Related: Office of Naval Intelligence-The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the 21st Century report, videos
Sunday, April 12, 2015
How U.S. Navy Intel Sees China’s Maritime Forces--War on The Rocks
How U.S. Navy Intel Sees China’s Maritime Forces--War on The Rocks In
its first unclassified report on the subject in six years, the Office
of Naval Intelligence depicts a powerful trajectory for China’s maritime
forces. Titled “The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the
21st Century,” the document and accompanying videos also cover the China
Coast Guard—precisely the right approach, since the world’s largest
blue water civil maritime fleet serves as “China’s Second Navy” and is
on the front lines of island and maritime “rights protection” in the
East and South China Seas. This focus on both the PLA Navy (PLAN) and
the China Coast Guard is also especially appropriate given their role as
the principal institutions charged with furthering regional sovereignty
claims. The PLAN is also responsible for safeguarding Chinese interests
much farther afield, and is gradually developing power projection
capabilities to do so.http://warontherocks.com/2015/04/how-u-s-navy-intel-sees-chinas-maritime-forces/?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0b7b92ad70-Sinocism04_12_154_12_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-0b7b92ad70-29615013&mc_cid=0b7b92ad70&mc_eid=5935182a65
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