Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain CourseAndrew S. Erickson China’s shipbuilding industry has grown more rapidly than any other in modern history. Commercial shipbuilding output jumped thirteen-fold from 2002–12, ensuring that Beijing has largely reached its goal of becoming the world’s leading shipbuilder. Yet progress is uneven, with military shipbuilding leading overall but with significant weakness in propulsion and electronics for military and civilian applications. It has never been more important to assess what ships China can supply its navy and other maritime forces with, today and in the future. Chinese Naval Shipbuilding answers three pressing questions: What are China’s prospects for success in key areas of naval shipbuilding? What are the likely results for China’s navy? What are the implications for the U.S. Navy? To address these critical issues, this volume assembles some of the world’s leading experts and linguistic analysts, often pairing them in research teams. These sailors, scholars, industry professionals, and government specialists have commanded ships at sea, led shipbuilding programs ashore, toured Chinese vessels and production facilities, invested in Chinese shipyards, and analyzed and presented important data to top-level decision-makers in times of crisis. In synthesizing their collective insights, this book fills a key gap in our understanding of China, its shipbuilding industry, its navy, and what it all means. |
Contents
Now Including Global Capital Markets | |
CommercialMilitary Synergy | |
Current and Future | |
Monitoring Chinese Shipbuilding Facilities with Satellite Imagery | |
CivilMilitary Integration Potential in Chinese Shipbuilding | |
An Asian Industrial Perspective | |
Impeding Chinas Naval Modernization | |
Andrew S Erickson Jonathan Ray and Robert T Forte | |
Expansive Naval Trajectory to Chinas Naval Dream | |
Worlds Second Far Seas Navy by 2020 | |
Technological Wild Cards and TwentyFirstCentury Naval Warfare | |
How Chinas Shipbuilding Output Might Affect Requirements for U S Navy Capabilities | |
List of Acronyms | |
PLAN Warship Construction and Standardization | |
Chinas Military Shipbuilding Research Development and Acquisition System | |
Other editions - View all
Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course Andrew S. Erickson No preview available - 2016 |
Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course Andrew Erickson No preview available - 2023 |
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