding -- Can the Chinese Succeed Where the Soviets Failed? -- IMPLICATIONS -- Implications for the U.S. Navy -- Would the U.S. Navy Change its Force Structure in Response to Chinese Mobile MARVed ASBMs? -- National Strategic Considerations -- Are Clean Sheet Deterrence Theories and Strategies Necessary? -- Unintended Consequences, Multi-player Scenarios, and Cascading Drivers -- WHAT NEXT? -- Why Now? -- End Notes -- Chapter 8 TESTIMONY OF CORTEZ A. COOPER, BEFORE THE "U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION" - THE PLA NAVY'S "NEW HISTORIC MISSIONS"* -- COMMUNIST PARTY GUIDELINES FOR PRC NAVAL MODERNIZATION AND OPERATIONS -- EXPANDING MISSIONS AND DEPLOYMENTS FOR CHINA'S NAVY -- STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- End Notes -- Chapter 9 TESTIMONY OF FREDERIC VELLUCCI, ANALYST, CNA CHINA STUDIES, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES"* -- DRIVERS OF PLA NAVY TRAINING REFORMS. STANDARDIZED TRAINING: THE PLA NAVY PLACES A PREMIUM ON STANDARDIZED TRAINING TO ACCOMPLISH A RANGE OF INCREASINGLY DIVERSE AND COMPLICATED MISSIONS -- PERSONNEL REFORMS: NEW METHODS OF OFFICER COMMISSIONING REFLECT A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE PLA'S CONCEPTION OF MODERN WARFARE -- TRAINING FOR NONTRADITIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS: NAVY TRAINING FOR THESE NEW TYPES OF MISSIONS IS A RESPONSE A NEWLY PERCEIVED "CRITICAL MASS" OF MARITIME INTERESTS -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 10 TESTIMONY OF RONALD O'ROURKE, SPECIALIST IN NAVAL AFFAIRS, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES" -- ELEMENTS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION EFFORT -- CHINA'S NAVAL LIMITATIONS AND WEAKNESSES -- REASONS FOR MODERNIZATION EFFORT -- SELECTED ELEMENTS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION -- COMPARING U.S. AND CHINESE NAVAL CAPABILITIES -- CHINA AS A DEFENSE-PLANNING PRIORITY IN THE QDR -- POTENTIAL NAVY-RELATED PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS -- Chapter 11 TESTIMONY OF RICHARD D. FISHER, JR., SENIOR FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY CENTER, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES" -- INTRODUCTION -- BASIS FOR RECENT NAVAL MODERNIZATION -- INFORMATION-SPACE-MISSILES -- SUBMARINES -- AIRCRAFT CARRIERS -- GROWING AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITIES -- DESTROYERS AND FRIGATES -- Small Combatants -- AUXILIARIES -- LAND BASED NAVAL AIR FORCES -- MEETING THE CHALLENGE -- End Notes -- Chapter 12 TATEMENT OF SENATOR JIM WEBB, D-VA, BEFORE THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION, HEARING ON "THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S NAVAL MODERNIZATION FOR THE UNITED STATES" -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.
9781617615313
China. -- Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. -- Hai jun -- Reorganization.
Sea-power -- China.
China -- Military policy.
China -- Strategic aspects.
National security -- United States.
Electronic books.
VA633 -- .C56 2011eb
359/.030951