For years we’ve watched the frenzied growth of the People’s Liberation Army (Navy). In a time-frame no one expected, the Chinese Navy has overtaken the mighty US Navy in number of ships – although not in their capability. But how long can this remarkable growth last? There will soon be […]
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Dan Middlemiss, 04 September 2020. The US Department of Defense has released its annual report to Congress on the military power of the People’s Republic of China.[1] Some highlights from the Preface: The PRC’s strategy includes advancing a comprehensive military modernization program that aims to “basically” complete military modernization by […]
Mark Sloan, 2 September 2020. The United States and China – DoD Annual Report to Congress Observers regularly provide insight into specific elements of China's military capabilities, but the 2020 US Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress entitled "Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2020” […]
David Lague published an article on 17 January with Reuter’s entitled, “China’s military hawks take the offensive.” Lague notes “the increasingly hawkish rhetoric coming from senior officers in the People’s Liberation Army.” A particularly aggressive tract by a regular media commentator, Chinese Air Force Colonel Dai Xu, provided the following: […]
Moderator’s Note: This article was original published in The Chronicle Herald on 12 February 2012. Many of you who have followed the National Ship Procurement Strategy (NSPS) announcements will no doubt have heard that the first contract to be negotiated will be for a new class of ship, the Arctic/Offshore […]
*Moderator’s Note: This article was published by The Center For Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) as part of their short analysis series “Critical Questions” on 11 August 2011. My thanks to CFPS research Fellow Dr. Stan Weeks for bringing this article to my attention. It is reprinted here with the permission of […]
I agree with much of Ken Hansen’s analysis. While we have indeed done badly at maintaining leading edge capabilities after purchase (note, however, exceptions of Halifax-class, CP-140, and CF-18 mid-life projects), I would not immediately accept your second point that the F-35 is entirely for conflict against a peer competitor. […]
*Moderator's Note: This article was original published in The Nova Scotian on 07 February 2011. Many have seen the news on increased piracy in the Horn of Africa and that mariners of all nations still remain at high risk in this area. The desperate actions of economically disadvantaged pirates off […]
*Moderator's Note: This article is an executive summary of a monograph by CFPS Resident Research Fellow David Griffiths that was published this summer by the US Naval War College Press. The full publishing information is, U.S.-China Maritime Confidence Building: Paradigms, Precedents, and Prospects (China Maritime Study No. 6), Newport, RI: […]
* Moderator’s Note: This article was originally published by Strategic Forecasts on 24 November 2010. It is reprinted here with the permission of STRATFOR (http://www.stratfor.com/). A free video clip of the interview Mr. Baker, with illustrative maps and other visual aides, is available here. My thanks to CFPS Research Fellow […]