Asia Looks Seaward
406 millimeters) were forbidden for battleships. Cruiser and aircraft carrier main batteries were limited to 8-inch (approximate ...
concern over Asia, where its determination to maintain an independent China ran afoul of Japanese naval modernization and bellig ...
important battles were dominated by air power rather than by battleships. Although many important sea battles occurred between A ...
U.S. Air Force trumpeting of nuclear-armed intercontinental bombers, the navy remained a major participant in the national defen ...
Ironically, the traditional, Mahanian justification for maritime strategy— global trade—disappeared for the most part during thi ...
ships, units, and personnel would be reassigned to the Atlantic theater during war- time, represented a significant constraint o ...
Simply put, the U.S. Pacific Fleet decreased by one-half between 1985 and 2005, largely as a result of the end of the Cold War a ...
all areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, or bordering on a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, includi ...
range of missions at sea and in coastal regions; and finally, the navy is readily able to forge partnerships with foreign navies ...
region. Japan is now an ally, the Soviet Union no longer exists, and China has yet to offer a credible challenge at sea. The U.S ...
The Third Fleet’s area of responsibilityincludesapproximatelyfiftymillion square miles of the eastern and northern Pacific Ocean ...
extensive legal rights—maritime law enforcement, the right to enforce sanitary regulations—to the coastal nation. The third zone ...
The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, along with the Panama Canal The North Sea and Baltic Sea, including the associated channe ...
An associated legal question is Indonesia’s declaration of sovereignty over thewatersandSLOCsenclosedwithinitsterritory,whichder ...
SLOCs remain the sinews of U.S. strategic maritime strategy in the Pacific. They require international respect for the freedom o ...
the early twenty-first century must be capable of safeguarding the sea lanes that are essential to the economic well-being of th ...
CHAPTER 5 CAN CHINA BECOME A MARITIME POWER? Andrew S. Erickson Despite possessing a coastline some 7,830 nautical miles long an ...
Particularly uncertain is the extent to which China will seek to project power beyond its shores. Will China seek ‘‘command of t ...
sea, Xu views China’s navy as a vehicle for asserting Chinese sovereignty abroad: ‘‘Naval vessels are symbols of state power and ...
stated thatKitty HawkhadfailedtodetecttheChinesesubmarine.^10 While the specifics of this incident remain unclear, at a minimum ...
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